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Laboratory. Brandon received a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Stanford University. He helped run BASES (Stanford’s leading entrepreneurship organization) and was awarded Pac 12 All-Academic Team honors as a varsity... View Details
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
The sure recipe for failure is to suck it up and try to do it all.—Isabel Parlett, Parlance Training Let's begin with what you shouldn't do: "The sure recipe for failure is to suck it up and try to do it all," says Isabel Parlett of Parlance Training, a Santa... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 21 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Hands-on Learning About Global Markets
economy and consumer behaviors until they were in country. “They were surprised by the extent to which the cultural and economic differences there had an impact on business,” she explains. Maxwell Nii Laryea and his fellow Class of 2024... View Details
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Harvard Business School
chairman, Americas, as well as an international director and the founder of Jones Lang LaSalle's highly acclaimed Public Institutions Business Unit, specializing in comprehensive real estate solutions for federal, state, and local... View Details
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
Economics & Management Strategy Measuring Consumer Preferences for Video Content Provision via Cord-Cutting Behavior By: Prince, Jeffrey, and Shane Greenstein Abstract—The television industry is undergoing a generational shift in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
People achieve success in the early years of their career by specializing and becoming functional experts—in essence, they succeed by knowing more and more about less and less, says Benjamin C. Esty, chair of the General Management... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
with dynamic case studies that I found fascinating." Alvina Chan Sustainable Investing Participant What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of View Details
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
Unit. “The crisis accentuates what remote companies already understand—that work does not need to happen at the same time,” says Choudhury. “People can wake up in different time zones and cities, open documents, and get going.” Those who... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. We use "quality" to mean the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth. However, this is difficult to establish because it is a function of many different country and project... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
Sponsorship on the Competitive Preferences of Men and Women, published in the journal Management Science. The study was co-authored by Coffman and Nancy R. Baldiga, an economics and accounting professor at the College of the Holy Cross,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back
factoring in long-term economic sustainability should be standard in developing any corporate strategy—something I learned through the course and have already been able to apply. After taking this course, I firmly believe that what’s good... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
industries agile enough to meet their professional and personal needs. Employees also have greater agency to demand the working conditions they want. In the past, employers have had the upper hand during times of economic uncertainty, but... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
"Category killers," those highly focused retailers that specialize in a category of goods including Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, and Staples, were once the bane of mass-market retailers' existence. Their wide assortment, aggressive... View Details
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
to do now, and to have any hope of doing that, we need to be integrating the specialized domain knowledge that managers possess into these tools and systems.” Marketers have long envisioned the potential for technology to bring about a... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
throughout Jacobson's life. At the University of Pennsylvania, Jacobson studied international relations with a specialization in China. After college, she worked in operations at Greenwich Associates and was soon promoted to run the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
it really special for me. I've learned so much from everyone in the program." Volleyball isn't a big part of her life anymore, but it did lead Ton to one other momentous change. When she first arrived at Soldiers Field, she looked for a... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
colada, the standard offerings for non-drinkers—even at special occasions—can feel like real kids’ table fare. Royle and Wood saw a demand for adult beverages as interesting and complex as a satisfying cocktail, just without the alcohol.... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
honest insights about the industry through various lenses.” Lugas Prancafitri Chief Financial Officer at BNI Ventures What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
for example) or by moving future revenues to the present (booking orders early or offering special discounts to customers, for example). If, on the other hand, the manager concludes that she can't make the minimum hurdle, her incentives... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
raised potential challenges to the dominance of leading firms. Our research tells a fascinating story of an industry that has proved remarkably resilient in resolving economic and regulatory challenges. It provides practitioners and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne