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- 25 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles
the value of HR to people who don’t necessarily understand it.” She decided to pursue an MBA because, “I need to meet people where they are – understanding people’s worlds is the most important thing I need... View Details
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
CEO of Silk Road Technologies. For the true entrepreneur, he continued, reality is the superior teacher; and school is an excuse to delay failure. Although their topic was "Post Boom Internet... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Article
The Miracle of Memphis
Rayport, Jeffrey F. "The Miracle of Memphis." MIT Technology Review (website) (December 20, 2010).
- 08 May 2022
- Blog Post
The Territory of Motherhood: A Reflection in Honor of Mother’s Day
weeks early, just like his sister. While this was on our radar, having a premature baby isn’t quite something you can plan for. The only thing that quieted my mind at night was knowing we’d been here before and that we had an amazing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
lot of the things that were attributed to Peter Drucker were Doriot’s ideas,” says Charles P. Waite (MBA ’59), a former student who went on to work at ARD for many years and was a founding partner View Details
- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." —Henry James As a professor of business administration in the Organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- 11 May 2022
- Blog Post
MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS
things I need (like moving my exam so I can deliver a baby). It can be done. It’s not easy, but it’s worth the effort. I would love to see more mothers and more families in general at HBS, because you deserve to be here. The families here... View Details
- 04 Oct 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Reviews, Reputation, and Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
School of Hard Knocks
Illustration by Richard Downs, Theispot.com When I was in sixth grade, I used to spend recess hiding under a truck in a garage at school. One of the few Caucasian students enrolled in what was my "neighborhood" school—on a Native American... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
The demand for babies by infertile couples and other would-be parents is huge — and little discussed. HBS professor Debora L. Spar addressed the market realities of adoption and scientific conception at the 2003 Alumni Health-Care... View Details
- 2009
- Book
Let Me Explain: Eugene G. Fubini's Life in Defense of America
By: David G. Fubini
There is no necessary relationship between fame and power, and great influence is often wielded in willful obscurity. So it was with the irascible, indomitable Eugene Fubini. A physics prodigy who fled Italy when the fascists came to power, his searing intelligence and... View Details
Fubini, David G. Let Me Explain: Eugene G. Fubini's Life in Defense of America. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press, 2009.
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
Courtesy Paris Wallace Courtesy Paris Wallace At 70 employees strong, the Boston-based digital company Ovia Health is on the smallish-but-mighty size compared to the rest of the local tech hub. Competing for talent is tough. While those... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
I did. Frank Lorenzo, class of 63'. As a CEO of continental airlines, and before that Texas International Airlines, we faced airline deregulation, which was of course very... View Details
- 22 Aug 2016
- News
The Future of GE
consumer businesses we were in. We’ve exited plastics and things like that. In the last 15 years, we’re one of the few leadership teams in history that’s sold $100 billion in businesses and bought $100... View Details
- October 2007
- Article
The Art of Designing Markets
By: Alvin E. Roth
Traditionally, markets have been viewed as simply the confluence of supply and demand. But to function properly, they must be able to attract a sufficient number of buyers and sellers, induce participants to make their preferences clear, and overcome congestion by... View Details
Keywords: Market Design; Market Participation; Market Transactions; Information Technology; Internet and the Web
Roth, Alvin E. "The Art of Designing Markets." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 10 (October 2007): 118–126.
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
alone. They’re doing it to make an impact.” And sometimes, they’re doing it because they see an opportunity that their employer doesn’t. Draper followed the development of peer-to-peer file-sharing technology and tracked down the founders... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
Art by Jude Maceren/Corbis Related Links "Burt's Bee's Social and Environmental Report Fiscal Year 2010" - Yola Carlough, Director of Sustainability at Burt's Bees, describes how participating in the HBS multimedia case influenced the... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
2020 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Related Reading Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager? Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
expenses. It’s about the things that would make their work better and easier, which are resources that private-sector employees take for granted.” In January 2019, Lisle became CEO of Vista Center for the... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
into a book, How Will You Measure Your Life? The following excerpt, adapted for the Bulletin by Allworth, presents a fresh look at what it means to have “the right stuff” at work and draws a parallel to good parenting. Helping your children learn how to do the... View Details