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- April 2014
- Article
15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer
By: Deepak Malhotra
The author, a professor of negotiation at Harvard Business School, offers specific pieces of advice for job candidates: Don't underestimate the importance of likability. Help prospective employers understand why you deserve what you're requesting. Make it clear that... View Details
- September 2010
- Supplement
Compass Maritime Services, LLC: Valuing Ships (CW)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert W. Sheen
Tom Roberts, a founding partner of Compass Maritime Services, a New Jersey-based shipping research and consulting firm, has been asked by a new potential customer in May 2008 for advice on purchasing a capesize bulk carrier. After identifying a suitable ship with his... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Research Brief: May I Ask Your Advice?
- May 2011 (Revised March 2013)
- Background Note
Location Choice for New Ventures: Cities
By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
Location choice is a critical decision for entrepreneurs. This note explores how entrepreneurs should think about different city options through a systematic framework that encompasses professional and personal issues. We use the intellectual frameworks of the cluster... View Details
- 07 Nov 2012
- News
Successful U.S. Presidents Showed Top Qualities
- Career Coach
Katherine Manweiler
Katherine is eager to support students in a variety of ways including: consulting, VCPE, and hedge fund case interview prep; behavioral interview prep; crafting a cohesive and compelling personal narrative; deciding between different offers; evaluating commitment to... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Veteran Financial Aid Outlook
services have, or fulfilling a pre-assignment requirement to teach at one of the Service Academies or to be a strategist, my advice is to brace yourself for some loans. This is not unique to Harvard, though. Remember that VA allowable... View Details
- August 2007 (Revised July 2008)
- Background Note
Take Advantage of Your Diaspora Network
By: William R. Kerr and Daniel J. Isenberg
Diaspora networks (DNs) are an important resource for global entrepreneurs. Discusses several features of DNs, combining both academic and practitioner perspectives. Describes the history and prevalence of DNs in many ethnicities, documents the broad resources DNs can... View Details
- 10 Jul 2025
- Video
Leveraging the HBS Network Now
- 04 Jul 2019
- News
Old Money: Should the wealthy pay more tax?
What To Ask The Person In The Mirror: Critical Questions For Becoming A More Effective Leader And Reaching Your Potential
Great leadership is not about having all the answers – it is, more often, about having the courage to ask the critical questions.
- 02 Apr 2013
- News
How to Not Get Sidetracked
- 13 May 2021
- News
The Hazards of Being the Boss’s Favorite
- March 27, 2018
- Other Article
Why CEOs Are Taking a Stand
By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
In this podcast, we discuss the emerging phenomenon of CEO activism. We explain how political polarization in the U.S. and employee expectations around company values are pushing corporate leaders to enter into controversial political and social debates. We also hear... View Details
- 23 Sep 2013
- News
The Best Biotech Graduate Schools in Real Life
- 31 Aug 2018
- Video
Welcome Class of 2020
- January 2011 (Revised October 2012)
- Background Note
Strengths Become Weaknesses: Cognitive Biases in Founder Decision-Making
By: Noam T. Wasserman and Kyle Anderson
This note combines vignettes and scholarly research to outline the cognitive biases and decision-making strategies that influence key decisions in the founding process. It is argued that the same biases which provide early benefits can later prove to be a weakness for... View Details