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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
of law enforcement and the impact you can have. I decided I wanted to learn the heartbeat of the street and know more about that side of life.” The heartbeat of the street can quicken in an instant. At a stoplight on one of El Monte’s main drags, a View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh
We all enjoy sharing jokes with friends, hoping a witty one might elicit a smile—or maybe even a belly laugh. Here’s one for you: A lawyer opened the door of his BMW, when, suddenly, a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Ross MacDonald Here’s the humbling truth: no matter how high your career soars, how many awards you win or companies you sell or differences you make in this world, everyone has to start somewhere. And in those first... View Details
- 22 May 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders
they are today.” Among the presentations: Team Lincoln pitched the idea that Ford could lead the driverless car market with the Lincoln brand, marketing the backseat of an automobile as a warm, luxurious comfort zone, and wooing... View Details
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
book The Next Convergence, Spence focuses on what he calls tradable jobs (making things like cars that can be made somewhere else—largely manufacturing jobs) and nontradable jobs (like nurses and auto mechanics, the vast majority of whom... View Details
- Profile
Magashe Ngoepe
community and stay looking for ways to grow deeper friendships with those in my existing community. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A lawyer. I always wanted to stand in a court and defend people and send bad guys to jail. What is your favorite... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
where differences in government, religion, and culture can vary greatly, despite proximity. “Doing business in Singapore is nothing like doing business in Malaysia, which is a 30-minute car drive from here,” says Cui. “And it’s nothing... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War
Tigers. "Consumer product markets in Vietnam are starting to reach capacity, but if you look at companies in the intermediate manufacturing sectors, such as those that serve the car and television industries, there will be many... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
- 07 May 2024
- Blog Post
Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria
Interested in offsetting your travel carbon footprint? Click here. Are you traveling soon, but feel concerned about the carbon footprint of your flight or drive? Planes and cars release greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) such as carbon... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
businesspeople of all kinds, as well as with medical workers, teachers, creatives, airline pilots, firefighters—you name it. We are all working parents.” Working from: “As a busy working parent writing a book in a pandemic, I did my typing in the View Details
Keywords: April White
- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
two years since, Ang and I have been on car rides around the world, from Marseille to Melbourne. And while they each have their place, nothing comes close to that magical night in Cupertino. Greg Hahn, Class of 2021 “Love is patient, Love... View Details
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
How to Avoid a Price Increase
mind—a car needs a certain quantity regardless of what the package sizing is. If the Quaker States and Pennzoils of the world were to shrink their packaging from a quart to something less than a quart, it would force consumers to buy more... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 11 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI
of it as superhuman—especially if AI is solving complicated problems such as 100 percent accuracy in self-driving cars and medical diagnosis. You have to help them understand that the performance of ML products improves over time (it’s... View Details
Keywords: by Rocio Wu
- Web
John H. McArthur | About
importance of spiritual values, which McArthur argued must remain paramount. McArthur also effectively banned most vehicular traffic from Soldiers Field, turning roads once dominated by cars and trucks into lush green spaces. Over the... View Details
- 29 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas
product enabled customers to turn on motors and lights for different items, such as a car built out of the plastic bricks, with a remote control. However, once the entrepreneur added a feature that turns on lights automatically in... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 03 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First
Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
this makes people feel happier about their jobs, according to the working paper Between Home and Work: Commuting as an Opportunity for Role Transitions. Meanwhile, doing relaxing or purely pleasurable things on the way to the office, like listening to music in the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman