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06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

Despite widespread investment in entrepreneurship in cities across America, venture capital-funded startups still tend to be founded by white men in Silicon Valley. In contrast, businesses led by women are 63 percent less likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

managers; interns sending written questions that senior managers would later answer; and intern group research project meetings in which interns would gather online for 30 minutes to work together without managers present. Contact with managers is key The researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

frame and articulate that value. Second, price-testing is increasingly important. In his autobiography written in 1963, ad man David Ogilvy noted that, “Most people assume companies use scientific methods in pricing, but throughout my career, I have View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

29 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

Zanato, and Vera Ribaudo. A reluctant merchant Born into a family of cloth and wool traders, Cotrugli was a reluctant merchant, pulled from his studies at the University of Bologna to join a profession that he considered lacking in intellectual and moral discipline: “I... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

Profile

Nashae Roundtree

poor, she always found a way to supply our needs while teaching me fundamental characteristics like humility, faith, resilience, and hard work that I hold close to my heart as a leader. What’s the best thing about your hometown? The food!... View Details

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

affects innovation incentives in medical technologies. Prior studies have found early mover regulatory advantages for drugs. I find the opposite for medical devices, where pioneer entrants spend 34% (7.2 months) longer than follow-on... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

Ahmed Alimi

platform for middle-class Nigerians." "The resources at HBS have been amazing," says Ahmed. "At the i-lab, I've found a lot of support for the business, especially in the area of tech and product design. Just say 'hi'... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services

03 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Physicians Off the Beaten Path

you a transferable skill set,” says Faraz. “In terms of transferable skills, most of our guests talk about communication. And thinking on your feet. [At my consulting internship] I found that managing patients is not very different from... View Details

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

his own research, he has spent hundreds of hours studying a similarly fraught industry—high-risk medical transport teams—to learn how they acquire knowledge that can literally mean the difference between life and death. He found that much... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

05 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?

game when Penney offers 'pretty good' prices every day?" Aside from pricing changes, all retail stores are under intense pressure to create item assortments that cannot be found elsewhere. "We complain that every department store is the... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

board in terms of planning. It was a real transformational moment for me personally, and it began to transform the company. Hanna: It's interesting to me hearing you talk about the David Halberstam book and then reading your own book just to see all of the different... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

Portrait Project

David Chan

A typical five-year old on a Saturday morning would likely be watching the Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon. Not me. I could be found watching The Weather Channel. I was enamored by the weather. I grew up in New York’s Hudson Valley, and... View Details

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

others. I sought one of the greatest honors I will ever experience: leading a platoon of Marines. REFLECTION ON SERVICE: My favorite memories happened during training events in the field with my Marines. We would be short on sleep, showers, and warm food, but they... View Details

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

similarly strive to develop and quickly market a minimum viable algorithm. This approach may take some convincing; the DNA of founding technical teams is often around solving technical puzzles and increasing accuracy from 90 percent to 95... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

the researchers found a 7.7 percent increase in the average partisanship of executive teams in that 12-year period, with particularly high year-over-year increases in 2010, 2012, and 2016. Overall, executives who vote similarly are 34... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

14 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving

found that multitasking falls into two broad categories: work and personal. Work-related multitasking occurs more often in the morning as commuters head to the office, and personal-related multitasking occurs more often as commuters head... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

30 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 30

health choices. The good news is that human nature can also be a source of solutions. Through her studies in Zambia exploring the reasons for unwanted pregnancies and the incentives that would motivate hairdressers to sell condoms to their clients, the author has View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

Web

5 Facts about Clubs at HBS - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

National Coming Out Day is October 11, 2021, and HBS will be supporting and participating in events that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community throughout October. Some students come out before business school, some students wait until they arrive on campus, and some who... View Details

Profile

Jay Bhandari

to campus. A year in, I've found the range of personalities and backgrounds here to be more expansive than I had anticipated. The community feels far more close-knit than the size of the student body would suggest. View Details

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