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03 Jan 2018
News

Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room

of family members, taking care of bills, managing personal relationships, balancing work-life with family. You've got a lot of players who are married, that have children. And spend a lot of time away from their children, and oftentimes... View Details

02 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 2

average patient of medium severity in this ED. We propose that the improved performance comes from a reduction in social loafing and a more distributed utilization of shared resources. These benefits outweigh the expected efficiency gains... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

stagnant since the 1970s. We now worry about government-caused asset bubbles. Governments must avoid doing this because asset bubbles benefit virtually no one and harm nearly everyone. Cleaning up the mess is a deadweight cost to society... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

accreditation. Also, the use of the LEED standard increased among private builders in the same local markets. "Our paper describes several different ways in which these policies might stimulate private markets for greener building," says Toffel, an associate professor... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

Business School Case 207-091 Jerzy Peters, Managing Director of Patron Capital Partners, must decide the best investment option on the development of the Odra Polish theater chain and the associated real estate. Capital Field was a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

development. Of particular interest are jobs that require the applicant to apply business and managerial skills gained at HBS, as well as the applicant’s capability to produce significant, sustained benefits for the employer within these... View Details

17 Dec 2017
News

How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

camp in Uganda, and you heard a woman's song. Heaney: I was over in Africa doing some work, and in Africa, many of the organizations need very specific skill sets, medical training, logistics experience. I didn't have those, so I had to look for a while to find... View Details

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

many people came into the program, and what benefits did they get? And then the even bigger question beyond cost efficiency and effectiveness is, what impact did the organization have? Granted it is very complex to get all the way to that... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

David Blumenthal, professor at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital; Michael Newman, a senior research manager at Harris Interactive; Kinga Zapert, vice president for... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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Commencement 2011 Address | About

of the Class of 2011) is today a Director and President of BlackRock, Inc. — the world ’ s largest asset management firm. BlackRock was among the firms that saved our banking system from collapse. At a moment of great peril, Rob and his... View Details

13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

Shiv, and Rebecca M.C. Spencer Abstract—Conventional wisdom and studies of unconscious processing suggest that sleeping on a choice may improve decision making. Though sleep has been shown to benefit several cognitive tasks, including... View Details

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

Look at the business model. Walmart catapulted into a $400-billion-plus company by luring customers into stores with groceries at very low margins, reaping the benefits of additional trips, which generated increased sales of higher-margin... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

11 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 11, 2009

more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes an attempt at bringing economic theory and management strategy... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2011
News

The Spangler Effect

away,” says Todd Mulder, food services general manager for Restaurant Associates, the hospitality firm that manages all campus food operations. “They are impressed that you can get sushi made to order,” in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

tomorrow are going to be of the unsavory variety, 30 years of experience dealing with Iran shows that neglect and isolation are ineffective strategies for managing conflict. Second, diplomacy is about identifying what makes this situation... View Details

Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities

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Commencement 2017 Address | About

back. In our classrooms, though, we teach that learning from feedback—including negative feedback—is an essential act of effective leadership. All of you experienced moments when classmates disagreed with your views; indeed, one of the many View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

specifically. Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. (MBA 1978) (Harvard Business Review Press) Part of a manager’s job is making tough calls, and the hardest... View Details

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

the elements of our Credo focused on creating a community unified in its mission to improve quality of life.” The release goes on to note that Edwards has partnered with firms that have expertise in using capital to benefit underserved... View Details

July 2024
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Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc

In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details

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16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

with us and explained more about the drivers of The Story of American Business and the book's implications for managers and leaders. Martha Lagace: Please give us a bit of backstory to this project. Nancy F. Koehn: The New York Times... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

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