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Mike Monagle

friend, a business idea emerged: a service that provides local, immersion-based language experiences for one day or over a weekend. “Think of it as a kind of language boot camp,” Mike says. The idea, called “Lingua,” appealed to the... View Details
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Cristina Ros Blankfein

existed.’ We both liked the concept but before getting too married to the idea, we did a pretty good market scan of what the options were out there. When we realized that there wasn’t anything great in the market, we got a lot more... View Details
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • News

Beyond Case Writing

behavioral-change experiments in health, agriculture, and microfinance in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. She brings that globetrotting experience to bear when teaching a second-year course called Managing Global Health. At a... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 06 Dec 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?

micro-theorists in economics call biased risk-evaluation?...[It's one in which the bias prevails that you] attach 'gain' to a probabilistic assessment and you trigger action; attach 'loss' to it, you get inaction." Pallavi Marathe... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 04 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

After a year and half as a Process Engineer at Exxon Mobil in Texas, followed by a year and a half working in supply chain optimization at Pinnacle Foods in New Jersey, Sheil faced a choice – begin her MBA now or pull one more lever of change. “I had the View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Alumni Books

of key business functions (finance, marketing, human resources, IT, and law), specific strategic options (M&A, reorganization, and joint ventures), and popular tools for analyzing strategic situations (Balanced Scorecard and Six Sigma).... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 07 Oct 2024
  • Blog Post

Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events

engage students in discussion around company values, job opportunities, and potential career paths. You and your team have the option to facilitate events 1:1 or in a small group in person or virtually, or in a large classroom setting.... View Details
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Ben Faw

For Ben Faw, a lifelong interest in both military history and leadership made West Point a logical destination. But upon graduation, when Ben had many options at his disposal, he responded to a calling that... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Technology; Manufacturing
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Bad Times for Business

relate to your areas of interest and expertise. Then we'll discuss some of the challenges they pose. Brian, what about the issue of top-management compensation? Brian Hall: As you all know, stock options were intended to give executives... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Road to Recovery

options to assist people with substance use issues. Then he learned that there were better treatments available—a category of interventions known as contingency management, which offer motivational incentives for staying sober. “But no... View Details
Keywords: April White; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 10 Oct 2018
  • Research & Ideas

The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote

social media, responses are immediate.” Also, votes allow companies to perform consumer research cheaply, generating new ideas for products or flavors, or testing consumer preference for options it might be considering. “Firms can... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising
  • 02 Feb 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?

van Wyk said, "It is also the case that ... [the truly successful leader] ... has the courage to hold close even the fiercest critics." Gad Gasaatura suggested the use of the "name optional approach" to encourage... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter

crafting innovative ways to make that happen in the Bay Area, where median home prices sail north of $1 million. In Oakland, for example, the nonprofit used a little-known tool called the Chapter 8 Tax Sale to acquire 24 blighted,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • Web

FAQs for Alumni Virtual Programs - Alumni

layout or appear as a pop-out. If the pop-out window display interferes with viewing, click on the ellipsis ( ) to Merge to Meeting Window. You may also need to Exit Full Screen. Options for changing your visibility can be accessed by... View Details
  • 10 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

hesitant to vote for such proposals. Add to this the ideological divisions about whether to emphasize taxes or spending when closing the budget gap, and we have a difficult and volatile fiscal outlook for this country. Given these problems, S&P's View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 17 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

New Treasury Rules Help Long-Retirement Planning

a man at age 60 can purchase a deferred life annuity with $50,000 from his IRA, and then receive $17,614 in annual income for life starting at age 80. This type of deferred life annuity, called a longevity annuity, is much less expensive... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Pozen; Financial Services
  • 14 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

How to Profit from Scarcity

Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Marketers are trained to match supply to demand. Everything... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products; Advertising
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Kwame Owusu-Kesse

senior year at Harvard, he had formed, with two classmates, a social network called "Triumph," which sponsored social events for young professionals and doubled as a fundraising platform for nonprofit causes. "I've always... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney

will address the challenges facing organizations in attracting, developing, and retaining outstanding talent. He calls the approach required today "constellation leadership." What impact has the Internet's rapid growth had on the way... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 23 Jan 2017
  • Blog Post

Celebrating National Coming Out Day at HBS

LGBTSA introduced us to an annual event at HBS (and worldwide) called National Coming Out Day.  The LGBTSA organizes a number of events on campus throughout the day, including a lunchtime talk for each section that is View Details
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