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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
recommendation. She suggested A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles. It did not disappoint. A great story for a claustrophobic time. —Josh Green (MBA 2006) The Premonition, by Michael Lewis, is a fascinating account about how creative... View Details
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
Union.” The second book, one I am well into, is my colleague Shoshanna Zuboff’s magisterial The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. This book is one of genius. It provides a sweeping description the rise and impact of business models that are... View Details
- 04 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy
process was the financing of projects. I wanted to learn more about that aspect, so I decided to apply to business school because I thought there would be no better place to learn about it. I decided to come to HBS and there have been so many View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
more densely populated places like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City for the countryside early in the pandemic. Some purchased or rented a second house; some stayed at their weekend getaway or decamped to a family retreat. And... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
resolve the information asymmetry that exists. Our experimental results provide evidence that participants are unlikely to choose to separate when a pooling equilibrium is also available. This result is important for research and practice because separating and pooling... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
technical assistance to preservation efforts across the state, and dedicating more than $40 million to hundreds of restoration projects. Among other initiatives, its public campaigns have helped stabilize the south side of Ellis Island, gain landmark status for the... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
applicants, have a strong influence on citation data and merit additional research. Open vs. Closed Innovation: A Model of Discovery and Divergence Authors:Esteve Almirall and Ramon Casadesus-Masanell Periodical:The Academy of Management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
to talk to them—that he needed to address the community as if he were the President of the United States. His daughter's plea led him to record a podcast that did just that, urging the Black community to both keep up the fight and take care of themselves. But Rogers... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
GMBuyPower.com, which enables customers to order cars online. The second is the development of its OnStar technology, which, according to the company's 1999 annual report, will enable the first "Web car." 72 The third change is... View Details
- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
When MBAs start the second semester of their second year at Harvard Business School, most have already lined up new jobs--but that doesn't mean they have a clear idea what they want out of the rest of their... View Details
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
run the Cyber Espionage Center at the Pentagon. I had built great teams and run large organizations. I hired other former members of the military and won a major contract from AT&T within 30 days. The company grew to 5,200 employees.... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
finance and restructuring, explains the ins and outs of Chapter 11, while Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter focuses on the human element—the need for the new company's leadership to pay attention to its people and corporate culture. A Second... View Details
- 07 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
world-class university make great education free and accessible, anywhere in the world?—to knotty tactical decisions—should we ask small-dollar donors to give $5.25 or $7.50? While many of my clients’ goals were political in nature, I... View Details
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
U.S. private equity industry over 10 years, we investigate the consequences of the ideological misfit that arises when individuals’ political ideologies diverge substantially from the prevailing ideology of their firms. We hypothesize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
“That was what I wanted for a career.” Shilla’s ambitions have deep roots within her family. Her mother grew up under a military dictatorship in South Korea, where she was “an activist under great peril.” Her father grew up in the deep... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
and CEO, Ranch Road Boots Neutrall is a great idea, currently focused as a D2C venture using Amazon, social media, and other online marketing initiatives to build the business. After the pandemic, however, that’s an increasingly expensive... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
When HBS launched the US Competitiveness Project in 2011, the American economy was struggling to recover from the Great Recession, Washington was in gridlock, and the nation was caught in the hype of a presidential election. Against this... View Details
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
company more sharply on areas where its innovative capacity remained distinctive. Blackberry understands the demands of security conscious corporate customers better than most, and their software for handling corporate email seems second... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
through the business world is a great advantage. The IPO went well? Yes, we raised nearly $190 million, which enabled us to retire debt and go in some new directions. My main challenge now is managing growth and our increasing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US
growing up in Atlanta, Delta was like a second home,” he shared. “I was also a big train geek as a kid, so I’ve always loved transportation, and I found there was a lot happening in terms of the future of mobility and the customer... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate