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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
scientific knowledge into commercial applications. For HBS participants, an overriding goal was to gain a better understanding of how the School might best contribute to this effort. “To maintain a leadership position globally, the United... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Bold Ascent
into less passionate and more finance-driven corporate fur balls,” states the SlingFin Web site. Baka’s task seems to be to keep SlingFin off the path to fur ball-dom while maintaining the financial bottom line. As he packs up some gear... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- Blog Post
Career Resources for International Students
The student body at HBS is incredibly diverse. 34% of the Class of 2017 is international (by citizenship), and over 64 countries are represented. While some international students plan to return to their home countries, many choose to stay in the View Details
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South Asia - Global Activities 2021
assignments into their schedules while managing rapid growth; the cutting-edge, research-based content we offer addresses participants’ developmental aspirations; and the dual location of the program between the United View Details
- 21 Jan 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts
and Denihan Hospitality in the United States (4 generations), can tell you that unity sometimes requires pruning the shareholder tree. But buyouts of family owners rarely happen—even when it is clearly a... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
They poke fun at me.” Best show never made: “American Royals, a family historical drama that asks what if George Washington had said yes when he was offered the crown? What if the United States had become a... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
nonetheless. She cofounded Minds Matter, a now-nationwide mentoring and college preparatory nonprofit that launched her on a lifelong mission to improve public education. Named Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly in 2014... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
states across the country and in some cases abroad (Canada, the Caribbean, Europe). Expansion to markets like California—which has five times the solar capacity of New Jersey—is potentially very lucrative. But we’ve been hesitant to take... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
everywhere they perform, with filters to explore genres, ensembles, studios, or professionals and the places they teach. The site is currently focused on San Francisco and Los Angeles, thanks to early funding from friends and family, but Liang is eyeing expansion in... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
his first visit to the United States in 1995. "Even more breathtaking is the economic change that the Chinese have produced in their country since 1980. It speaks to an energy and entrepreneurial zeal that I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
prominence to the role of dynamic clusters as a key to regional and national economic success. He defines clusters as geographic concentrations of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular field. At the summit, Porter noted that many countries and more... View Details
- 19 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving
how much good the donation will achieve. “That gives you some moral wiggle room to pursue the more selfish action,” says Exley, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at HBS. Her research attempts to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52650 Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture By: Hisano, Ai Abstract—This working paper examines the remarkable growth of wine consumption in the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
managers publicly acknowledge the need to explore new businesses and markets, the claims of established businesses on company resources almost always come first, especially when times are hard. When top teams allow the tension between core and speculative View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors’ Prison
reluctant to morph into landlords, but they already own millions of empty units. At least the rental units will be generating revenue. Sometimes goals dovetail: in this case, the country needs rental housing as much as underwater owners... View Details
- 17 Sep 2015
- News
Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
the impact of HBS alumni and faculty in organizations and communities around the world. The effort to engage alumni began in Boston on April 26, 2014 and has extended around the world in the months since, as Dean Nohria and select faculty continue to travel to alumni... View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- News
Tweet, Tweet
new IXP Twitter feed is a fun way to get an immediate sense of what a few of the four hundred or so IXP student participants are doing and seeing on a day-to-day basis during the January break. With tweets coming in from IXP sites in Vietnam, New Orleans, Rwanda, the... View Details
- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
which was last raised in 2009. Twenty-nine states and 41 cities have increased the minimum wage above that federal level. “The minimum wage is a big issue, and this is one piece of the puzzle” Opponents counter that government-mandated... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
Brits are thought to be at risk of not supplementing their eventual loss of government pension income with adequate returns from their personal pensions. The fear is that they will eventually have to turn to the state anyway for help... View Details
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
that has borrowed freely from others around the world. "With the United States accounting for approximately 30 percent of the world's GDP and as the home to 62 out of the 100 most valuable brands in the... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons