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Public Education Leadership Project
with other administrators and educators from across the country, your team of eight leaders from your district will refine your management model, develop new improvement strategies, and learn how to serve your students more effectively.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
other relevant variables, we find that grocery spending increases by $1.59 with the use of a $10-off coupon. In addition, even though the receipt of a $10-off coupon does not correspond to a meaningful increase in wealth, the extra... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Dillon House | About
finance, government, diplomacy, economics, and art. A 1931 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, he was a member of the New York Stock Exchange from 1931 until 1936, when he became a director, and... View Details
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
years as a call to action for consumers to take charge and switch to a 100% electric platform as a pathway to decarbonization. Electric heat pumps are appliances that use an electrical input to move heat between the air inside and outside... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
she says. “I provide the annoying discipline.” Both CEOs, they find raising three daughters in New York City “a little exhausting, sometimes unnerving, but always sheer joy.” Family dinners—technology... View Details
- Web
AASU50 - Alumni
Black Business Leaders Series (HBS Cold Call podcasts) The Road to Zero Wealth (Prosperity Now report, pdf) Racial Progress is Real, But So Is Racist Progress ( New York Times , January 21, 2017) Fighting... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary
fake potted plant, each person was asked hundreds of questions from “How much money do you think you will make?” to “Who in your family will do the dishes?” Those Betamax video recordings were filed away, not to be viewed again for close to 30 years, and then View Details
- 13 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?
landmark National Bureau of Economic Research working paper by Lerner and five colleagues at the University of Michigan, University of Maryland, University of Chicago, and the US Census Bureau cuts through some of the fog to reveal for... View Details
- 18 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Innovating in the Hot Market of Cold Brew
Jackson Shuttleworth (HBS MBA 2020) had his first cold drip in a New Orleans coffee shop in February 2019, from which began his journey to obtain a decent cold drip device for the home. After giving up on four different cold drip makers,... View Details
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
actually did. We use the want/should theoretical framework to explain the bounded ethicality that arises from these temporal inconsistencies, positing that the "should" self dominates during the prediction and evaluation phases... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
During World War II, the predecessor to the US Central Intelligence Agency produced a secret field manual detailing how “citizen-saboteurs” could disrupt the operations of enemy organizations. In addition to inflicting physical damage,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Aug 2014
- Blog Post
Working in Tech 4Dev
After spending the first half of my internship in Nairobi, I am now wrapping up the summer at Ushahidi’s San Francisco office, where I’ve been working in a business development capacity to develop a new mapping platform. Lately, I’ve been... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
change the course of history. Indispensable will also help you understand this new model so you can use it in your own life-whether you're a citizen casting a ballot, an executive choosing your next CEO, or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Who Was George F. Baker?
newspaper reporter since 1863,” the year he invested $3,000 to become an original shareholder in the First National Bank of New York (now Citibank) at age 23. Baker believed in action, not words. And his... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 21 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters
If you’re a Harvard Business School alumnus, you’ve likely been asked at some point to play a key role in recruiting current HBS students for your organization. Since recruiting may be new to you or simply something you dip into from time... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
remember thinking, oh, that must just be my dad; he must be the only person who cares about that." The Dodd-frank Requirement Fast-forward to 2010, when the US Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
presents the results of a study that investigated the use of the underdog effect in marketing. The idea of triumphing over disadvantages by impassioned determination is said to be a powerfully positive image, which can lead consumers to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner
then-headquarters in Schenectady, New York. He relied heavily on GE’s employee directories, which listed all the managers within the company’s organizational structure. He also used View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
Microfinance—essentially small loans that help impoverished individuals create jobs, small businesses, and stronger communities—may offer a window on new methods for widening access to healthcare for the poor. Led by Harvard Business... View Details
- 26 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew Young
deferral? I ended up using all four years of my deferral despite thinking that I would only do three years when I applied. During my deferral, I did a summer internship at The Walt Disney Company before starting my full-time job as a... View Details