Filter Results:
(609)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,900)
- People (5)
- News (609)
- Research (976)
- Events (6)
- Multimedia (10)
- Faculty Publications (290)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,900)
- People (5)
- News (609)
- Research (976)
- Events (6)
- Multimedia (10)
- Faculty Publications (290)
Sort by
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer for the HBS Alumni Bulletin, and in July I flew from Boston to Omaha to spend a day with Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997), a professor of entrepreneurship at... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
specifically, to that roadblock. If you want to work out more but find exercise difficult and boring, downloading a goal-setting app probably won’t help. But what if, instead, you transformed your workouts so they became a source of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
orchestra’s longest-serving members, his tenure extending to the group’s previous iteration as the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra. When that orchestra went bankrupt in 1991, felled by poor management, the musicians decided they probably... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System
researchers, practitioners, and the public. Greenwood notes that “on the website you can click on a country and immediately see the probability that a given sector within that country is currently experiencing a bubble . ” For users... View Details
- 19 Jul 2013
- News
All in Good Time
experiences of my life, and it was probably something I could have done only when I was not fully engaged in raising young children," says Silbert, the mother of eight-, eleven-, and twelve-year-old children. Asked if she might enter... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
balance, etc. What’s your favorite HBS case and why? It's probably the case Class of 1976 that we had in LEAD during our first year. At a time when most of us were working out our next steps for the summer and after school, and, let's be... View Details
- 18 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Gains New Insight Into Africa
and developing MBA and Executive Education courses in the region. “Today, Africa is probably the most exciting continent because of its unlimited opportunities for growth and emerging middle class,” says Newton Omebere-Iyari (MBA 2016), a... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
about where he keeps his Oscar (in the living room, over the TV). He was probably thinking about something else. Awards are great, but they aren’t the point. For Singer, the stakes are higher: to create socially relevant movies that sell... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
you don’t get to do very much.” Number of work trips Down Under: 62 and counting. “When you think about it—and it’s probably best not to—I’ve spent about four months of my life on a plane to Australia.” That nickname: “I don’t think I’m a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
On the Outside at HBS
of my race, gender, age, professional background, or some combination thereof. And it probably doesn’t matter: Assumptions about race and gender exist across all contexts, and those stereotypes are likely no worse at HBS than anywhere... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
Australian dollar takeover, which in US dollars probably somewhere north of $1.5 billion. So a lot of money, one of the biggest takeovers in this Australian corporate history. I was organizing all of that and leading up to the takeover I... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
Italy and France? My wife and I can meet you there. It's probably an hour's drive from where you are today. It'll be an adventure." And I did think about it at the time, but although Piero had gained my trust throughout that call, I felt... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
probably come up with something that looks a lot like COVID-19.” Nevertheless, Yellen was encouraging: “I know Hispanic workers can power our recovery—potentially in an even bigger way than a decade ago.” Perez shares Yellen’s optimism.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
in your business career that you have the courage to build a bridge between knowledge and action. Tire industry executives knew at least in 1972, probably before, that they had to change their business radically or leave it. But, in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Professors Fox, Mace Remembered
He later took on similar responsibilities in the Pacific until the war ended. In 1946, Mace returned to HBS and one year later created what was probably the first course in entrepreneurship to be taught at any school in the country.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Sky’s the Limit
of coffee warm at one’s desk. Running the company inspired Hamilton to pursue his MBA at Harvard. “I realized I liked the business aspect of things; I liked selling,” he says. “I’m probably not the best design engineer in the world, so I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
you and make it easier to ask for aid from others. Build a definable set of skills and knowledge that add value to others. You will probably want flexibility at some point, and this is how you get it. Be concrete and document your... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
asked to pay their $20,000 fees even though they are also required to study from home using video they could probably get on YouTube,” he says. “That can’t last.” Alison also now provides free psychometric testing and cognitive skills... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Measured Approach
sophisticated monitoring and evaluation tools that could make a huge difference in how organizations implement and modify their projects, but they simply weren’t being used by decision-makers on the ground. A big reason they decided to start their own nonprofit “is... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
raised $93,853 from 421 investors earlier this year largely by pitching the investment to its existing user base. “It’s hard to do due diligence on a private company,” says Hofmann. “If you’re a user you’re probably already convinced of... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg