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28 Jun 2020
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Perfect Your Pitch

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Rising Leaders for Social Impact Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

through-line to the conversation, with anchors and prompts to support discussions, and tools to support next steps Participant experience “I loved the opportunity to engage with other socially minded classmates and alums (with the amazing... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Turning Point: Listen to the Music

Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and came to the United States in 1958 with my parents and my brother because my parents thought it was... View Details

Keywords: music; film; purpose; career

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Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

industry. Early-stage companies might give only stock or a blend of stock and cash. If you are receiving stock, identify any restrictions on it. And remember—as with any contract, terms can be negotiated. Step 7: Prepare for a Productive Onboarding View Details

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

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Cait Haught

case method. I visited two to three other business schools, and the classroom experience at HBS ranked thousands of times better. The professors are really good teachers who are passionate about their students. The case method brings... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

22 Sep 2022
News

The Beauty Guide

be talking to you today if I hadn’t left marketing,” declares Freyre. The move to sales taught her about retailers, how consumers shop, and ultimately made her a better marketer and leader. “I tap into that diversity of experience every... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

08 Feb 2023
News

Alumni-Cofounded Company Sells to CVS for $10.6 Billion

19 states that provide the best care anywhere to over 132,000 older adults. His commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion makes Oak Street Health a great place to work for teammates and enables an unmatched experience for patients.”... View Details

14 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt

five hours of removal. The t-shirts were frozen to preserve the scent and thawed two hours before the stress test experiment began. (Pro tip: Freezing an item of clothing will preserve the wearer’s scent for up to two years, according to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Short Intensive Programs 2024 Preview: From Climate Change to Formula 1

Schlesinger. “These courses offer great topics with faculty who really care about the space and are willing to experiment with modalities, technologies, approaches, and guests—almost all courses make very heavy use of visitors in a way... View Details

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

for implementation and sustainability. The kind of negotiation campaign that I’ve sketched is designed to build a sufficient, sustainable “winning coalition” on behalf of an initiative like Amazon’s. But as this experience shows, an... View Details

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

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

the intermediate future. Terms and conditions related to work should be temporary, and companies should actively experiment to learn how to balance the concerns of employees with the need to maintain productivity. Emphasis should be... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Financial Aid - Alumni

of experiences and perspectives to the classroom and make it possible for recipients to pursue career paths based on interest and potential impact rather than student debt. A Tradition of Philanthropy Watch this 3-minute video to learn... View Details

07 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Product Management at HBS: Roll Up Your Sleeves and Learn by Doing

I gained first-hand experience with product management in the gaming industry, including identifying a market need, creating a game design document, coding in a game engine, fostering a Reddit and Discord community with over 100 alpha... View Details

02 Oct 2023

Take30 Impact Series: Life Post-HBS - Hispanic Heritage Month Edition

Take 30 minutes out of your day and gain deeper insight into how one alum is making an impact in their own way after HBS. We’ll touch on their experience as a student, and then “zoom” in on their career path and personal journey since... View Details

14 Jun 2021
Op-Ed

When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative

When I first started teaching executive education classes at Harvard Business School, I was part of a team of five professors who conducted one-week programs for leaders of businesses from all across the globe. Most of my colleagues had extensive View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

02 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

at Mac’s Convenience Stores, implemented between 2007 and 2017. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/918002-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-002 Hulu: Redefining the Way People Experience TV In May 2017,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Social Entrepreneurship

By: James L. Heskett

This project is centered around an analysis of data and experiences of 31 executive directors of not-for-profit organizations who completed the Denali Initiative on social entrepreneurship, of which I was volunteer faculty chairperson, between 1999 and 2002. The... View Details

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An AI Method to Score Celebrity Visual Potential from Human Faces

By: Flora Feng, Shunyuan Zhang, Xiao Liu, Kannan Srinivasan and Cait Lamberton

It has long been a mantra of marketing practice that, particularly in low-involvement situations, spokespeople should be physically attractive. This paper suggests there is a higher probability of gaining fame and influence (i.e., celebrity potential) than is captured... View Details

Keywords: Personal Characteristics; AI and Machine Learning; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing

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The Golden Revolving Door

By: Ling Cen, Lauren Cohen, Jing Wu and Fan Zhang

Using both the onset of the US-China trade war in 2018 and the most recent Russia-Ukraine war and associated trade tensions, we show a counterintuitive pattern in global trade. Namely, while the average firm trading with these nations significantly decreases their... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Business and Government Relations; International Relations

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