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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
Profile of the Performing Arts Industry: Culture and Commerce by David H. Gaylin (MBA 1979) (Business Expert Press) At their best, the performing arts represent the height of human creativity. But the presentation on stage, whether it is... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
the newly designed Alumni Web site (www.alumni.hbs.edu), which was launched earlier this summer. In addition, a subset of the committee worked with the School to develop an in-depth, informative, and lively presentation about the current... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
organization is involved, we charge. Advertising also brings in revenue." ALISON enables potential employers to immediately test the skill of certificate-holding ALISON graduates through 20-question "flash tests" that assess their... View Details
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
as mitigation strategies Brainstorm how adaptation and mitigation progress might affect one another and synergies or tensions between the two Free E-Book How to Be a Purpose-Driven, Global Business Professional This guide will equip you with the View Details
- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
they were quite special—which was a risk from other people's point of view. But she didn't see it as all that risky because she knew what they were made of." Swan ran the Latin America channel as general manager before moving to Nickelodeon's online division. One... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
would suggest. However, our analysis also presents some puzzles including, most significantly, evidence of strong employment growth following adoption of dismissal protections. In light of these puzzles, we read our findings as suggestive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
adapting the skills and practices of entrepreneurship for the public sector,” he says. Before joining the HBS faculty and creating the MBA course Public Entrepreneurship, Weiss was chief of staff to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. In 2010,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
eight major North American and European financial services companies as well as an international internet survey in collaboration with journals and organizations. The present paper gives an overview of the initial findings of 61... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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research and analyze these transactions in order to present their most important aspects and lessons to the class. The goal is to help students develop their transactional instincts, better prepare them to anticipate deal challenges, and... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
York City to his time as an internationally touring opera singer, his business launch during the Great Recession, and ultimately to his position as founder and CEO of Aria, a real estate company with a mission to humanize the experience of living in our great cities.... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “I think it's okay to want to dent the universe, but I think it's best if you're an entrepreneur to think about something that's in the present that needs to be solved right... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
believed that these holdout creditors created "collective action problems" and presented a major obstacle to successful sovereign debt restructurings. On the other hand, other observers argued that activist investors actually... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
advertising savvy are but two of the myriad skills that are required of today's museum manager. Traditionally, museums have been run by academics who worked their way through the curatorial ranks, but more and more museum trustees are... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
than half of its call center employees quit only a few months after training. "Wipro presented us with the problem of figuring out whether there was anything we could do to reduce turnover," Gino says. "We thought it was... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit
Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
clients, most of whom had low skill and education levels. Marketing at first was fairly simple, said artisan baker David Ekstrom, a panelist at the session who joined the bakery a year ago as full-time manager. "They got the word out... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
and destroyed much of the country's infrastructure, Mozambique presented formidable risks as a project site. The cost of the plant, which was approximately equal to the country's gross domestic product, made the investment decision even... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 May 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup
scooters), and more, and I had a blast playing my small part in the future of mobility. Throughout this work, sustainability came up as a common thread, and I found myself consistently drawn to the intersection of sustainability and urbanization. With the creativity... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
To what extent does a leader's inner life affect his or her behavior and actions toward other people? HBS professor emeritus Abraham Zaleznik, skilled in the practice of psychoanalysis and an admirer of the insights of Sigmund Freud, is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace