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The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About
research papers, rare books, ephemera, and visual materials—provide the documentary evidence that allows scholars to investigate firsthand the important business theories, organizations, movements, and individuals that have shaped our... View Details
- 21 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)
large scale get-out-the-vote campaigns after the early 2000s, but turnout remains low, with fewer than 60 percent of citizens participating in presidential and midterm elections. Voter registration remains an important obstacle to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
talent from your search who may have sent in resumes and been exciting candidates,” Koning says. “I would recommend firms cast a really wide net and be willing to reach out to candidates who look different in terms of what you think might be View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Gifts Create Frist Financial Aid Fund
fellowships for a wide range of students. “Tommy, Julie, and I found the diversity in the HBS classroom to be an important part of our learning,” said Billy Frist. “We met and were influenced by so many great people from different... View Details
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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society
Initiative With global health care spending greater than $8.5 trillion, there is no shortage of opportunities to make an impact in this demanding sector. Leadership Initiative Leaders have always faced the job of inspiring others while making View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
list. Perhaps the most obvious changes on campus were the more than 6,000 signs added to remind people about room capacities, daily health attestations, and modified traffic flow patterns. Less visible but equally important were the... View Details
- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
condition: pancreatic cancer. “I got to see the glamorous and heroic aspects of medicine but also the realistic and limited aspects of it as well,” says Zaki, a rising fourth-year student and first-year MBA candidate. “Throughout the experience, I learned a lot about... View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
greatest source of wealth for most families. In this interview Segel discusses the importance and fascination of real estate, and three important trends remaking the industry: institutionalization,... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms
apparent, they tend to emerge over time as the wisdom of better decision-making bears fruit. “In the early stages, it’s hard to see that you are gaining all of those benefits,” Gompers says. “It’s really important to have a conviction... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
According to Peacock, it was less important who provided the services, whether the government or "competing" nonprofits, as long as they were being provided at a high quality. In exchange, the government needed to reallocate... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work
- 10 Dec 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Information and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing
- 07 Jan 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination
- 03 Apr 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Yuhai Xuan
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Data Science for Managers
- Served as a teaching fellow; assisted MBA students with classroom coding exercises.
- Developed course materials, including new case studies, technical notes, and code notebooks students used to analzye case data.
- Developed interactive web... View Details
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How a Multicultural Social Environment Influences Creativity and Innovation
My second stream of research draws on my first stream of work to examine how a multicultural social environment influences individuals’ creative thinking and performance at a global workplace. In an on-going project, I found that individuals high in cultural... View Details
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How Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages (with Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Selin Sayek)
By: Laura Alfaro
The empirical literature finds mixed evidence on the
existence of positive productivity externalities in the host country
generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a novel
mechanism, which emphasizes the role of local financial markets in
enabling... View Details
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The Transition to Retirement
My current major research program is the Retirement Transitions Study: a broad study of retiring professionals' everyday experiences, including identification with work; identity stability, change, and development; meaningfulness of work; changes in life structure,... View Details
- March 2024 (Revised April 2024)
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Angel City Football Club: Scoring a New Model
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Jennifer Fonstad and Nicole Tempest Keller
In January 2024, Kara Nortman, Julie Uhrman, and Natalie Portman, the founders of Angel City Football Club (ACFC) were developing the club’s first three-year strategic plan. Founded in 2020, ACFC had a star-studded investor group, including Portman and celebrities such... View Details
Keywords: Sports; Entertainment; Entrepreneurship; Brands and Branding; Venture Capital; Business Model; Corporate Strategy; Digital Marketing; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Jennifer Fonstad, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Angel City Football Club: Scoring a New Model." Harvard Business School Case 824-192, March 2024. (Revised April 2024.)
- 2018
- Dictionary Entry
Communicating about Climate Change with Corporate Leaders and Stakeholders
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Within the corporate sector, climate change represents an unfolding market shift, one that is driven by policy but also by pressures from a variety of market constituents such as consumers, suppliers, buyers, insurance companies, banks, and others. The shift takes... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Communicating about Climate Change with Corporate Leaders and Stakeholders." In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change Communication. 3 vols. Edited by Matthew Nisbet, Shirley Ho, Ezra Markowitz, Saffron O’Neill, Mike Schäfer, and Jagadish Thaker. Oxford University Press, 2018.