Spending Per Year Of Life Gained - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jun 2023
HBS Case

3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook

perk that allowed Amazon to capture market share and eventually blow past Sony, which after years of struggling, closed its e-reader store in 2014. “Without creating a competitive advantage, it is difficult... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care

Years of Thinking Big Blavatnik Fellowship: 5 Years of Thinking Big 07 FEB 2020 Harvard Business School Resources & Opportunities Community A... View Details

31 Oct 2019
Blog Post

5 Things on My Mind in the Second Year of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

several years before HBS. 2. Engineering classes: problem sets are back! Students spend most of their time at the business school during the first View Details

01 May 2015
Blog Post

How Being an HBS Partner Changed My Life

I thought HBS would be my husband’s adventure. He would explore and I would share in that by co-piloting his journey. In hindsight, I have shared in his HBS travels, but he has also shared in mine. For HBS is the place where I began to dream again. In the past ten... View Details

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Work & Life - Race, Gender & Equity

in dual-career families navigate the intersection of career and family, including differences in the experiences of men and women. 1 Alumni spend about the same amount View Details

24 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?

facilities each year, an increasing number of which are on foreign soil. "Without the FDA, each of us would individually spend a lot more time researching where products come... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Health

25 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)

gave him. After years of living as a struggling graduate student, Jachimowicz received his appointment at HBS and the financial stability that came with it. “My father said to me, ‘You are going to have to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

2020
Book

Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity

By: Joseph Allen and John D. Macomber

By the time you reach 80, you will have spent 72 years of your life indoors. Like it or not, humans have become an indoor species. This means that the people who design, build, and maintain our buildings can have a major impact on our health.
Ever feel tired... View Details

Keywords: Architecture; Real Estate Development; Air Pollution; Air Quality; Public Health; Productivity Gains; Buildings and Facilities; Health; Pollutants; Performance Productivity; Construction Industry

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23 Oct 2019
News

An Experiment in Online Education Reaches 50,000 Learners in Five Years

students and recent graduates, incoming MBA students, and mid-career professionals. A recent survey of 1,000 past participants showed the impact that completing an HBS Online course can have on a person’s View Details

Keywords: HBS Online; Educational Innovation

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

coauthor of the new book Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier, for an intimate, powerful conversation that touches on: the mistake people make in... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

21 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life

It’s a philosophical debate as old as time: What is the secret to leading a meaningful life? For many, the question gained new urgency after years of social distancing and... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

18 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

knowing the high-stakes industry suffers from significant levels of turnover and spends an inordinate amount of time and money onboarding new staff. In fact, one industry... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Mar 2024
News

Turning Point: Eternal Returns

Bó Lè’s acquisition by a Japanese firm was finalized in 2013, the company had a network of 15 offices across Asia. If I were to assess my personal life from an investment-return perspective, however, I would... View Details

Keywords: life experience; search firm; entrepreneurship

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Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA - Course Catalog

it’s looking back at your past, or tracking how you spend your time, or playing a life simulation to uncover the choices and tradeoffs you are inclined to make. The exercises will include View Details

16 May 2024
News

On the Job

finding his way back to Wall Street, Schwartz returned to his native Canada, and in 1984 founded Onex Corporation, a private equity firm built on the values that changed the trajectory of his life so many... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

Tell us about your life before HBS. I grew up in Antwerp, Belgium as part of the Jewish community. Having four grandparents who are Holocaust survivors, I felt it was important to experience View Details

01 Jun 2023
HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

shot and killed a teenager. Miller had served four years in juvenile detention for that murder and had later spent five additional years in prison for a smattering of armed... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories

June 2023
Case

The Business of Campaigns

By: Vincent Pons and Mel Martin

In 2022, the U.S. Congress examined the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, the latest in a long series of campaign finance reforms. According to its authors, the law would be the “most consequential overhaul of federal... View Details

Keywords: Political Elections; Government Legislation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; United States