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- 29 Dec 2021
- News
How to Keep Learning At Every Stage of Your Life
- 20 Nov 2018
Life at HBS Program Chat - Virtual
Life At HBS Program Chats are a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. Tune in for this live virtual chat! View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- News
Working to Improve the End of Life
Laurie Leonard (MBA 1977) is executive director of End of Life Choices New York, a nonprofit advocacy, counseling, and educational organization. In the following interview, she discusses the group’s mission... View Details
- 25 Oct 2021
Life at HBS Chat: Women's Student Association
Join us for a Life at HBS Chat that focuses on women at HBS. This event is a unique opportunity to hear from current HBS students in the Women's Student Association regarding their MBA experience. These... View Details
- 21 Jul 2021
Life at HBS Chat: Rock Summer Fellows
Life At HBS Chats are a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. These current students will share their backgrounds and talk about how they have cultivated their personal and... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 05 Feb 2019
- Webinars: Career
Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life
Rebels can often change the world for the better with their unconventional outlooks. Professor Francesca Gino has spent more than a decade studying rebels at organizations around the world. In this webinar, she explores the qualities that make rebels masters of... View Details
- 28 Feb 2023
Virtual Life at HBS Chat: MBA Students in the Diverse Ability Affinity Group (DAAG)
Join us for a virtual Life at HBS Chat with the Diverse Ability Affinity Group (DAAG). This event is a unique opportunity to hear from current HBS students in DAAG regarding their MBA experience. These... View Details
- January 25, 2021
- Blog Post
Lower Income Translates to Fewer Happy Experiences—Here Is How We Can Fix It
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Adam Eric Greenberg
Can money actually buy happiness? Research shows that having more money makes people evaluate their lives more favorably (what researchers call “life satisfaction”). Surprising as it may seem, whether money leads to greater life satisfaction because it makes people... View Details
Jachimowicz, Jon M., and Adam Eric Greenberg. "Lower Income Translates to Fewer Happy Experiences—Here Is How We Can Fix It." Character & Context (January 25, 2021). https://www.spsp.org/news-center/blog/jachimowicz-greenberg-wealth-happiness-inequalities.
- 27 Nov 2020
- News
Managing Someone Whose Life Has Been Upended
- October 2001 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Provident Life and Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere
By: Mihir A. Desai, Frank Williamson, Mark Veblen and Yuming Zou
Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. has made an initial bid to acquire a primary competitor, Paul Revere, from conglomerate, Textron. The due diligence process uncovers a significant block of problematic disability insurance policies. Provident is forced to assess... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Financial Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Investment; Business Strategy; Cash Flow; Price; Bids and Bidding; Financial Reporting; Business Conglomerates; Insurance Industry; Service Industry
Desai, Mihir A., Frank Williamson, Mark Veblen, and Yuming Zou. "Provident Life and Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere." Harvard Business School Case 202-044, October 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences
Tell us about your life before HBS. I grew up in Antwerp, Belgium as part of the Jewish community. Having four grandparents who are Holocaust survivors, I felt it was important to experience View Details
- Web
Analyst Rules Mean More Disclosure, But Less Information | Working Knowledge
Finance and Investing Analyst Rules Mean More Disclosure, But Less Information Featuring Yuan Zou . By Rachel Layne on July 21, 2025 . When analysts meet with companies and let the markets know, the effects might defy expectations, says... View Details
- 21 Sep 2011
- News
Progressing toward a better inner work life
- May 2011 (Revised March 2012)
- Case
Nanda Home: Preparing for Life after Clocky
By: Elie Ofek and Jill Avery
Gauri Nanda, the inventor of Clocky, the alarm clock that rolls off the bed stand and forces its owner to find it, has to make critical decisions regarding the future of her nascent company. As sales of Clocky show signs of declining, she must decide whether to... View Details
Ofek, Elie, and Jill Avery. "Nanda Home: Preparing for Life after Clocky." Harvard Business School Case 511-134, May 2011. (Revised March 2012.)
- 02 May 2016
- News
Building Startup Skills for Business and Life
Bill Daugherty (MBA 1991) believes in the power of entrepreneurship—not just to launch successful businesses, but also to jump-start successful lives. After selling his profitable Internet search company in... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
CEOs Say Their Aim Is Inclusive Prosperity. Do They Mean It?
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
As the Future Catches You
its serious subject matter. Alternately teasing and solemn - but unfailingly provocative - it is intended to push the boundaries of intellectual engagement in order to provide a deeper understanding of what the future will View Details
- October 2023
- Article
What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Mean for Patients and Physicians?
By: Amitabh Chandra and Benedic Ippolito
The debate around prescription drug measures in the recently passed U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which limit some patients’ out-of-pocket costs, has not fully addressed their effect on physicians and patients via their effect on payers. Reducing patients’ costs... View Details
Chandra, Amitabh, and Benedic Ippolito. "What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Mean for Patients and Physicians?" NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 4, no. 10 (October 2023).
- 24 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
My Journey to Joining the first MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Cohort
As a senior at Hamilton College, I debated what career path to take. Should I go to Medical School? Maybe get a PhD? Or should I dive straight into the business world? I was a Biology major with four years of lab research under my belt. I had primarily worked View Details