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- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
economic construct; it’s a psychological construct—the happiness one gets by being close to family and friends—and it needs to be taken into account.” By giving workers the flexibility to take vacation time when it is most meaningful to... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 27 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Social Network Marketing: What Works?
camera. Sony can either advertise on Facebook and accept a very low click-through rate, or give away free cameras to several Facebook members (potentially at a lower cost than advertising) and generate a viral campaign. Our research shows... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives
Black Youth Project 100, Black Lives Matter, and Color of Change. Invite family, friends, and colleagues to join you. If you’ve already started working, ask about getting your company to match your gift(s). Try becoming a monthly donor if you don’t have enough cash on... View Details
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1.17 Field Based Learning / Independent Projects | MBA
merchandise, services, and vacations, with the following exception: company logo merchandise (e.g., t-shirts, baseball caps, pens) valued at $25 or less may be accepted as a gift if offered by the company. Under no circumstances may... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
fellowship funds and annual gifts to the HBS Fund. The average one-year scholarship, typically called a fellowship at HBS, is $43,000, and nearly half of all MBA students benefit from these outright scholarships or grants. Students pay... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
moment explains: "It is at times awe-inspiring and at other times profoundly upsetting" (Montross 2009). Dissecting a cadaver, she adds, also gives young doctors "an appreciation for the wonders of the human body".... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
gift giving passed "title" to the gift on to receivers-such that receivers were free to decide what to do with the gift; in contrast, receivers believed that givers... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Entrepreneurs Promise Signers - Alumni
Giving Entrepreneurs Promise Signers Giving Entrepreneurs Promise Signers Entrepreneurs Promise Signers The Entrepreneurs Promise is a special community of HBS entrepreneurs—founders, builders, and... View Details
- Profile
Creighton Taylor
land, raise their own cattle.” The villagers welcomed the HBS team with a ceremony and gifts: necklaces, ceramic pots, and “our own African names.” When it was time to leave and the bus failed to start, Creighton used the downtime to give... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Herman I. Safin
"but I had been away from my parents and family for such a long time. Going back was the best move I ever made." He credits his parents with giving him the freedom to pursue his own path in life. "Every day, they are part of my life. They... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ali Evans (MBA 2019)
business experience after graduation, but eventually would want to pursue a management and leadership education. I applied to the 2+2 deferred admission program because it was a great fit for my long-term goals. Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate... View Details
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
in restricted and unrestricted current use giving, or 46 percent of total cash received from gifts. Unrestricted giving was particularly robust this past year, $45 million, 10 percent higher than fiscal 2021. These View Details
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
what I had. Hanna: And a lot of people may not know what that was like, would you mind talking about that a little bit, just to give us a sense of it? Switz: Absolutely. I think many people don't know what a psychotic break looks like and... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
As the holidays approach, we’ll all experience the temptation to overspend on gifts for our loved ones (and maybe a little on ourselves). When faced with difficult decisions like whether to spend $199 on a knife set or a tool set, we may... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
because I don't have to ask anybody for money. That allows me to do what I think is right on every vote, because I don't have anybody that I have to satisfy because they contributed a lot of money. That gives me such an advantage in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Happy New Year: The HBS Alumni Board's Newest Members Look to the Future
made during those years have sustained to this day, and it's a group I continue to learn from every year. I've never viewed HBS as simply a school or a place. I view it as a living and evolving institution gifted to us by those who came... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
Inspired by Dean Kim B. Clark's vision for the School, Beverly and Rodney A. Hawes, Jr. (MBA '69), recently made a generous gift to HBS that will fund a new classroom building. "You can't succeed in the world today without having a global... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
assets; they aren't hamstrung by substantial resource allocation decisions, giving them remarkable flexibility. Now incumbent firms are seeing their competitive position eroded by technology, alternative staffing models, and other forces.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
a “gift from the government,” but rather an asset with a strong future value that brought neighbors together and gave strength to families where so much had been lost. This gift of the first calf was incredibly significant. A cow, it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
problem, and he stepped away so that our family could function. Professor George helped me realize that my passion for making change in the world is driven by this experience of watching my father’s struggle and by my strong sense of responsibility to View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice