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- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
experiences with the flat tax. He also gave advice on what he believed the flat tax should be linked with (privatization and access to a free trade area) in order to turn the economy around and make it grow. Jensen: Former Finance... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
impact with Jeannette Wagner, former vice chair of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and member of the HBS Board of Dean's Advisors. Wagner recommended that they send a copy of the case to Leonard Lauder, chairman of Estée Lauder. The chain of personal contacts began to... View Details
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
Here is an excerpt from the chapter, "The Dangers of Going for the Max." One of the most ironic aspects of the fiftieth anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's scaling of Mt. Everest was how ephemeral the standards of climbing success View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: On May 29, a fresh crop of MBAs will receive their diplomas and go off into the world to begin a new chapter in their lives. But before they walk across the stage on Baker Lawn, Dean Srikant... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
models from which they were born,” says Cheng, citing the convention of the 2-hour movie and 30-minute or 1-hour TV sitcom or drama. “Now we have the factor of a mobile phone and a shorter format.” The question then turns on the best... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
here’s where the historical philanthropic paradigm gets turned upside down: Rodríguez wants IGNIA investors to get real financial returns on their money. Not just make their money back—money that can be reinvested—but maybe even beat the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
has become lower.” It’s not just institutional investors who have turned to real estate. “Whether you are an individual investor or a hedge fund, having another asset class whose performance is not tied to stocks and bonds is very... View Details
- Profile
March Bishop
professionally, I will be able to pivot. How has HBS prepared you for your summer internship & long term career? It turns out you can make a great profit and have a positive impact on the world at the same time! Prior to arriving at... View Details
- Profile
Bryan Guerra
your current role & your long term career? HBS gave me a deeper sense of connectedness to a larger community of individuals who are all extremely bright, curious, and more than anything, willing to help in a moment's notice. HBS prepared me for my internship and my... View Details
- Profile
Krishna Yeshwant
technology transfer issues, which in turn led him to the joint MD/MBA program at Harvard. "My focus," says Krishna, "is on bringing new technology to bear on health care problems. I see the MBA as a giant brainstorming... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
cautionary note: ". . . the elephant in the room is the assumption of the availability and cost of petroleum . . . the economics of globalization will change dramatically in the decades ahead." Will what is true for the world View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Entrepreneurship at HBS
direct marketing, consumer products, and consulting. Following Professor Georges F. Doriot's lead, our graduates have had a major impact on the venture capital industry, which in turn financed a revolution in semiconductors, personal... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
weather, an observation about work (“We’ve got quite the agenda for this meeting!”), or even just the day of the week (“Happy Friday!”) After the meeting, follow up one-on-one with a question or to say “thank you.” "GRATITUDE AND PRAISE ARE FREE AND CAN BE A WAY TO... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
Business School Case 712-029 The state-run Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Banco Ciudad) was losing money in 2007. Early in 2008, Federico Sturzenegger, a renowned academic in Argentina, was appointed executive chairman by the city government and charged with View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
find that while a coordination system—the relevant processes, roles and responsibilities, and structure—can be designed to address existing individual and functional biases in the organization; the new coordination system will in turn... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
turned into "a runaway express train." "At least twice a week, after working all day, putting the kids to bed, and having dinner with my husband, I started working again at 9:30 or 10:00 p.m.," Sandford reports. "I was exhausted."... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
creative problem-solving task. In the second experiment, conducted using virtual teams, we show that pre-team relational self-affirmation leads to heightened feelings of social worth, which in turn explains the effect of the treatment on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
second-class citizens, the immigrants saw that these visitors fully considered them participants and counted on their votes.” Do candidates encourage turnout? One visitor who, it turns out, does not help increase election turnout is the... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
can start a multi-billion dollar industry before turning thirty. While cyberspace is new and sparkling with opportunity, it is not that new and that much sparklier than other technologies were on the eve of their creation. —Debora L. Spar... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
these sections that turned out to be the participants' favorite part, according to Hart. Hart discussed entrepreneurship as an alternative to corporate careers. "But," she explained, "I was careful to disabuse them of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace