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05 Mar 2025
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Uncertain Terms

After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details

30 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One

researchers measured changes in people’s attitudes before, during, and after protests on a variety of topics, including environmental protection, gender equality, gun control, immigration, national and international politics, and racial... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2018
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Source Code

symbolic things to bigger, provocative, intellectual ideas—I just had none of that previously”), she worked as a banker in Philadelphia, funding mom-and-pop cable TV startups in rural Pennsylvania. It cemented her decision to apply to... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

31 Aug 2017
Blog Post

Why I Spent This Summer Coding

minimal viable product (MVP) for our mental health startup idea, and to achieve that, I decided to level up my technical skills through an intensive coding program for three main reasons: 1. Entrepreneurial empowerment 2. Future of... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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5.1 Community Standards/Disciplinary Process | MBA

flexibility to avoid conflicts and to schedule as quickly as possible. Students who serve on the CRB may include RC, EC, Doctoral, and Joint Degree students. At any given time, if there is an uptick in cases falling under the jurisdiction... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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Alumni Books

threaten to shatter their marriage. Fueled by her determination to liberate herself from an unfulfilling union, Amy bids farewell to her position at a prestigious St. Louis law firm and redirects her passion toward social justice,... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)

When did you and your cofounder come up with the idea for Bubble (Bubble is a visual programming tool that empowers anyone to build software, apps, and websites without writing any code)? Josh Haas, my cofounder, came up with the idea through a combination View Details

12 Sep 2019
News

Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse

think about can I create some kind of quirky farm-to-table, like, shipping containers and restaurant incubator and something that's really unusual and very different there and so those areas of View Details

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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online

Value Creation at Zé Show Hide Details Concepts Shifts in Operating Models Navigating Transition Is Transitioning to a Platform Right for You? Featured Exercises Articulate the benefits of transitioning a product or service into a... View Details

13 Nov 2018
News

Building a New Real Estate Investment Model

renting than any time in the last five decades, and Davis knew there was a market opportunity here. Yet Davis moved in the opposite direction of many real estate investors. He didn’t target big states with large suburban populations and... View Details

Keywords: April White; Real Estate

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4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy | MBA

potential violation of this policy, the School retains the right to facilitate the appropriate response, which may include warning letters or community service, HBS review (e.g., by the Conduct Review Board or a department), referral to... View Details

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From Concept to Product | Baker Library

$25 million to the company.” (11) In addition to its popularity among amateur and professional photographers, instant photography, with its ease of use, cornered the market in the fields of personnel... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Letters

being active participants. All forms of illicit financial flows are assisted by a global structure that comprises 72 tax havens, secrecy jurisdictions, millions of disguised corporations, anonymous trust... View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Ideas

universalities in the decisions that founders faced. He also saw that the “fundamental implications of those decisions were getting the start-ups into trouble down the road.” More Case Study: Good as Our Word For most View Details

Keywords: Finance; Manufacturing

06 Mar 2019
News

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream

longer than three years, that's very costly to companies. I've seen companies that already get that. I've seen venture capital firms. I've seen law firms. I've seen tech firms. But it's really, I think, bringing that evidence to the fore.... View Details

13 May 2014
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Inside Africa

“The tone most Americans bring to discussions of Africa is one of pity; pity for people who are poor and helpless,” says Teresa Clarke (MBA 1988, JD 1987, AB 1984). Clarke is working to change that:... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

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Privacy - HBS Working Knowledge

About Us Linking Policy Privacy Policy Harvard Business School and HBS Working Knowledge understand that the privacy of its users is important. To that end, we have adopted the following policy with regard to the collection, use, and... View Details

08 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation

generally seen at the start of a liquidation event. With the length of a store liquidation event constrained by law and various lease agreements, making the most View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

28 May 2007
Research & Ideas

How Property Ownership Changes Your World View

a home, and achieve some level of success, security, and happiness. But how does this vision change in parts of the world where property rights, if they are present at all, are threatened by weak View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

scientific talent during the conflict positioned Polaroid well to enter into its next creative phase. EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY... View Details

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