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22 Sep 2022
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The Beauty Guide

mentors, they were all accomplished men who offered sound advice in both business and life. “Now that I’m in this position of seniority, I feel a huge responsibility to pay it forward,” says Freyre. “Given... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

24 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

most small restaurants in smaller communities wouldn't get reviews to begin with if it weren't for the review sites, and for every eatery that suffers under the weight of a bad review there are presumably others boosted by View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

01 Jan 2005
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Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

by providing loans for large capital expenses. And finally, we have no debt. In a high-risk business like this, where things ranging from bad weather to national security concerns can wreak havoc with the best of plans, that puts us in... View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

Silence is associated with many virtues: modesty, respect for others, prudence, decorum. Thanks to deeply ingrained rules of etiquette, people silence themselves to avoid embarrassment, confrontation, and other perceived dangers. There's... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

11 Aug 2011
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Perfecting the Project Pitch

position their projects and themselves," Steenburgh explains. "The pitches take only five minutes, and I tell them that there are no do-overs. We turn on the camera... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

who joined the Climate Circle one year later, teaches children ages 3-11 about climate in six countries. They were recognized as a UNESCO Green Citizens Initiative for their positive and empowering approach... View Details

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

“Women in Steel,” featured photographs by Margaret-Bourke White illustrating women at U.S. Steel plants in a variety of positions traditionally held by men. 28 Harvard Business School’s Baker Library holds 27 U.S. Steel albums View Details

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Brandon Graves

and cuisine was just a short train ride away. What has changed about your understanding of leadership? My understanding of leadership was one-dimensional before coming to HBS. I thought of leadership in the formal sense of someone with a... View Details

01 Aug 2001
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Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)

investment banking institution had a staff of 110 and annual revenues of about $8 million. Today, the firm has more than 64,000 employees in offices stretching from New York to Beijing. Revenues last year totaled more than $26 billion,... View Details

Keywords: Richard B. Fisher; Warren A. Law; Alumni Achievement Award; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Jan 2013
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Thai Lee, MBA 1985

and books her own travel. "Thai has always worked hard. That's just who she is," says Celeste Lee, her younger sister whom Lee persuaded to attend the Harvard Kennedy School. Celeste now sees her sister's skills in action regularly in her... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

03 Nov 2023
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Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

and a formal gala dinner. In the end, Jonströmer and Hedfalk say the positive responses to the first Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum have cemented the club’s intention to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching. 2023 Nien-he Hsieh : Winner of the 2023 Case Centre Award in the Ethics and Social Responsibility category for “Global Sourcing at Nike” (HBS Case 619-008) with Michael Toffel View Details

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Phillip Jones

of business and public service, including electoral leadership at the local level, and ultimately a cabinet position in D.C. “In the future,” he believes, “issues will be... View Details

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

insurance industry Proudest Accomplishment: Being the mother of Elisa and the wife of Andrés Summer Internship: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) - Boston Office How do you do it? I have a great partner (Andy), I’m View Details

16 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Competition Make Us More Creative?

Competition can bring out the best in salespeople, athletes, and participants in hot dog eating contests—but can it make employees more creative? A recent working paper by Daniel P. Gross finds that competition can motivate creative types... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

March 2022
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Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco

In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details

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Brooke Biederman

family, and a whole lot of luck on my side. Slowly, I learned how to eat again, how to read again, how to write again, how to walk again, and yes, how to run again. Before this, I had always been cheerful,... View Details

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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About

of Economic Advisers and worked in the New York office of McKinsey & Company. Professor Weinzierl has written on a range of topics in optimal taxation and optimal economic policy more generally. His work in... View Details

27 Oct 2015
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Sweet Success

wondering if there was some way we could have a positive impact on the local economy.” The Turners considered maple sugaring at a neighbor’s casual suggestion, and the more they learned about it, the more it... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Business in Global Society - Alumni

Climate Rising podcast In a podcast produced by HBS’s Business & Environment Initiative, business and policy leaders join faculty members to discuss what businesses can do, should do, and are doing to... View Details

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