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Adrian Obleton

like writing enough to go to law school. What is your favorite childhood memory? I remember learning how to do math when I was 5 or 6 by playing Monopoly with my dad. It's a controversial game, but it’s still my favorite to this day... View Details

06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen Abstract—Assessing the productivity gains View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Mar 2022
Op-Ed

Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

Those features, they assert, help them learn best practices from their multitude of engagements, ensure the confidentiality of specific information, and apply cutting-edge knowledge to assignments. Network... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

University, where senior and retired executives learn to develop leadership skills in the service of solving large social problems. Many of the examples in the book come from her experience leading that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Picture This: Why Online Image Searches Drive Purchases

to compete. For top sellers, that visibility from smaller competitors may mean more vigorous competition. “So, there may be some adjustments on what kind of prices sellers set, holding constant the products sold,” Farronato says. “In... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology; Consumer Products; Retail

14 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 14, 2015

on a profitable and scalable basis. With Pearson's overall strategy shifting from the developed to the developing world and from a supplier of books to a host of other learning... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

complete tax documents for submission to HBS. Failure to supply these forms within 30 days from notification of award will lead to forfeiture of your GO Fellowship award. We suggest you consult your tax... View Details

Social Strategies That Work

Over a billion people use social platforms on the Internet, making them the most frequently visited category of sites. Some platforms, such as eHarmony, MeetUp, and Twitter, allow us to connect to strangers. eHarmony alone is estimated to account for one in six new... View Details

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

differentiation, which reduces buyer power. Structural differences suggest that firms need to compete differently as they enter markets around the world. We can perform similar comparisons along other dimensions of industry structure. In each case, the New World looks... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

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Alumni - Global

2005); By: April White 29 Nov 2023 HBS Clubs A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway By: Margie Kelley 09 Nov 2023 HBS Alumni News From the Brink How HBS alumni helped create a path for Puerto Rico’s fiscal recovery... View Details

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Career Networking - Alumni

Careers Career Networking Careers Career Networking Connect with Alumni Build and maintain relationships that will propel your career forward One of the most valuable resources of HBS is the alumni community. Here you can connect with former classmates, network into a... View Details

Winter 2021
Article

Dealmaking Disrupted: The Unexplored Power of Social Media in Negotiation

By: James K. Sebenius, Ben Cook, David A. Lax, Isaac Silberberg and Paul Levy

While social media has had profound effects in many realms, the theory and practice of negotiation have remained relatively untouched by this potent phenomenon. In this article, we survey existing research in this area and develop a broader framework for understanding... View Details

Keywords: Bargaining; 3D Negotiation; Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution; Social Media

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20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

isolating at home, the remaining workers asked for KN95 masks, better testing protocols, and the right to turn away illegally unmasked customers. These requests were flatly refused—a surprising response from a company whose founder,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

writer at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: i-ai] Related Reading 6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

2017
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The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations

By: Tsedal Neeley

For nearly three decades, English has been the lingua franca of cross-border organizations, yet studies on corporate language strategies and their importance for globalization have been scarce. In The Language of Global Success, Tsedal Neeley provides an... View Details

Keywords: Communication; Residency; Corporate Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Brazil; France; Germany; Indonesia; Japan; Taiwan; Thailand; United States

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Client Success Stories

Long-Lasting Impact The world's top companies and organizations turn to Harvard Business School for assistance with challenges that demand a new level of skill, leadership, and inspiration from their executives. We help many different... View Details

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Jack Perkowski

Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing

02 Nov 2023
News

Seeding Startups

Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free, web-based email solution, and the... View Details

Keywords: April White

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

learning and transition, and that success consists of surfacing errors and learning from them. Make a clear distinction between mistakes and malfeasance. Allow time for team... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management - Recruiting

US and unique collaborations with impact investing peers and graduate schools, their mission remains central to their work. Over the past three years, three interns from HBS have joined teams within Bridges Fund Management, working in new... View Details

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