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- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
When MBAs start the second semester of their second year at Harvard Business School, most have already lined up new jobs--but that doesn't mean they have a clear idea what they want out of the rest of their lives. The same could be said... View Details
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Working at Harvard Business School | Employment
professional Schools within Harvard, Harvard Business School is small enough for people to know each other, yet large enough to provide a wide array of opportunities. Community Diversity Our staff brings... View Details
- 21 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good
program weren’t random—they did have entrepreneurial acumen. However, Shu contends that having a large group of people with general business experience evaluate an idea could be more effective than having a View Details
- 05 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
The Softer Side of Business at HBS
experience. If you’re someone who has been wondering about the availability or impact of these types of courses, hopefully I’ve been able to show you just a small glimpse of what HBS has to offer. If you’re someone who has another area... View Details
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Insurance SEC established Federal regulations prohibit false advertising Influence: Low 40 1940 19 Military spending explodes Graduated income tax, Victory Tax adopted to fund war effort Rationing Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 19 Military spending shifts to nuclear... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model
information technology to directly match consumer demand to dispersed production by a collection of factories in China. This method of reaching customers should inspire any business that provides products or services that come from many... View Details
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
in large and small groups. They wrote case studies on MBA programs at Chicago, INSEAD, Stanford, Yale, and HBS, plus a case on the Center for Creative Leadership (all are available from Harvard Business... View Details
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
business strategy, part of Facebook’s business model since at least 2010. That’s when Facebook opened up its Graph application programming interface (API) to advertisers, giving them access to user data... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
Business historians can profit from careful analyses of government and personal archives to reconstruct the early "start-up" phases of firms—and to uncover the role that other organizational forms, such as partnerships, played... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
the Aldrich classrooms on the Harvard Business School campus where other people's ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges—a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and industry executives—score the plans on criteria... View Details
- Jul 2012
- Article
A Better Way to Tax U.S. Businesses
an end to foreign-income tax would encourage U.S. multinationals to keep more money at home. Any revenue lost could be offset by a small tax on noncorporate business income, which is now exempted. Closing... View Details
- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
change both small and large: improving how operating rooms function, and “instituting changes from an administrative perspective” that would address socioeconomic inequalities. All with the goal of changing how health care is delivered. A... View Details
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Executive Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
The Program Experience HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL Taught by a team of faculty members from HBS and other graduate schools within Harvard University, our open enrollment and custom programs feature a wide range of management cases and... View Details
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
small business productivity. For instance, the acceptance rate of students from underrepresented schools to top universities in the UK rose 34 percent after a letter from a top-tier student with a similar... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 May 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders
healthy thirst for competition. Dubbed “Aesthetic Idol,” the project asks students to split into small groups and choose a true-life business challenge, and to come up with a solution that combines creative... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
addressed by optimized global actions. Business leaders, even those running small businesses, typically have a global mindset and can comprehend the global nature of the problem and solution. Specifically,... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
“where people live, learn, work, and play.” Many firms acknowledge the importance of employee health to their bottom lines, and have also started taking steps to improve their consumer health and environmental health footprints. Target, however, counts among a View Details
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders
Clubs News Clubs News Ten alumni from the HBS Club of Atlanta spent a day in early February mentoring and coaching 70 middle-schoolers as they learned how to launch a small business. Working with Junior Achievement (JA) of Georgia, the... View Details
- 08 Aug 2008
- News