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08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem

need for eBay to maintain expensive centralized monitoring and feedback systems. The company can charge commissions that are no higher than 7 percent of a given transaction—well below the typical 30 percent to 70 percent margins most retailers would charge. It is... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

27 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?

Jon Staff (MBA ’16) is the CEO and Founder of Getaway, a company that designs tiny houses, places them on beautiful rural land and rents them out by the night to stressed out city-dwellers, starting at $99/night. He was the co-president... View Details

10 Aug 2016
Blog Post

3 Benefits of the Case Method

at the end of the term. I was undoubtedly consumed throughout the academic year, but this steady pace of learning induced less stress over final exams, felt more gratifying, and ultimately bestowed more permanence to what I learned.... View Details

18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

to HBS. Although Seiko’s visa application was submitted several months earlier, we couldn’t say when we would see each other next. We did our best to stay close, but we could feel the stress of school, work, moving, and a 14-hour time... View Details

Portrait Project

Cali Tran

later, I was born in a refugee camp in California. As a Vietnamese-American, I grew up in relative luxury. There was no fear of tanks or bullets, no concern of transient uncertainty. I am the only American-born member in my family of eight, and my daily View Details

15 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021

by Cynthia Montgomery and Ashley Whillans show how mistreating workers can have deadly consequences. 6. Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner A study of General Electric employees by Tom Nicholas shows how the stress of... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)

or stress related to debt or how you would pay for HBS? If yes, how did you manage those feelings? There was huge anxiety around cost initially. But when you go through recruiting in your first year, you start to understand the job market... View Details

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Kristin W. Mugford | About

advanced finance elective that analyzes how economic stress and restructuring creates challenges and opportunities for businesses and their stakeholders. She has also taught Venture Capital and Private Equity, and the FIELD Global... View Details

04 Oct 2022
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Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?

experience working on supply chain challenges in China, doesn’t dispute China’s interest in regaining “their historical hegemony over SE Asia.” However, he stressed the need to recognize “we are in a hyper-connected, radically contingent... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

climate change, which can be both overwhelming but also incredibly exciting. Many Climate Rising guests stressed the importance of finding a career you enjoy, and seeking roles that align with both your passions and your strengths. Erin... View Details

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on neuroscience. There I was part of two academic labs, one focusing on the impact of stress on the immune system, and the other on translational bioengineering. Looking at my long-term goals,... View Details

29 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

The $1 Trillion Link Between Mental Health and Economic Productivity

improves productivity. So it’s a virtuous cycle.” Shortly after the WHO study was released, the BBC World News tapped Nava Ashraf to discuss the link between mental health and economic productivity. In the following video, Ashraf stresses... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Forthcoming
Article

Half the Firms, Double the Profits: Public Firms' Transformation, 1996–2022

By: Mark J. Roe and Charles C.Y. Wang

The number of public firms in the United States has halved since the beginning of the twenty-first century, causing consternation among corporate and securities law regulators. The dominant explanations, often advanced by Securities and Exchange commissioners when... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Law; Securities Regulation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Concentration Levels; Antitrust; Initial Public Offering; Public Ownership; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Monopoly; United States

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SSRN

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

worked as a summer intern at Bain, a position he applied for simply because it paid the most; he used the entire sum to help cover his younger brother’s tuition fees that fall semester at Cornell. Despite the stressful circumstances,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

05 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors

mind. One is Coca-Cola's "I'd like to teach the world to sing," which invokes the deep metaphor of connection and the ability of the brand to bring diverse people together. It also engaged the deep metaphor of social balance by View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products

01 Sep 2003
News

Dwight Raiford

national Little League board of directors, stresses “building big-league citizens, not big-league ballplayers.” But winning has its thrills, such as being invited to Wall Street with the team last year. Says Raiford, “After 25 years in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance

14 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022

(MBA 2023) Becky and Adriann's Love Story: The First Time We Met Adriann’s story: I was a stressed consultant, constantly traveling with a rocky foundation and never-ending work schedule. I used the weekends to try for some semblance of a... View Details

06 Jan 2021
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)

aid but also took out student loans. Did you have any anxiety or stress related to debt or how you would pay for HBS? If yes, how did you manage those feelings? Finances were top of mind throughout my two years of school. I knew I wanted... View Details

31 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

just as painful as stress from overwork, Brodsky says. “There is an optimal level of psychological arousal—we don’t want to be overstimulated, but we don’t want to be under-stimulated.” Adds Amabile, “Some idle time can be welcome to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

they find most interesting and fulfilling: Do I like collaborative work? Do I tend to become the leader of groups in which I find myself? Have I ever volunteered to coach or tutor others? Do I find it intriguing to work on thorny, ambiguous problems? Do I cope well... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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