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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

throughout the program). There’s no discount for past participants. Scholarships aren’t currently available for CLIMB, but we are working to expand our financial aid offerings to assist a wider range of... View Details

31 Jan 2018
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American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

former HBS doctoral student who is now an assistant professor at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Despite such pitfalls of idle time, however, the phenomenon has been understudied. “There is much more focus... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

In some cases, people can spare themselves the trouble of deliberation and instead "decide by mind wandering" yet experience no decrease in satisfaction. September 2013 Review of Financial Studies Expectations of Returns and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10

By: Coates, John C., Jesse M. Fried, and Kathryn E. Spier Abstract—We report the results of an online survey, conducted on behalf of Harvard Law School, of 124 practicing attorneys at major law firms. The survey had two main objectives: (1) to View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

disproportionate share of power. In the past few decades, as legislation that put controls on Wall Street was largely undone, the size and profits of the financial sector grew enormously. That increased its influence, particularly its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Research - Race, Gender & Equity

2023. After a year of operations, Djoli must look beyond MStudio, which had supported them financially and in kind in exchange for equity,... November 2023 Teaching Material Inclusion and Diversity at Mars Petcare By: Katherine Coffman ,... View Details

26 May 2016
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Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets 2013-15 Named Most Powerful Woman in Finance by American Banker 2016 Joins Board of Directors, Robin Hood Foundation Chief Executive Officer, J.P. Morgan Asset Management It’s hard to talk... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

through various lenses.” Lugas Prancafitri Chief Financial Officer at BNI Ventures What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of... View Details

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

into World War II gave the steel industry a financial boost from the depths of the Great Depression as well as an opportunity for image burnishing. Large corporations and government worked together on the joint goal of supplying steel for... View Details

12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on employees, customers, communities, and the environment. But changing an organization’s DNA may require upending the existing business model and lowering profitability,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

agency. Should the performer continue with the arena tour solo? Should she develop a small tour for smaller venues? Or should she cancel the concert series entirely? The case, which Elberse coauthored with Michael Christensen (HBS MBA '11) and which also benefited from... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

33 In 1946, Doriot became president of American Research and Development Corporation (ARD), the first publicly funded venture capital firm and one of the first modern venture capital companies established after the war. Located in Boston, ARD offered entrepreneurs... View Details

20 Jan 2022
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3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

We’re approaching year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, with no clear end in sight. During this time, companies have had to make difficult decisions about whether employees should work from home, wear masks in the office, and get vaccinated and tested. Many companies... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About

members can and should play a valuable role with students by offering them advice and counsel on academic and career issues, including new ventures. Conflicts of Interest: Financial or business relationships between students and faculty... View Details

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

University, the Atlanta Conferences addressed pressing economic issues that the Black community faced. The fourth annual conference was entitled "The Negro in Business." In 1900, Booker T. Washington founded the National Negro Business League (NNBL) to promote... View Details

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Career Support - Business & Environment

careers with nonprofits focused on corporate engagement, or in the public sector. HBS MBAs have many options for making a difference at the critical intersection of environmental and business issues. BEI actively assists students in... View Details

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assistant buyer and rose to overseeing buying in Europe and Asia. He was one of the first Black executives at Macy's. Wilkinson later moved to the New York City Transit Authority, becoming executive officer for surface transit with... View Details

25 May 2021
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White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?

increase their occupancy rates significantly, bringing their earnings more in line with the higher rental incomes of white hosts, according to a study coauthored by Shunyuan Zhang, an assistant professor in the Marketing Unit at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Accommodations

12 Nov 2012
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Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

the subject in a new paper: Can Wages Buy Honesty? The Relationship between Relative Wages and Employee Theft. She cowrote the study, published in the September issue of the Journal of Accounting Research, with Clara Xiaoling Chen, an View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

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