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Maria Brewer
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? During my time in operations, the more I was able to work with multiple areas of the business and see how they interact, the more excited I was by my work. Observing how one decision in a... 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
- 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
- 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
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Commencement 2016 Address | About
Commencement 2016 Address Play Remarks as prepared by Dean Nitin Nohria, 26 May 2016 Class of 2016, friends and family, and members of the Harvard Business School community. Good afternoon and welcome. One of the wonderful courses in the View Details
- 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
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Annual Report Details Strong Financial Growth
million to reach a total of $62 million, reflecting gifts to The Campaign for Harvard Business School and another above-average year of investment returns for the School’s endowment. Campaign gifts and endowment funds enable HBS to make critical investments in... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
compromises. But it can happen.” In a unanimous decision made shortly after her concluding remarks, the school board appointed Cognetti to its vacant seat. Headlines the next day put Cognetti’s Harvard MBA front and center—a fact she... View Details
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
that align strategy and business competition with the needs of society, which will mean a different relationship with government,” the paper concludes. Business community action required In the coming weeks, Porter and Gehl will bring their message to the business... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Fellowship Dinner Brings Students and Donors Together
donors, recipients, and guests. Crane, a Robert K. & Myra H. Kraft Financial Aid Fund recipient, spoke on behalf of the eight hundred students in the MBA Classes of 2002 and 2003 who have received financial aid through fellowships. He was... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
statistics of two schools, the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Harvard Business School. Last year, fully 68 percent of Stanford’s graduates took jobs in the Western United States. Only 39 percent of Harvard graduates remained in the Northeast, instead... View Details
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
less than enthusiastic about these ideas. He remarked, “Let me see if I get this question right. We want to create a government position to oversee AI across all segments of the US economy. Great idea.” After citing a number of ways he... View Details
- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
How politics cuts across business Written with Margarita Tsoutsoura, an associate professor of finance at Washington University in St. Louis, the analysis draws from data such as executive surveys, voter registration lists, campaign... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
community service efforts. Last year, the club gave $25,000 in financial aid to MBA students, provided a full scholarship to the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management executive program at HBS, and funded a summer fellowship for... View Details
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
candidates: Don't underestimate the importance of likability. Help prospective employers understand why you deserve what you're requesting. Make it clear that they can get you. Understand the person across the table from you. Understand... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
across complements can offset horizontal competition between substitutes. In this paper, we isolate the offsetting price effects and show how they operate in large (as well as small) clusters. We argue that it is possible in principle for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
alumni club to demonstrate the nuts-and-bolts logistics of accomplishing major competitiveness goals in order to inspire other clubs across the country. “This isn’t just an intellectual exercise,” Raman says. “We want people to see how... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
eventful. The lessons of their experience speak volumes for all of American industry, as firms large and small grapple with a host of new challenges that those beginning their careers in 1971 never anticipated. Another MBA '71 graduate,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
innovations and entrepreneurs in health services to spring up. But we don't. I have an acquaintance, Garrison Bliss, who is a Harvard Medical School doctor, and his brother-in-law is Norman Wu, a software guy who went to the MBA program.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
Latinas in America turned their dreams into reality. Their stories provide insight into the mindset, actions, and habits that allowed them to overcome barriers and conquer fears, to achieve what they once thought impossible. Women &... View Details