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01 Dec 2013
News

Your Own Medicine

fibrosis treatment. Williams got into pharma by chance. After working in investment banking before and after HBS, he took a job at the consulting firm Corporate Decisions (now Oliver Wyman). One of his first clients was launching a drug... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; biomedicine; biopharmaceutical company; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

2009), Senior Program Officer, The Kresge Foundation Just what does it mean for a city to go bankrupt? Bankruptcies are so commonly associated with firms and individuals that we tend to use the same mental models to evaluate Detroit's... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

24 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

programs, increasingly have in-house programs for developing and promoting talented employees who have only undergraduate degrees. One anecdote drove the point home. When Datar asked a partner at a top consulting firm whether he would... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education

23 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

even when we control for factors prominent in the last decade's cross-country studies of financial development. The findings indicate that inequality-perpetuating conditions that result in political instability are fundamental roadblocks for international View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2024
Teaching Note

Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A) & (B)

By: Tiona Zuzul

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 724-391 and 724-398. In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between... View Details

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20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20

Industry Author: Geoffrey Jones Publication: Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010 Abstract The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. The brands and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Apr 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

firm that provides strategic consulting services for private equity and venture funds. Also a former member of the Obama administration’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, she serves as a trustee of the Getty Trust and the Art... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

28 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 28

http://www.amazon.com/Business-History-Elgar-Walter-Friedman/dp/1781955263/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389789862&sr=1-2&keywords=Business+History+Jones+and+Friedman August 2013 Management Science The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

its own members to fund future expansion. What’s in Assistant Professor Uma Karmarkar’s grocery bags? It may depend on if she’s carrying reusuable bags. In a series of experiments, Karmarkar and a fellow researcher found that when customers bring their own bags, they... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

29 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

from (HBS professor emeritus) Tom McCraw's Creating Modern Capitalism book, wherein Henry Royce is talking about a decision whether to merge Rolls-Royce with Vickers, but "was determined to keep the firm independent." "From... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

17 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Resisting the Seductions of Success

ahead of him—in a recent election, he almost beat a heavily entrenched incumbent. Tony is a veteran, with a Silver Star for bravery in Korea, and an entrepreneur. With his good friend Max, another attorney, he has started a law firm and... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

11 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time

federal initiatives. “It was actually a unique setup for both of us – we were attending online HBS classes during the morning hours, and then in the afternoon we were managing a volunteer organization that was experiencing surging... View Details

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Oral Histories | Baker Library

she went on to get her Ed.D at Columbia University. She started her career in retail as a department store buyer, and has used her experiences to consult, teach, and write on career management issues. Betsy Jaffe also worked for Catalyst, a nonprofit research and... View Details

January 2024
Supplement

Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (B)

By: Tiona Zuzul and Susan Pinckney

In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between staying true to the tenets of the natural wine... View Details

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01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

coupled with an established venture capital community and a vast pool of potential customers in the form of major financial firms hungry for fresh tech. “Large financial institutions are technology companies that happen to move money,”... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

10 Mar 2021
News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

professionals, managers, and executives, from HR to finance, law firms to tech companies, across the world. Those conversations revolved around three key questions: What are the most common mistakes early-career professionals make at... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

Lakhani, and Michael E. Menietti Abstract—Tournaments are widely used in the economy to organize production and innovation. We study individual contestant-level data from 2,796 contestants in 774 software algorithm design contests with... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

15 Jun 2021
News

June 2021 Books and Podcasts

workplace injustice and transform our careers and organizations in the process. We―all of us―consistently exclude, underestimate, and underutilize huge numbers of people in the workforce, even as we include, overestimate, and promote... View Details