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10 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?

be particularly sympathetic to #MeToo’s call to empower women and are the main driver of the shift to hire more women following the scandal, write Hong Luo and Laurina Zhang, the paper's authors. Luo is the James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Media & Broadcasting

February 2010 (Revised June 2011)
Case

SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool

By: Mukti Khaire and Kathleen L. McGinn

The case is about the decision to convert a not-for-profit organization into a for-profit company. SEWA Trade Facilitation Center (STFC), which is part of a larger non-profit organization—the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)—works to improve the livelihoods of... View Details

Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; For-Profit Firms; Gender; Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Arts; Entrepreneurship; Economic Growth; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; India

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13 Mar 2023
Op-Ed

How Leaders Should Leave

chain, in which case that manager will likely be happy to consider language that you might propose regarding your contributions. Avoid a statement that you are leaving to pursue other interests or spend more time with family; these are... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

20 Oct 2023
News

Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

On the evening of Wednesday, October 11, Alumni Board members joined with current HBS students in the Spangler Center for "A Conversation about Life Lessons", which was led by Leslie Perlow, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership. This October, more than 75... View Details

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

their employees during these difficult times? About the authors Boris Groysberg is the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Robin Abrahams is a research View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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Generative AI - Alumni

description will give the AI more to work from when creating a targeted cover letter draft. Outputs will be more generic when working from less detailed job descriptions or job titles only. Below are two examples of input prompts for generating a cover letter: “I am a... View Details

06 Sep 2016
Blog Post

What Makes the HBS MBA unique?

skills critical for business. Additionally, you’re introduced to classes and career paths that you might find interesting but that you otherwise wouldn’t take on your own. For me, I came to HBS thinking that I was more of an established... View Details

16 Jun 2021
HBS Case

Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm

Carnival has survived—and has even emerged stronger—says Gilson, who chronicled the company’s travails in the new case study Carnival Corporation: Cruising Through COVID-19, co-written with research associate Sarah Abbott. The case... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Travel

09 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

to Fight the COVID Fog About the Authors Boris Groysberg is the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Sarah Abbott is a research View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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About the Project - Creating Emerging Markets

inception, the Creating Emerging Markets project website has had 600,000 visits from scholars in some 200 countries. Faculty Co-chairs Geoffrey G. Jones Isidor Straus Professor of Business History Tarun Khanna Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor... View Details

30 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 30

recognizes that contingent debt can be associated with incentive problems and lack of commitment. Thus, the benefits of unexpected inflation are tempered by higher interest rates. We obtain that costs from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

As Amazon’s stunning pullout from New York fades into the news archives, its potent lessons for business negotiators risk being lost. Highly promising deals in diffuse multiparty settings with many potential spoilers, like Amazon’s... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

impact. However, although this practice is generally lauded as a win-win for business and the environment, the firm may actually increase emissions if it acts to maximize profit because it would increase production to leverage the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 29

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-060.pdf Manipulability in Matching Markets: Conflict and Coincidence of Interests Authors:Itai Ashlagi and Flip Klijn Abstract We study comparative statics of manipulations by women in the men-proposing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Sep 2024
Blog Post

4 Things You Need to Know about Immersive FIELD Courses at HBS

industry/subject focus, and the faculty member teaching the course. The immersion component often lasts anywhere from 6 to 11 days. Each IFC has a specific focus which exposes students to projects and/or business contacts within an... View Details

13 Nov 2023
Blog Post

HBS Veteran Spotlight: Lindsey Chrismon (MBA 2025)

this unique journey and celebrate the valuable contributions of veterans. This post was prepared in collaboration with the Armed Forces Alumni Association (AFAA). Figure it out. Be a good person. Buy a pair of cleats. As a fresh graduate... View Details

11 Oct 2013
HBS Seminar

Sen Chai, Post-Doc Labor & Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and NBER

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

interest rates remain high for small businesses. The authors discuss the consequences of this credit gap on small business operation and capital. See Sam's other research here and Jeremy's other research... View Details

November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
Case

Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security

By: Elie Ofek

In the summer of 2023, the co-founders of Infarm, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company, were contemplating a major pivot going forward. While Infarm had successfully shown it could grow over 75 products—mainly herbs, leafy greens and mushrooms—in modular... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Transition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; North America; Toronto; Northeastern United States