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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
an economic analyst," states George B. Kaiser (MBA '66), president and CEO of Kaiser-Francis Oil Company, a private concern based in Tulsa. "Analytical skills are indispensable when it comes to understanding and projecting pricing cycles... View Details
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
passing and running, defensive formations to protect the pass and the run—that Holcomb, Holmes Jr., and Connelly called resource bundles. Head coaches rely on their evaluations of players’ skills, and they reallocate players with specific View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
Despite New England’s long traditions of farming and fishing, only an estimated 5–10 percent of the food consumed in the region is actually produced there. That’s a fact Andrew Kendall (MBA 1988) is working hard to change. “At least 50... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
management techniques to the bank his grandfather founded. In the process, he has gained international attention and praise. Cultural differences between U.S. and Thai organizations, Banthoon explains, run deep. In Thailand, he says, “it is unacceptable to come down... View Details
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As such, we are building an educational mobile app that uses innovations in children's media to teach STEM skills through funny, interactive, animated, short movies. In this way, we seek to address the two challenges to STEM education by... View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
extrapolating past returns. Such beliefs are hard to reconcile with existing models of the aggregate stock market. We study a consumption-based asset pricing model in which some investors form beliefs about future price changes in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
ambiguity, motivated blindness, conflicts of interest, the slippery slope, and efforts of others to mislead us. As a manager, you can develop your noticing skills by acknowledging responsibility when things go wrong rather than blaming... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
probably minutes. Morrell: Why was it so hard to believe that, Matt? Was it just because it didn't seem possible? Brady: The Night Stalkers hadn't had a helicopter shot down, at that point, ever. I mean, certainly not since the wars had... View Details
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3.0 Managing and Innovating in Financial Services Finance David Scharfstein Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Market Perspectives Finance Robin Greenwood , Richard Ruback Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills Organizational... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Bo Becker Abstract—Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet fluctuations in bank-loan supply have been View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
to their price-oriented "parcel wars"; another is a burgeoning Web-print business at their retail outlets. Q: You characterize performance pricing as hard work. What must business owners understand to get started? What tools do... View Details
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
competitive threats Changing consumer demands Low barriers to entry Many niche opportunities As I've noted above, leaders who are successful in industries over a long period of time have become skilled at either adapting to or influencing... View Details
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
opportunities they'll pursue and which they'll decline, rather than simply reacting to emergencies, leaders can and do engage meaningfully with work, family, and community. They've discovered through hard experience that prospering in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
grades in school. Thomas Yao - MBA ‘19 “You’re pretty good for an Asian kid!” As a Chinese boy growing up in Germany, I learned to deal with acts of everyday racism. I had always been a passionate soccer player and assumed that at some point my View Details
- 24 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
was growing up, my parents often talked to me about the importance of working hard and becoming successful. "You should go into a profession," they would say. "Doctor, dentist, lawyer are all good professions. Orthodontists... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
building leadership skills and working relationships as it was about building businesses. Planning the program for Spring Break would give students time to dedicate solely to fleshing out their business ideas from concept to product... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
out the mechanisms for deciding and designing these new arrangements in a way that give us joy and productivity alike. To get started, organizational leaders need to commit to telling the truth about what the company needs, while engaging people in the View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
cinema," Khaire says—establishing a criteria of quality and providing a stamp of approval. In workshops, selected filmmakers were mentored to realize their projects. "I find it hard to believe that merely having an iPad will... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
look ridiculously easy, but it's not. It involves hard work that takes a considerable amount of focus and dedication." HENRY McCANCE Yale University, 1964 B.A., Economics "At HBS, I remember the challenge of analyzing difficult problems,... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details