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- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
renting than any time in the last five decades, and Davis knew there was a market opportunity here. Yet Davis moved in the opposite direction of many real estate investors. He didn’t target big states with... View Details
- 31 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories of 2012
Heskett's readers. What do YOU think? 8. The Business of Life Published: June 4, 2012 Scholarly economic theory applies to more than just business. The same causal mechanisms that drive big corporations to success can be just as effective... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer
A venture capitalist with a career spanning three decades and a net worth of $2.6 billion is certain to have had a few big fish escape his hook over the years. For Jim Breyer (MBA 1987) of Breyer Capital, the Moby Dick that haunts him... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The People’s Pods
Illustration by Peter Arkle Between 2008 and 2015, the percentage of Americans who listen to podcasts nearly doubled, according to Pew Research, jumping from 9 percent to 17 percent. What’s driving the growth? And how did a 10-year-old medium suddenly become the next... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Profile
Phillip Michael Strazzulla
Strazzulla said. To that end, companies pay LifeGuides to post job openings, interact with users and recruit the right prospects to become employees. In just a short time, LifeGuides has signed up a dozen client companies including growth stage tech companies and View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
load their family into the car, versus loading them onto an airplane. Then business travelers will start to come back, with those who travel on airplanes coming back more slowly than those who drive. And finally, the big conventions. It... View Details
- 26 Mar 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!
must be prepared to act when the stakes are much greater than expected. What Signals Should Leaders Send During A Crisis? High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest On May 10, 1996, five mountaineers from two teams perished... View Details
- 02 Nov 2010
- News
Commanding Officers
ammunition was in use. He suddenly realized a hand grenade he was holding was defective and that it was two seconds away from exploding. His team was gathered around him and there was nowhere to safely throw the grenade, so Jefferson squeezed it tightly and held it... View Details
- Profile
Paris Wallace
issue of timing, as 30 percent of women have irregular cycles. One of the big public issues around infertility is that it is almost taboo to talk about it. In general, I think any insights related to this space should be shared. We need... View Details
- 17 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Innosight
Catherine Curtis, Global Recruiting Manager, Innosight Describe your organization in three to five sentences. Innosight is a growth strategy consulting firm that helps leading organizations to design and create the future, instead of... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 02 Apr 2019
- News
Remembering William Wilder
Gundy, becoming executive vice president/EVP in 1961 at the age of 38, and six years later president and chief executive. Under his leadership, the firm played a dominant role in financing Canada’s big energy companies and their projects.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right
With his thorough understanding of the airline industry's complex pricing policies, Brier was the ideal person to explain to carriers how they, as suppliers, would benefit from the new venture. With the airlines on board, more than five... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 May 2018
- News
What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
Africa was going to knock off 54 countries. So I decided right from the get go, I'm going to see all of them in one big trip. I figured, OK, I need about three weeks per country. And I think that should be enough. But in the end, I needed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
interest or because student demand tells us something has no traction. Less frequently we’ll make a big change in the first year. NN: Important impulses for change also come from alumni. We were approached not so long ago by a graduate... View Details
- 21 Nov 2024
- News
Mother Nurture
Julia Cole, Tina Keshani, and Sophia Richter (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Tina Keshani (MBA 2020), Julia Cole (MBA 2020), and Sophia Richter (MBA 2020) met at Startup Boot Camp in their first year at HBS, they quickly discovered they shared a vision to create a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts
ESG principles, according to the paper. Such a big pool of potential investments can make it difficult for investors to distinguish between companies paying lip service to ESG, known as greenwashing or goodwashing, from those that truly... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
From Brainstorm to Breakthrough: HBS IT Hackathon Inspires AI Innovations | Information Technology
option to volunteer their projects to be submitted for consideration for the quarterly planning process. Out of five nominations, the BRMs and ITLC selected the above project to be submitted to Quarterly Planning for its anticipated added... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
technology to deliver books to children all over the world. “I always think life is this combination of romance and practicality,” he explains. “And the romance was, maybe we can do something really big and really affirming and... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Profits and Purpose
tackle. But the students said, “Whoa, how can we talk about the big problems of our time without thinking about inequality?” The students also pushed me to move beyond shared value. Of course, building the business models that create both... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint