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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

you must have filed a financial aid application for HBS Need-Based Scholarships and Loans while at HBS. For these programs, the financial aid assessment considers HBS need-based scholarship, the recommended loan amount per your initial View Details

30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30

PublicationsThe Coexistence of Overestimation and Underweighting of Rare Events and the Contingent Recency Effect Authors:Greg Barron and Eldad Yechiam Publication:.Judgment and Decision Making 4, no. 6 (October 2009) Abstract Previous... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Jamira Cotton

about my plans until I took a trek to Silicon Valley with professors and students from across the university in January. It only lasted a week, but spending time with so many amazing entrepreneurs, investors, and start-up enthusiasts was the inspiration I needed to... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Entrepreneurship

03 Jan 2018
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In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

harassment on the job. As Sabrina put it, "I think the time to revisit whether an independent, non-partisan agency or individual (is appropriate) is now. Even the process of having that discussion, even if the decision is made to not... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

shareholders as a category are not well positioned to guide corporate decisions or to discipline management. They also discuss problems in two other roles shareholders play with respect to corporations, as a source of funds and as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Dec 2002
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How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?

Summing Up Are We Getting More Sensible About Management Incentives? Respondents to this month's column suggest ways of fixing or selectively using various methods of providing incentives to management. They join the chorus of voices... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

feel. Lees and Cikara found similar results for other scenarios, involving changes to selection of judges, campaign financing, and renaming of a state highway. (The researchers purposefully stayed away from “hot button” issues such as gun... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

and the consequences of CEO succession and selection decisions for subsequent firm performance and strategic choices. Industry wisdom, company relationships, and technological expertise all matter in our new... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

priority criteria, e.g., waiting time, medical urgency, etc., or a combination thereof. Rather than making specific assumptions about fairness principles or priority criteria, our method offers the designer the flexibility to select his... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems

encountering. Drawn from the health-care industry, the research is based on a sample of 69 randomly selected hospitals, 20 of which participated in a three-part cycle of process improvement activities. Focusing on one area of the hospital... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

01 Jun 2006
News

Jay Light Named New HBS Dean

Meeting the Press: Dean Jay Light accompanied by Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers, answers reporters' questions I am honored by the selection and enthusiastic about the task ahead,” Jay Light said at an April 24 press conference with... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

05 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 5, 2006

until the Supreme Court's decision in Batson v. Kentucky (1986). Batson's prohibition against race-based peremptories was based on two assumptions: 1) a prospective juror's race can bias jury selection... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

his company, and a discussion of recent efforts by Abrahams to break free of constraints that have limited the size and revenue-generating ability of Improbable Research for many years. Among those efforts are a decision to distribute... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2002
News

HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

no national reputation — was appointed,” Ferguson recalled. “But he listens to everyone, judges ideas on their quality rather than on their source, and makes better decisions because of that.” Financial consultant Andrew Brimmer, the... View Details

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

an experiment almost a decade ago in which the company allowed a randomly selected subset of employees to work from home for nine months while the rest of the team stayed in the office. As it turned out, the employees who worked from home... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

10 Oct 2024
Blog Post

High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands

technologies for greenhouse production through its incubator, Division Q. In these Dutch greenhouses, technology rules the roost—from cultivar selection to pest control and automation. We learned that these greenhouses record large... View Details

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business of Babies

are relocating for the sole purpose of obtaining coverage. Ambiguous legislation regarding ownership of children. "Court decisions have been all over the map," said Spar. Absence of property rights. "Do you own a child—even... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

07 Sep 2017
Blog Post

How One Organization Increased Their Internship Yield

her, the company looks desperate, not attractive.” What went wrong? “The time between the company’s offer and the student’s decision is very important,” says Murphy. On one side of the negotiating table, students are considering multiple... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

transaction structuring and exits, as well as equity selection and portfolio construction. The course also explores incentives, decision-making, and the crucial problems and opportunities within the industry itself. This course is geared... View Details

December 2012 (Revised October 2022)
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Plastiq

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Gaurav Jain, Liroy Haddad, Luke Langford and Matt Noble

The young CEO of a venture-backed startup needs to figure out his go to market strategy and the right profile for his first key sales hires. Should he develop partnerships with channels that would provide leverage or build out a direct sales force? And should the sales... View Details