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- 08 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to Business School as a Couple
And, for me, the two year program seemed like a great opportunity to test out my start-up ideas in a supportive and low risk environment while continuing to hone my business skills. Did you have a back-up plan if only one of you got in?... View Details
- 04 Oct 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?
services. Armando Jimenez San Vicente disagreed, commenting that, “It is time to support trade back again as the main engine of growth ... (with) a positive impact on the world economy.” Others were not so sure, but uncertain about how to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Engagement Opportunities - Business & Environment
professional skills and relationships that support their future careers. Program includes a weekend retreat at the Harvard Forest, dinners and workshops with leaders in the field, and a year-end event. Applications due in August. Harvard... View Details
- Profile
Ahmed Alimi
Advisory Services, FBN Capital, and Helios Investment Partners. "At Helios," Ahmed says, "I had a unique opportunity to work on deals as well as support value creation efforts at our portfolio companies. I worked closely... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Managers Stifle Creativity
to really achieve its potential. Kost: Artificial intelligence techniques and tools are influencing how companies conduct business and make decisions. How do these technologies affect creativity? Amabile: It depends on how we use these approaches and technologies. If... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
Ramanna, who holds appointments as the Henry B. Arthur Fellow, supporting the research and teaching of business ethics, and as a Marvin Bower Fellow, helping faculty launch innovative new business agendas. "Capitalism delivers on... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist
Saladrigas managed to save $400 -- by mowing lawns, delivering newspapers, and waxing cars -- to help his parents get settled when they arrived from Cuba in 1962. Tragically, his mother then developed cancer, and Saladrigas dropped out of high school to help care for... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions - Research Computing Services
can I request an account on the HBSGrid? Please fill out this form . If you have any questions or your needs are not captured by the form, please contact RCS (research@hbs.edu or 5-6100). How can I request research software? Please review the information about research... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
User research suggested that the checkout process could be improved. Hypothesis: Displaying the checkout date when selecting the number of children improves the user experience (by adding clarity). Result: Treatment had a significant positive impact on key metric;... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
strong emphasis on education. They suggest that China's dependency ratio will peak at about one dependent to 2.6 workers in the next few years. After that, the effects of encouraged reductions in the birth rate will mean that fewer workers will be View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Profile
Bryan Stromer
Coming to HBS is like... Those “choose your own adventure” books, but the HBS version is filled with fascinating professors, supportive peers, and a lot of cases. Before coming to HBS, I imagined that business school would box me into a... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
overseas components.” There were concerns that the Company could become involved in politics and lose its needed focus on new markets. Supporting the plant in Thailand, Erich Almasy suggested that, “Politics are mercurial and should not... View Details
- 23 May 2024
- News
HBS After October 7
On Friday, May 17, 2024, Dean Srikant Datar, HBS Alumni Board President Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997), and members of the School’s leadership held an online forum for alumni to learn more about the School’s activities and actions since October 7, 2023. Stavropoulos... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition
US to treat elective procedures and a patient-centric platform with end-to-end support to connect both sides. Aldo Farah Orozco, MBA 2019, Cofounder & Co-CEO Region: International Track The Endowment Project The Endowment Project is an... View Details
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
potential source of disease, drugs, gangs, crime, you name it. The crimes they do commit are given extra publicity. And yet common sense and the data that we have don’t support the allegations. Think about it: These are the best of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Jan 2022
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic
support they need. For example, a team member may wish to have flexibility in their work schedules when school starts and ends to get their children settled. The ability to schedule meetings around those times can enable them to do their... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- Web
Industry Information - Alumni
provides research and insights from McKinsey with ideas and contributions from leading experts and practitioners on all aspects of management thought. + – Education EdSurge Provides the latest news and trends in the edtech industry to help educators using technology to... View Details
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
12-hour shifts as maître d’ at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge, felt obligated to work just as hard and to be pragmatic in his goals. (“How are you going to support yourself? How are you going to View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 01 May 2020
- What Do You Think?
Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?
SUMMING UP Is Management the Missing Ingredient in Melding Organization Culture and Remote Work? Those who have experienced remote work are largely vocal supporters of the notion. Its success is dependent, on the one hand, on an effective... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
to “flatten the curve” and reduce the number of bankruptcy filings, at least by enough to allow the existing system to function effectively. Massive financial support available to distressed businesses under the CARES Act and various... View Details