by Quy-Toan Do - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

Editor's note: Many economic regulators, influenced by the work of Mancur Olson, maintain the notion that consumers hold little sway over big-industry concerns. They argue that diffuse interests of the "little guys" lack the strength and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

15 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

achieve their goals. I've been especially interested in the pattern of succession in many entrepreneurial firms—specifically, that many founders are replaced by "professional" CEOs early in the life of the venture. My data shows... View Details

03 Jan 2023
What Do You Think?

How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

(iStockphoto/400tmax) While summarizing comments to this same question asked about Jack Welch in last month’s column (shown below), I received word of Frances Hesselbein’s death. Welch was regarded by many as the greatest CEO of the 20th... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

14 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Dating at HBS

fiancé Drew in discussion group during their first year at HBS. We checked in with her to learn more about dating during business school, and how common it is for sparks to fly between classmates on campus. Do many people meet potential... View Details

15 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics

Dozie found that her purpose was igniting confidence in women. She wanted to help women battle impostor syndrome and self-doubt and she wanted to do that by tapping into her lifelong love for beauty... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage climate tech start-ups that reduce CO2 emissions by at least 2.5 Gt by 2050. The $110M fund focuses on early-stage companies commercializing novel... View Details

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

the argument that counterfeit competence is driven by self-protection, we find individuals do not predict they would experience such a boost (Study 5) and that cheating after threat offers benefits similar... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

17 May 2016
First Look

May 17, 2016

political economy. This book highlights the parallels between issues discussed by Serra and modern political and scholarly consciousness and illustrates the importance and influences of historical debate in modern economic thinking.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative

from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability By Aditya Desai I began my HBS admissions application essay with the following sentence: “I aspire to help build organizations that are advancing sustainability and addressing the... View Details

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Demonstration Policy | About

speak to the USRR’s application. Principles The USRR begins by noting, The central functions of an academic community are learning, teaching, research, and scholarship. By accepting membership in the... View Details

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details

29 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

policies, non-CEO executives’ behavior, and tail risk vary with CEO materialism. We document that the proportion of banks run by materialistic CEOs increased significantly from 1994 to 2004, that the strength of risk management functions... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

an increase in the P/E ratios in the year after the investment. By way of contrast, funds with politicians involved invest in higher P/E industries, which have a negative valuation change in the year after the investment. Download the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

Camshafts Limited (PCL) was founded by my father, Yatin Shah, 25 years ago in a small, 100-square-meter shed. In the beginning, the company manufactured 600 camshafts a month. Today, PCL is listed on the Indian stock exchange,... View Details

25 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

What is the WSA? The WSA, or Women’s Student Association, is a student-led organization at HBS for anyone who identifies as a woman. We’re the largest student organization on campus and are one of the few clubs that don’t request dues from members. What View Details

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

medical appointments and academics. How do you make it all work? Constant prioritization, and, yes, having a supportive and engaged spouse who maintained a sense of normalcy through the pregnancy helps! Story to share? A week after... View Details

15 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

duties by way of assigning moral agency to business enterprises, we would do better to provide an account of the purpose of the for-profit business enterprises that is not simply about the pursuit of profit.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Charlotte MacDonald

cases. "You're surrounded by such a capable, diverse group. I came in with a bit of imposter syndrome, but after the first six months or so I understood what I can contribute, what I do bring to the... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

Agarwal MBA 2010 | Founder & CEO, Mati Carbon Removals “Mati uses enhanced weathering in agricultural fields for doing scalable, permanent carbon removals, with co-benefits to marginal farmers. Leveraging our proprietary technology, we... View Details

25 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

comes with costs Recognizing someone else’s emotions, especially negative ones, can come at a cost, the research team says. The person doing the acknowledging is willing to spend time talking through feelings of anger, sadness, or... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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