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01 Apr 2000
News

Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani

On the 41st floor of the Morgan Stanley Dean Witter offices in Times Square, Leah Modigliani (MBA '95) stops at the receptionist's desk. Every window showcases a panoramic view of Manhattan skyscrapers and the Hudson River beyond. It's a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

Most people at one time or another feel as if they are just spinning their wheels, unable to gain traction either in career or in life. This feeling of being stuck in one place, while troubling, is part of a necessary crisis leading to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 May 2021
Research & Ideas

White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?

increase their occupancy rates significantly, bringing their earnings more in line with the higher rental incomes of white hosts, according to a study coauthored by Shunyuan Zhang, an assistant professor in the Marketing Unit at Harvard Business School. Zhang’s... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Accommodations

26 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

dedicated to adaptation efforts, highlighting the need for a more balanced approach. Striking a balance between mitigation and adaptation is crucial for addressing the immediate impacts of climate change. Learning from Site Visits After spending extensive View Details

04 Jun 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?

value of their lifetime revenue streams, can provide a strong incentive for continued product and service excellence. At the same time that former manufacturing enterprises are adopting the subscription model, it appears that media and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Profile

Cait Haught

case method. I visited two to three other business schools, and the classroom experience at HBS ranked thousands of times better. The professors are really good teachers who are passionate about their students. The case method brings... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

20 Apr 2020
Blog Post

Introducing LivelyHood, A Volunteer Nonprofit Founded in Response to COVID-19

impact of the pandemic by enabling the most vulnerable among us to stay safe in their homes. The idea is simple. Volunteers are pinged if a neighbor is in need of groceries or a prescription, and they pick those things up the next time... View Details

Profile

Ethan Li

time at HBS—in class and out—is valuable. I love the case study method; it helps me relate my prior experience to future goals. For example, we just had a case about the international expansion of a Japanese business—could a similar... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Manufacturing/Energy

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

refers to the amount of time and attention a person in a particular job must devote to interacting with others and nudging people where they should go, including collecting data, probing for new information, or attempting to influence the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

terrible listeners, and we are all so time pressed that we are reluctant to take the time that is required to really listen to others." Dennis Nelson added: "The art of communication, which includes... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Jul 2017
HBS Case

It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family

Le is grappling with a host of operational challenges at Pho Hoa that include poor service and variable food delivery times for the menu’s wide array of 150 items. While his father has stepped aside, Tam’s uncle continues to manage the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

Research Summary

Research

The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details

29 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

The $1 Trillion Link Between Mental Health and Economic Productivity

significantly less likely to suffer from symptoms of anxiety and depression, like crying more than once a week, waking up several times a night, or feeling worthless,” Ashraf says. The reason? People feel more mentally healthy when they... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

nationwide office supplies superstore, she recalled: I'm not a good example of how to manage your career. I've just been willing to raise my hand several times for new opportunities. I've taken a lot of what others would perceive to be... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

The coronavirus pandemic has not only disrupted lives and businesses, it has illuminated underlying fragilities in the global value chain (GVC) that drives economies around the world. The smartphone you use many times daily is a product... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, February 28

of promoting from within, particularly with its chefs, and it took time to develop the necessary talent. Now DO & CO faced a decision: What type of growth should it pursue, and at what pace? Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

50 Years of Women in MBA

2012-2013 as a time to celebrate this milestone. Throughout the year, and as part of the School's Culture and Community Initiative, we will delve deeply and broadly into the issues women face in business, leveraging all of the School's... View Details

01 Jan 2005
News

Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

O'Donnell spends almost half his time on philanthropic matters, especially The Joey Fund, which supports cystic fibrosis research and is named after his son, who died from the disease in 1986 at age 12. Although he is now chairman of the... View Details

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

the HBS MBA program have seen a similar trajectory, although there have been periods of plateaus, including the time we are in right now. As the world is rapidly changing, HBS is asking challenging questions about how the MBA can remain... View Details

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

Financial incentives—the more costly approach—didn’t inspire lasting change, while the more successful intervention didn’t cost anything more than employees’ time to participate in meetings. “If you talk to many managers, they would say... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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