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06 Dec 2021
News

Rescue & Recovery

Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) sits in front of a photo mural on the walls of the Mercy Corps offices in Washington, DC After a full-on morning of Zoom sessions from her home office in Potomac, Maryland, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002)... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2000
News

Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

a regular basis. Every six weeks my backyard changes." John McCarter remembers visiting the Field Museum as a youth, and this is something he wants every child in the Chicago area to be able to experience. He has worked very hard to make school visits more effective —... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

thought (versus conscious thought) would reduce frequency of intrusions from an analogue trauma film. Participants viewed a distressing film and were subsequently instructed to think about the film deliberately (conscious thought), to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Oct 2018
News

“A Shout Through Time”

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Today’s story is a break from our typical in-depth interview format. Today, we’re going to tell a story. It’s a story that starts with a tragic plane crash in... View Details

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

working together,” the article says. We talked to the researchers about how organizations can help employees cope with this difficult period—including everything from guaranteeing paid sick leave and gathering staff for virtual happy... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2011
News

Local Hero

Baer: From boyhood fan to leader of the franchise. One of Larry Baer’s (MBA 1985) fondest summer memories is of playing in the yard of his boyhood home in San Francisco on Friday afternoons, waiting for his dad to return View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

15 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS

stopped speaking Spanish and, when my parents spoke in our native tongue, I would admonish them the same way my peers taunted me: “This is America, Mom. Speak English!” Through this and other similar acts, I completely distanced myself... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

that is, overcoming the emotional distance between its brands and local consumers. By 1997, Danone Mexico had its first run-in with this problem when marketing research revealed that the general public held the company in high regard, but... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

01 Dec 2004
News

Retirement's Changing Face

the fact that the word “retirement” has outgrown its usefulness? The word itself suggests a literal withdrawal, a distancing from the world that doesn’t suit most graduates of HBS and certainly doesn’t jibe... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

particularly within a tenth of a mile, of a house lowers the price at which it is sold. Our preferred estimate of this effect is that a foreclosure at a distance of 0.05 miles lowers the price of a house by about 1%. Download the paper... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

data, they have distanced themselves from the accounting process itself. Accounting scholarship has failed to address important measurement and valuation issues that have arisen in the past 40 years of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

Arizona, give their CEO updates on their respective projects via video chat. There are more than a dozen reports, covering everything from marketing to engineering to HR. Some are brief, some—a disagreement over a potential... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

hometown of Bastrop, Texas, to remove confederate monuments from the downtown courthouse square. “We encountered some backlash for our efforts, but we also encountered a lot of support,” recalls DeShay, who... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Meal Plan

Image by John Ritter In 2019, US restaurants topped $860 billion in revenues; prior to COVID-19, Americans spent more for food away from home than food purchased for at-home consumption, whether it be a pitstop at fast food drive-through,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; restaurants; COVID-19; pandemic; recovery; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2007
News

The Winning Season

THAT'S A WINNER: The DeWitts enjoy the home field advantage at the new Busch Stadium, which offers views of downtown St. Louis and the city's trademark Gateway Arch. From his office in the new Busch Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals Managing... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2017
News

A Summit Higher Than Everest

published Joseph Rock’s account of Minya Konka, most accurately pronounced “gungka” or “goong-ga.” The widely traveled botanist had first spied the triangular massif in 1928 through field glasses from a View Details

Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About

2023, what I will remember most is how deeply you connected with one another. When you arrived in Fall 2021, we were slowly emerging from the pandemic. But even testing, masking, and distancing did not stop... View Details

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

why managers may respond to the demand for dividends from local seniors. Overall, these results are consistent with the notion that the investor base affects corporate policy choices. Utilizing Team Member Expertise Under Pressure... View Details