General Business - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

research by Harvard Business School Professors Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson begs to differ. Financial crises, even ones as calamitous as the 2007-2008 banking meltdown, are surprisingly predictable to those who know the warning... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

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First-Generation Students | MBA

Generation Students Club The First Generation Students Club at Harvard Business School (HBS) seeks to foster a supportive community of First Gen / Low-Income (FGLI) students... View Details

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Seven Trends to Watch in 2025 | Working Knowledge

ahead. Willy Shih is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration. Jacqueline Lane: Reimagining innovation with AI The ability to generate novel ideas was long... View Details

29 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?

and took a plunge into the unknown. A relatively small number of largely older, uneducated voters decided that the younger generations of Britons who voted to remain should instead face the growing global competition on their own rather... View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini

01 Feb 1999
News

New HBS Alumni Board Members

She has taught at the Wharton School and at the United Nations Economic Development Mission in the Republic of Belarus. A former assistant director of Admissions at HBS, she is the past president of TriCom Ventures and was general manager... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

The Devil You Don’t Know

similar: “Our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply.” Remarkably, Keynes says much the same... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Winning Legally

outside counsel do so at their companies’ peril. To avoid the kinds of recent blunders that have brought scandal and financial disaster to some of the country’s best-known corporations, Bagley believes that general managers need to raise... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

26 Aug 2016
News

Connecting with the Past

Photography by Owen Egan Stanley Diamond (MBA 1958) was thinking about the health of future generations of his family when he went searching for records of his relatives in Poland. Prompted by the diagnosis of his nephew, Mark Diamond... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

Career Coach

Kartik Sahni

Kartik is a joint degree student at HBS & HKS. He has extensive experience in impact investing, venture capital, public policy and non-profit/philanthropy sectors. He has worked in general management (as Chief of Staff of a $400mn... View Details

16 Jun 2015
Blog Post

Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS

American Battle Monuments Commission—which manages America’s overseas cemeteries, monuments, and memorials. This was a similar to a board role and as such, I was able to do this while working full time running a business at... View Details

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Recruiting Students - Annual Report 2014

their HBS experience. That’s why they are so generous in supporting future generations of diverse leaders. As a faculty member, I’ve always valued how my students generate new... View Details

05 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis

When banks failed across the globe in 2008, the resulting financial crisis sent businesses into a tailspin. As lenders cut back dramatically, companies trying to recover had to scramble for financing required to View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking

02 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

Double-digit long-term growth might justify bragging rights for any country. But a turbocharged GDP comes at a price, says Eric D. Werker, an associate professor in the Business, Government and International Economy unit at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

06 May 2022
Blog Post

Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup

required a good deal of solo work, I learned that digging into data to understand how a business operates can bring me into “flow state” at work. Variety in each role was also a huge plus for me. At Fifth Wall, one week I would explore... View Details

17 Dec 2024
News

Solving the Underemployment Crisis

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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A Casual Approach to Success

to Hellman & Friedman, LLC, the well-respected private equity investment firm he cofounded (with Tully Friedman) in 1984. Hellman is one of the Bay Area’s most successful investment bankers, generous philanthropists, and athletic... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Mar 2012
Article

How to Make Finance Work

Once a sleepy old boys' club, the U.S. financial sector is now a dynamic and growing business that attracts the best and the brightest. It is tempting to declare the industry a roaring success. But its purpose is to serve the needs of... View Details

Portrait Project

Sharon Liszanckie

Twist what HBS taught about aspirational marketing, NOT to sell luxury goods, but to illustrate "goods" aren't important, what you do for others is. Demonstrate that increasing shareholder return is not wholly synonymous with increasing value. Challenge View Details

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Global Maps - Creating Emerging Markets

Global Maps Historical Data Visualization The HBS Historical Data Visualization (HDV) tool charts the global growth and evolution of business over time and includes historical mapping of major economic and political indicators. It... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Last Look

hero and canine-savior, a Vietnam vet and former Navy SEAL whose training had included cold-water swimming. The photo and stories about the rescue subsequently appeared in media around the world, generating praise, honors, and even some... View Details

Keywords: heroism; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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