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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

Alumnae Circles About Circles FAQ Regional Contacts Alumnae Circles is an HBS-enabled, alumnae-owned program designed to build and foster genuine relationships among HBS alumnae*. A Circle is typically a diverse group of 6-10 women who get together in-person and talk... View Details

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Cluster (2013) Germany Baden-Wuerttemberg Automobile Cluster (2015) Germany Wind Power Cluster (2010) Germany’s Photovoltaic Cluster (2009) Hamburg Aviation Cluster (2009) Biotechnology and Life Sciences in Munich (2007) Ghana Ghana Cocoa... View Details

22 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

diverge from the typical nine-to-five. Contrary to some expectations—but consistent with years of research—that flexibility has actually spurred worker productivity to improve. In polls that Neeley has taken at companies in a variety of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

Rock, a Twin Cities based nonprofit focused on empowering young people through music education. Teresa Danso-Danquah (MBA 2024) - VP of Admissions and Administration I am a disability advocate, HR professional, and aspiring VC investor passionate about creating and... View Details

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

the consumer products giant Unilever, published some years ago. This company had a long-established business in soap and other toiletries, but spent decades after World War II striving without great success to expand its business into... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

26 Aug 2024
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HBS Lingo 101

change careers after HBS, and CPD works to help each student define their own unique career vision. The CPD team includes over 50 career coaches who specialize in different industries, geographies or life stages. CPD partners with over... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

productivities at collecting deposits and making loans. They find that deposit productivity is responsible for two thirds of the value of the median bank and most variation in value across banks. Variation... View Details

25 Oct 2016
First Look

October 25, 2016

2016 University of Chicago Press Innovation Equity: Assessing and Managing the Monetary Value of New Products and Services By: Ofek, Elie, Eitan Muller, and Barak Libai Abstract—This book bridges the gap between what academics know, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2023
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In Full Flower

At Bloom & Wild, delivering a joyful experience that fits through a letter-box door slot (Courtesy of Bloom & Wild Group) When Aron Gelbard (MBA 2009) cofounded London-based Bloom & Wild in 2013, he did so with a specific goal: to make sending (and receiving) flowers... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; florist; marketing; supply chain management; Personal Services

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

communications during the crisis, unless the product in question was specifically designed to help them with serious pandemic-related life challenges. Communications that were perceived to benefit the brand... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

people in the area regained confidence that life was returning to normal. Niinami’s company also donated lunch to Soma City elementary school students for three days in April before the school could get lunch service going again. When he... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Getting to Product Market Fit Hiring Fast and Firing Faster Life as an Entrepreneur Managing Growth vs. Profitability Managing Pivots and Setbacks Negotiating Partnerships Builders - Small Group Discussions:... View Details

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Tara Basu Trivedi

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? To get out of my comfort zone – to explore startup ideas, to meet people who don’t think like me, to learn about what goes into making a team and a product successful. I knew I’d never... View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

Health Care ; Operations Management ; Productivity ; Health Care and Treatment ; Operations ; Outcome or Result ; Resource Allocation ; Health Industry ; United States Citation Find at Harvard Purchase Related Jameson, Jacob C., Soroush... View Details

25 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?

where you don’t know your neighbors,” he says. “In India, you grew up knowing abject poverty and that has stayed with me throughout my adult life and influenced my research.” He came to the United States about 40 years ago to research how... View Details

Keywords: by Esther Schrader; Pharmaceutical; Health

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Davida Bynum

experiences and stretching beyond my comfort zone to develop, learn, and grow. What is the best thing about your hometown? I spent my adolescence in Kokomo, Indiana. In 6th grade, my science teacher built a life sized “space shuttle” with... View Details

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

particular field your venture intends to address, you may need a cofounder with domain specific expertise. Having domain expertise will not only inform the product strategy, but will also help the venture gain credibility in the market... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

20 Apr 2017
Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry

is the power of music in shaping both people and culture. I am so excited to be working in an industry where the product we create has the ability to uplift and comfort as a universal healer, and unite as a universal language. To top it... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

potential projects Examine how capital markets work and how they affect your business Develop a financial intuition that will give you the confidence to make effective decisions in your career and life Who Will Benefit Early and... View Details

16 May 2023
In Practice

After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?

life of an early-stage business. When a situation is declared code red, startups should know who’s on point for communication with each stakeholder, who’s leading a process and how each process will be led. Also, plan for retrospectives... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Technology; Financial Services

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