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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Venturing Forth
“Right now the industry is going through a massive hangover after a complete rager,” says Jo Tango (MBA 1995), a senior lecturer at HBS and a venture capitalist who has exited from three unicorns. Like any financial industry, venture... View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details
- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
distributed. To illustrate why it’s important to consider other measurements, imagine what it’s like to buy trousers. You could go to the store and ask for trousers in size medium if that’s the size you usually wear. And in many cases,... View Details
- 02 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Getting a Peek Into the HBS Experience
gain a comprehensive insight into the HBS experience. This program fulfilled my aspirations as it allows undergraduates, no matter their background, a chance to gain a deep understanding of what it is like being a Harvard MBA student.... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails
environment. At the other extreme: Companies like 3M, SAP, and Twitter are letting many employees work from anywhere. Stuck in between: Employees quitting inflexible jobs as part of the “Great Resignation” and new hires feeling adrift... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 15 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Carol Wright
program, you’re likely someone who likes to plan and have a sense of what their future looks like. Being admitted to 2+2 means that you have an incredible graduate school experience waiting for you down the... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
City.” “But we think it is more likely that Starbucks has insight into neighborhoods that are going to be expanding.” Either way, a new Starbucks is a predictor of rising housing prices. “If you want to know if a neighborhood is going to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Choosing the Right Student Loan
to the Cost of Attendance less other aid or sponsorship received, which includes tuition and fees as well as other expenses, like housing, food, and health insurance. However, you are never required to borrow the maximum, and we encourage... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies
coordination; and engagement in process innovation. Teams that prepare by setting aside time to gather together and preview all aspects of a disruptive procedure, for example, are more likely to successfully implement the technology. At... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- Profile
Eduardo Avalos
about your hometown? I grew up in Santa Ana, CA. It is an immigrant gateway city for many families including my own. The leadership in Santa Ana deeply represented the communities it served. From all levels of life, I was surrounded by leaders who looked View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Auditing Oligopoly and Lobbying on Accounting Standards
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible
for it to back away from the public commitment he made. If the company now fails to respond with a competitive bid, it is likely to take a greater hit in the stock market than if he had simply kept quiet and let you bid. By increasing the... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 12 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
4 Things You Need to Know about Immersive FIELD Courses at HBS
during the summer EC enrollment process and pending availability. Specific IFC offerings and locations vary year-to-year. Additionally, students enrolled in each IFC have the opportunity to submit preferences for which project, if applicable, that they would View Details
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
[2]. However, this lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for electric heat pumps is not standard across the U.S.– we will cover an overview of electric heat pumps and main drivers that will likely impact U.S. adoption patterns. The... View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
in what situation—to guide their decision making around innovation. Managers typically grow impatient when we tell them this. "Theory?" they say. "That sounds like theoretical. That sounds View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
"One of the nation's oldest and sickest industries is embarking on a quiet attempt to cure some of its own ills. The patients are the operators of coastwise and intercoastal ships that carry dry cargoes." The cure, the article noted, was business operators... View Details
- 17 Dec 2020
- News
Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta
generation” leader for the club. Tanaka is likewise focused on the club’s efforts to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in business and society. “I am most excited about accelerating DEI initiatives in the community,” she says. “We would View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
things weren’t going well, my way of managing them was to get in people’s face, if you will. Get going, start driving them, remind them that they were underperforming and really drive performance. And when you’re a small company, I think you can do that. View Details
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
what you'd like that person to be like. There are really bad bosses, and you can't be naive or cynical about this. It's hard to be successful with a bad boss, and sometimes success means figuring out how to get out of that situation. But... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?
Few people see a relationship between tipping and bribing. But consider this: In places where people tip heavily, bribes are more likely to exchange hands as well. Research shows that there's actually a fine line between the socially... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman