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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

Assistance Programs site for additional information on loan eligibility and requirements (login required). Will not be sponsored/reimbursed for any MBA-related tuition or expenses now or in the future. Are committed to the fulltime... View Details

06 Mar 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?

Business School, researchers tackle these issues through its Gender Initiative, which "supports research, education, and knowledge dissemination to accelerate the advancement of women leaders and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Leverage LinkedIn - Alumni

putting your best foot forward. Importance of Social Networks Social networks have given us the ability to connect with almost anyone in the blink of an eye, making it much... View Details

05 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

promotions are few and far between. Pay differences add up. Workers in the top firms for compensation earn almost 2.5 times more than their peers in the same roles at the worst... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

12 Feb 2024
News

Dale LeFebvre to Receive Horatio Alger Award

Dale LeFebvre (MBA 1998), founder and executive chairman of 3.5.7.11 Investments, was recently named by the nonprofit Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans as a recipient of the 2024 Horatio Alger Award. For more than 75 years, the award has been... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

25 May 2021
Research & Ideas

White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?

increase their occupancy rates significantly, bringing their earnings more in line with the higher rental incomes of white hosts, according to a study coauthored by Shunyuan Zhang, an assistant professor... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Accommodations

28 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

What's a Boss Worth?

them look better. But how much of an effect does a good or bad boss have on workers, really? Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Christopher Stanton sets out to ask that question View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service

28 Jun 2016
First Look

June 28, 2016

sustain. The case also introduces interesting themes in the role of parastatals in contributing to national economic competitiveness. Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

continues. Similar to the NFL, this hiring has to take place virtually. And the shortcomings of virtual hiring in the business world are not dissimilar—technology fails, the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

04 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

Ambitious New Year’s resolutions often end in disappointment. So instead of setting unrealistic goals in 2022, business leaders should consider... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

03 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss

After more than two decades in consulting, Jurgen Weiss joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 2020 as a member of the Business,... View Details

25 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

future leaders. We are committed to furthering gender equity at HBS and beyond. We have an incredible list of sponsors who, through their funding and support, help us deliver extensive programming for all members. Some View Details

March 2011 (Revised May 2012)
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Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd.

By: Robert G. Eccles, Catherine Zhang, Cheng-hua Tzeng, Liang Cheng and Penelope Rossano

This case is about the establishment, growth, and direction of the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park ("Zhangjiang Park"), which is located in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. Considered to be one of the most competitive hi-tech industry clusters in China, the combined... View Details

Keywords: Industry Clusters; Information Technology; Capital Markets; Urban Development; Buildings and Facilities; Competition; Business Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Technology Industry; Real Estate Industry; Shanghai

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basis of health and disease, supporting the Jewish community and Israel, expanding access to services and enrichment opportunities in Greater Boston, and ensuring a healthy democracy. View Details

28 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance

And consumer finance businesses are the touch points between the financial system and millions of consumers. Despite its size and importance, we had ignored this sector almost entirely View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Financial Services; Education

08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

2013 Harvard Business Review How Should Your Leaders Behave? By: Sharer, Kevin Abstract—The article discusses the value of effective leadership and an examination of the ways... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015

Publications In press Chap. 1 in Business Models and Modelling The Business Model: Nature and Benefits By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Jan 2019
Blog Post

"It'll All Work Out": Two Alumni Discuss Balancing Marriage and Markets

wedding." For Carolina, a business education was always part of her plan; For Charlie, accompanying his wife would keep them together–and give him time to explore his options. Both interned View Details

12 Apr 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks

working paper Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services by María R. Ibáñez, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Business School; Jonathan R. Clark , an assistant professor at the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
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Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund

By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu

The China Investment Corporation (CIC) was China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF), established with $200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in... View Details