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02 Nov 2016
Blog Post

The Benefits of a Residential Campus

social life impact when living on campus. It isn’t quite like a college undergrad experience where the dorm is a hub for social activity. In fact, oftentimes, I found the dorms to be very quiet (and... View Details

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Fatima Albassam

Honestly, I found it exhausting, but it’s a learning curve. After a few months, it gets better: you know what to focus on or not; you become more efficient.” But life at HBS is not all work. In December... View Details

Skydeck - Alumni

How Ed Hajim (MBA 1964) overcame a childhood of foster homes and orphanages to find success in finance—and how a family secret changed his life at age 60 Road Work What a seven-continent motorcycle journey... View Details

03 Sep 2013
Working Paper Summaries

How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures

Keywords: by Matthew Lee & Julie Battilana

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Evaluating and Managing Tramp Shipping Lines Performances: A New Methodology Combining Balanced Scorecard and Network DEA

By: Ying-Chen Hsu, Cheng-Chi Chung, Hsuan-Shih Lee and H. David Sherman

The shipping industry is essential for the economic development of nations like Taiwan as a means delivering and receiving cargo. Shipping has been depressed since 2008 as a result of the financial crisis increasing pressure for the shipping lines to operate more... View Details

Keywords: Network Data Envelopment Analysis; Shipping Line; Centralized Approach; Cross-efficiency; Balanced Scorecard; Performance Evaluation

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2012
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The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy

In 1776 the United States government started out on a shoestring and quickly went bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war's end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking the power... View Details

Keywords: History; Sovereign Finance; Ethnicity Characteristics; Economics; Great Britain; United States

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The Founders and Finance

In 1776 the United States government started out on a shoestring and quickly went bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war’s end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking... View Details

2025
Working Paper

Quality-Adjusted-Power: How to Decide Where to Site Renewables

By: Vishrut Rana, Christian Kaps and Serguei Netessine

Problem definition: Investments in renewable energy have surged worldwide in recent years, with over $2 trillion spent globally on clean energy. This surge was driven by growing policy support, concerns about energy security, and, most importantly, the cost... View Details

Keywords: Wind Power; Electricity Distribution; Renewable Energy; Profit; Investment Return; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Geographic Location; Revenue; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry

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2018
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Channeled Attention and Stable Errors -- Previous Working Version

By: Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch, Matthew Rabin and Joshua Schwartzstein

A common critique of models of mistaken beliefs is that people should recognize their error after observations they thought were unlikely. This paper develops a framework for assessing when a given error is likely to be discovered, in the sense that the error-maker... View Details

Keywords: Perception; Behavior; Theory; Situation or Environment

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22 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

own." Unfortunately, lean's prevalence has led to some misconceptions. "Some people think lean means 'not fat,' as in laying people off," Upton says, noting that View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

26 Sep 2023
Research & Ideas

Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates

Monster.com or Indeed, and others designed specifically to recruit high-quality candidates from racial minority groups. Jackson observed that ShopCo leaders reacted with distaste to recruitment platforms in the second category that took a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
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The Credit Suisse/Gerson Lehrman Group Alliance

By: Robert G. Eccles and Laura Winig

The equity research department of Credit Suisse and the expert network firm of Gerson Lehrman Group, historically competitors, have established a strategic alliance which both believe will give them a competitive advantage. Under the leadership of its head of equity... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Innovation and Invention; Alliances; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry

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MBA Experience - Global

accepted full time job opportunities abroad. Students have the opportunity to engage with the School’s more than 89,000 alumni, 33% of whom live abroad across 173 countries. More on Student Life Careers Staff View Details

Profiles - MBA

environment genuinely changed the trajectory of my life — I realized the difference between doing work and meaningful work. Since then, I have tried to infuse that focus on meaning into all that I do, and I... View Details

03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3

http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-041_1af09bde-47f9-4364-bad6-aaac464be909.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-008 The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity After struggling through the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Sep 2023
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Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

taxation. Which you might not think would be like the pick for the most influential life person, right? You probably think LEAD or something like that. But Hank was so focused on encouraging us not to just think about the specific... View Details

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Moving Beyond Direct-to-Consumer

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

Changing consumer behaviors have redefined what it means to be direct to consumer ("DTC"). What once began online a decade ago as a distribution and disintermediation strategy has since evolved into a multifaceted approach for the modern-day brand.

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17 Feb 2022
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When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

02 Sep 2015
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What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

service for customers and long-term profits to patient investors but disappointment for some people who have gone to work there. (In parlance that my co-authors and I used in a recent book that discusses Amazon, it still falls short of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion

November 2008 (Revised February 2009)
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Omron: Sensing Society

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ethan S Bernstein

"Leading profitable growth is only part of the goal. We cannot live without breathing, but we do not live in order to take a breath,” said Omron's President and CEO, Hisao Sakuta, in 2008. Omron, a $7B global supplier of sensors, control system components, advanced... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Competitive Advantage; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Globalized Firms and Management; Innovation and Invention; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Electronics Industry

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