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31 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

the population uninsured,” Chandra’s research says. In a new working paper, Chandra and fellow researchers suggest a potential solution: creating a basic bundle of publicly funded health insurance that would protect every citizen while... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health

21 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers

Afterpay and tied to the point-of-purchase of a particular product. Paying with BNPL differs from credit cards. Rather than a revolving credit line, consumers take out an installment loan through the retailer at the time of purchase,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Financial Services; Technology

10 Nov 2015
Blog Post

Using an MBA for a Career Change

supposed to keep “trying on” different jobs and companies for the rest of our careers. 2. Making a career change isn’t just a one-step choice that you make. Rather, a career change is a series of trying View Details

07 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Is HBS Too Big?

At HBS, there are around 940 students in each class. Before coming here I worried a little about the large class size, because it’s a pretty overwhelming number. Sometimes a large number of students doesn’t necessarily translate to... View Details

14 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Dating at HBS

The business school experience is different for everyone. Some students come to HBS with partners, some bring their families, and some are in long distance relationships—while others are single and... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

What Makes a Good Leader

purpose has always been to educate leaders," notes Dean Kim B. Clark. "Our students learn to be managers here, but they also learn that it is important to make a difference in the world — to bring... View Details

Keywords: Management

05 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Exploring the Beauty Industry through an Independent Project

regularly, understand that different mediums attract different audiences across demographics and age groups, and engage brand partners who are able to elevate their status and help them reach new... View Details

20 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change

likely someone who has studied, lived, or experienced something beyond the norms in a given environment and thus is able to create a vision of a different future that nonetheless makes sense to, and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Dec 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

"The people we are training are in positions of power, not running companies so much as executing the vision," explains Narayandas. "What is critical for them is to understand different... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Social Strategies That Work

Over a billion people use social platforms on the Internet, making them the most frequently visited category of sites. Some platforms, such as eHarmony, MeetUp, and Twitter, allow us to connect to strangers. eHarmony alone is estimated to account for one in six new... View Details

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

composition of a firm's investor base. Finally, firms that report more information about the different forms of capital or follow more closely the guiding principles as described in the IR Framework of the... View Details

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

Gerson, writing in The Washington Post, generally agreed with these views. His thoughtful column suggested ways of overcoming the political differences running through this month's comments, when he said:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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RISE Career Fellowship - MBA

development as a leader who will make a difference in the world. The program will strengthen HBS’s connections with underserved communities and help to fulfill the School’s public commitment, made View Details

31 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World

states have implemented different ideas and pursued different strategies in order to gain a competitive edge,” says Reinert. “Franklin could write for the elites—he did so... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Courses | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

can help address some of society’s greatest challenges. Each of the five cases describes a set of leaders trying to “make a difference in the world” – that is, to harness the resources of the firm to tackle... View Details

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

walking down the street, you find a $20 bill. Scenario B: While walking down the street, you find a $10 bill. The next day, on a different street, you find another $10 bill. The total amount of money found is the same View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

2019
Working Paper

Rehabilitating Corporate Purpose

By: Malcolm S. Salter

In this paper, I address how the ascendance of the theory of shareholder value maximization into the central consciousness of public corporations and its canonization as the only legitimate expression of corporate purpose has contributed to both a widening breach... View Details

Keywords: Capitalism; Justice; Corporate Purpose; Shareholder Value Maximization; Ethical Reciprocity; Economic Systems; Business Ventures; Mission and Purpose; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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14 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association

The Jewish Student Association (JSA) serves as a resource to develop, inform, support, and enrich Harvard Business School’s Jewish students and those interested in learning more about the Jewish faith and heritage. Open to the full gamut... View Details

07 Nov 2023
News

Love and Money

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Which is the best dating app? Can money actually buy love? When do you talk about money in a new relationship and how do you broach the topic? How can well-meaning parents actually help their... View Details

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