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When Generations Learn Together
traditional MBA program did not make sense for him. Yet, he knew he could become a more well-rounded business leader and investor with some traditional business education, especially functional/topical learning, to supplement his broad... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
Jessica Matthews (AB 2010, MBA 2014) and her inventions have drawn a lot of attention. Former president Bill Clinton said she’s “quite extraordinary, really; if ever there was an innovator, she’s it.” Talk-show host Stephen Colbert called... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Making Big Data Fashionable
from anything so unquantifiable as emotion, Moon values that intuition and wants to “help validate” it. More Retail Revolutions Speeding Up Accessories BaubleBar cofounders Amy Jain and Daniella Yacobovsky (both MBA 2010) apply the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
John Dearden Remembered
and opportunities it would pose,” said McFarlan, a student in the first class Dearden taught at the School. Dearden chaired the Control faculty from 1968 to 1970 and served three times as head of the required first-year MBA course in that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Student Snapshot
gave up. What are your post-HBS plans? I plan to stay in this sector my entire life. I’d like to use Catalyst Alliance as a means to attract more MBAs into social nterprise — I want to contribute to making it as appealing as the private... View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
release date. Doing so, however, would negate cost savings achieved by reusing film copies across staggered release dates. Studios could also limit a film's distribution to digital, not analog, screens, the copies tagged with electronic... View Details
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
bad weather). In this paper, we define superfluous apologies as expressions of regret for an undesirable circumstance for which the apologizer is clearly not responsible. Across four studies, we find that issuing a superfluous apology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
Will Hurwitz. McDonald’s emerges from a slump With 40,000 mostly franchised restaurants across the world, McDonald’s serves some 63 million customers daily and employs more than 2 million workers. The brothers who founded the chain in... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- Op-Ed
Tax US Companies to Spur Spending
productively in the United States. A previous repatriation tax holiday in 2004 induced the return of more than $300 billion to this country, and commentators across the political spectrum, including Andy Stern, formerly of the Service... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Students Mentor Kids
opportunity to get away from the intensity of HBS and spend some time trying to make one teenager’s life a little better. I was amazed at the seriousness of issues that Rory shared with me and how much he valued my opinions.” Mark Brown, Jonathan Krautmann, and Todd... View Details
- 18 Aug 2015
- News
New HBS Fund Chairs
Ashley Garrett and Alan K. “AJ” Jones’s term as HBS Fund Chairs began on July 1, 2015. The couple, who are both members of the MBA Class of 1987, are longtime Harvard supporters. They will serve as the School’s chief fundraising... View Details
- 19 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission
valuable asset. However, the company is now at a crossroads. It has grown so big and so popular that it must consider monetizing certain aspects of its business to ensure sustained quality and to continue to bolster its content offerings. Jeffrey Bussgang (HBS View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
distributional side the proposal is pretty blunt. It basically says, let's raise the standard deduction, and it's not clear exactly where the brackets will be at the low end. There is a policy, the Earned Income Tax Credit, which is bipartisan, very popular View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
drives; and how to manage the disease and vaccinations in the villages of developing countries. The book also explores how governments across the world can work closely with private-sector companies to fight the illness and accelerate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Navigator Takes Off
functionality and information contained in the current MBA student online class cards. Gifts from Chantal and Michael Jennings (MBA ’68) and from the Class of 2003 made the new service possible. The Alumni Navigator is powered by new... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
at the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The pandemic has made it clear that this must change. Richard Hamermesh (@RHamermesh) is a Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice and View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 23 Apr 2008
- Op-Ed
The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations
fit the scale and nature of the firm. Beyond managing risk at the firm level, the FSA is also responsible for systemic risk. Thus, it monitors trends in the financial markets across the individual firms. Consistent with U.S. concerns... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Port Esbjerg: Deploying Offshore Wind
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable
opportunity, it was really hard to get a new business off the ground. Today, publishers are trying to create better forms of advertising. The Times has T Brand Studios and our advertising team here that has created bigger, more beautiful ads and better native content.... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Clubs Convene to Focus on Health Care
multiple locations at once was modeled after the larger annual HBS Global Networking Night (coming up on October 16). “We wanted to provide an opportunity for alumni in the HBSHAA to connect within each city and on the same night across... View Details