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Haley Brown

will carry on this legacy. I will use my privilege to create opportunity for the next generations of my family. I will ensure that they can access the excellent education that my family allowed me to attain. I will teach them to live and... View Details

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

“Crises offer rare opportunities to make major changes in an organization because they lessen the resistance that exists in good times.” "Leaders must be willing to ask for help," he continues. "They should rely on a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Apr 2021
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How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

and co-author of the new book, Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work. “They have lots of opportunity to change the structures themselves.” The authors of Glass Half-Broken weave academic research... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

18 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

innovative practices or foster sustainability?” Giacomin sees a number of other research opportunities for studying clusters. Most of the world’s lithium—now in high demand because it’s used in so many electronic products and electric car... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

I mostly smiled and thanked them for their compliment. I politely corrected people whenever they presumed that Singapore was part of China. In trying to learn about and adapt to American culture, I unintentionally swept away my own culture and missed the View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

entertainment industry and outline the most effective business strategies and biggest entrepreneurial opportunities in these sectors. The Future of Work in the Era of AI Professor Joseph Fuller (MBA 1981) No additional materials available... View Details

24 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

packages and devices via a software bill of materials. In April 2018, the leaders of the US Congress House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to the Linux Foundation, acknowledging the critical importance of FOSS and exploring related View Details

Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

problems and potential solutions. For example, we are looking at more examples of on-the-ground disruptions in schools to better understand this change and to better understand the key elements of reforms that must be facilitated to bring about improved learning View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student

e-commerce. The grocery and packaged food spaces were untouched and opportune for e-commerce applications. He shared that exploring a space and carving out an idea requires you to seek out feedback from various perspectives. Acquiring... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Entrepreneurial Support 2ms Entrepreneurial Support Across HBS, Harvard, and Boston, there are many resources to support students interested in founding or joining a climate start-up. The resources below highlight View Details

17 Jan 2023
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Upcoming Interview? No Problem—Just Connect the Dots

can’t make that clear in an interview—ideally in the first few minutes—then you’ve missed a golden opportunity to get hired. The answer to the “why you?” q uestion certainly depends on the role. Acknowledging the nuances that exist across... View Details

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

many ways from the type of finance researched and taught at business schools. I explored how financial services were practiced in a place like South Central, focusing in particular on the opportunities to leverage social organizations to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

different you are, the greater your opportunity to set your own price. A commodity is defined as "undifferentiated." You must be different. Gore, the very successful manufacturer of Goretex, provides unique product... View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

20 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?

literally last night, Lycos Labs. Our goal will be to partner with angels, VCs, universities, in a fashion whereby several young companies will get the opportunity to start their business on our campus here in the Waltham area."... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services

an opportunity for the bigger jobs to run, although resources might sit idle (see next). We will take the time to periodically tune this to ensure jobs aren't waiting (... and waiting ...). We have also enabled backfill scheduling , a... View Details

November 2005 (Revised December 2016)
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Bally Total Fitness (A): The Rise, 1962–2004

By: John R. Wells, Elizabeth A. Raabe and Gabriel Ellsworth

From a single, modest club in 1962, Bally Total Fitness had grown to become—in management’s words—the “largest and only nationwide commercial operator of fitness centers” in the United States in 2004. Bally had faced its share of challenges, but the last couple of... View Details

Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Fitness; Gyms; Health Clubs; Chain; Securities And Exchange Commission; Paul Toback; Weight Loss; Exercise; Contracts; Personal Training; Retention; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Finance; Advertising; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Satisfaction; Public Equity; Financing and Loans; Revenue; Revenue Recognition; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Management; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Operations; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Trends; Cost Management; Profit; Growth and Development; Leadership Style; Five Forces Framework; Private Ownership; Opportunities; Motivation and Incentives; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago

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History - Entrepreneurship

standouts. And with a global alumni network second to none, the opportunity regularly presents itself for our students to meet with and learn from some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. About Arthur Rock Arthur Rock’s... View Details

19 May 2022
Blog Post

HKS Policy Analysis Exercise Showcase

final analysis—usually around 40 pages or 10,000 words—gives students the opportunity to integrate the technical skills and specialized knowledge gained from the MPP curriculum while also helping the client organization tackle a... View Details

07 Oct 2020
Blog Post

7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club

start of a new journey for me. It has been wonderful to be part of the larger LGBTQ+ community, and to plan a future where I don’t have to hide who I am. I still come out on a regular basis when I meet new people, but telling the truth is so much easier than telling a... View Details

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