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- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)
progress in malaria elimination1 is certainly something to celebrate, there is still a lot of work to do. Nearly every minute, a child under five years of age dies from malaria2. Many of these deaths are preventable, so it is imperative... View Details
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
than households. Once banks are forced to cope with that load of unpaid debt, historically, the consequences amplify, says Ivashina, the Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration and Finance Unit Head at HBS. “It tells you that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?
joined forces with colleagues David Young and Michael Goold on a wide-reaching project. With five goals in mind, which Collis explains below in an e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge, they surveyed... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
focuses on a disguised application from a KIPP school that plans to grow from one to five locations in five years. Readers are challenged to green-light the application, or not. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips
their first response isn’t, “That’s so cool!” Silverthorne: I was surprised by your emphasis on physical training and food strategies. Is the academic job market that rigorous? Rouen: To be fair, I have no self-control around sweets. Without some kind of View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Part 1: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Setting Career Goals
Phil Caruso, JD/MBA '19, has served as a U.S. Air Force officer for seven years on active duty and four years in the reserve. He continues to pay his luck forward as a Co-Director of the Harvard Veterans Organization and as the Corporate... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
statistical data from five hundred business groups in India and spoke to dozens of managers in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Chile. The pair found that companies outside the United States perform better when they replicate the quality... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
Exchange Authors:F. Gino and F. Flynn Publication:Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract Five studies show that gift recipients are more appreciative receiving gifts they explicitly request than those they do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits?
Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS). Over two days, 11 faculty members from across the School taught five new cases involving companies ranging from Microsoft to Sweden’s Northvolt electric battery maker, raising... View Details
- 01 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Goldman Sachs
Organization:Annie McMullen, Harvard Business School Recruiter, University Relations Team, Goldman Sachs Describe your organization in three to five sentences.Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
companies with such plans do not perform better financially. Further analysis prompted Beer and Katz to conclude that the real role of bonuses is simply to attract highly qualified executives to a corporation. "Companies are forced into... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
Bloomingdale’s in 1992, Traub founded an influential retail consulting firm and served as a mentor for many entering the field. Those who have followed in Traub’s footsteps find that the fashion retail sector looks far different than it did in his early days. “There... View Details
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
says, "Apple's problem is that its detractors are many and they are gaining in strength This in turn will force Apple's new leaders to take chances that it would not otherwise take." In total, significant questions were raised... View Details
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The Founder Mindset - Course Catalog
situations and forced to make difficult decisions. You will gain a sense of the intense pressures, difficult decisions, and extremes—highs and lows—that every founder confronts in some way. We analyze certain pivotal choices made by over... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Peek: The People, The Experience, and The Case Method
discussions. The Case Method I’ve never experienced a class structure more riveting than the case method. Over the weekend we were given five cases that covered strategy, leadership, ethics, and new venture creation. Everyone read the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
Understanding that for many prospective students the greatest barriers to attending graduate school are financial, HBS is taking proactive steps to make the MBA Program more affordable. The School has held tuition flat for the past five... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
last five years has been nearly $1 trillion in underperforming investment in the United States alone. Although its central message is that managers need to think more coherently about their project portfolios in order to align them with... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
in my retirement, or 2) It is money I put in now to pay people who are already retired. I prefer the first view ... ." There was support for forced savings programs. Bill Bittner said, "[Without one] I am afraid a large portion... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
it offends our civil liberties, or be so weak that it can't protect our security? As in the fight against any kind of organized crime, we must find the right balance. The National Commission on Terrorism that I chaired found that the use of military View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five minute video summary. Visit Date:... View Details