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01 Mar 2005
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Turkish Delight

BYFORD: Changing careers is well worth the effort. Grenville Byford (MBA ’79) was practical when he decided to pursue his interest in international relations. “Unless your name is Kissinger, you have to specialize in a particular area... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

08 Mar 2021
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International Women's Day Featured Stories

International Women's Day (IWD) celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It is an official holiday in at least 20 countries and grows in recognition each year. This year’s IWD theme is Choose to... View Details

14 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

How to Profit from Scarcity

Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Marketers are trained to match supply to demand. Everything that View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

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Research Thrust

By: Rakesh Khurana

I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details

13 Jun 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

That Costs HOW Much?

Pricing the Right Price for You? Not every industry or company can benefit from performance-based pricing. But where there is a fit, PBP can be a powerful tool that merges the interests of buyers and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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Assessing the Food and Drug Administration's Risk-Based Framework for Software Precertification with Top Health Apps in the United States: Quality Improvement Study

By: Noy Alon, Ariel Dora Stern and John Torous

BACKGROUND: As the development of mobile health apps continues to accelerate, the need to implement a framework that can standardize categorizing these apps to allow for efficient, yet robust regulation grows. However, regulators and researchers are faced with numerous... View Details

Keywords: Mobile Health; Smartphone; Food And Drug Administration; Risk-based Framework; Health Care and Treatment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Framework

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Career Support - Business & Environment

to connect with alumni: HBS Initiatives Mentor Match Program Current MBA students can email us to join our online platform that facilitates ongoing connections between students interested in pursuing careers at the intersection View Details

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

With a pandemic temporarily closing many businesses and stifling consumer demand, whole industries, especially those that recently leveraged their balance sheets to take advantage of near-zero View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

15 Oct 2019
News

Bridging Business and Engineering

venture concept. “This new program sounded especially interesting and was aligned with my objectives,” says Perelson, who, along with two other students from Israel, is among the 29 enrolled in the inaugural cohort View Details

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Industry Information - Alumni

the global personal care and household product market. Recently, it has added features on a variety of subjects, and expanded coverage in fast-growing markets in Asia and Latin America. CPG Matters A twice-monthly e-zine directed to the... View Details

31 May 2023
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

The recipients of the 2023 Alumni Achievement Awards, whom Dean Srikant Datar will recognize during the HBS graduation ceremony on May 25, 2023, are: Reshma Kewalramani MD, FASN (GMP 18, 2015) Depelsha Thomas McGruder (MBA 1998) Raymond... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

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Electricity - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Electricity Renewables, nuclear, and carbon capture offer massive market potential The combustion of fossil fuels to generate electricity is the largest source of greenhouse gas... View Details

25 Aug 2014
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Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983

colleagues to invest in a regional cellular company. “I knew it was a good investment, but I had no idea mobile would reach 100 percent market penetration,” he says. Interested in building media companies with like-minded partners, Nelson... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

12 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

Bigger paychecks for retail employees could generate significant payoffs for employers by reducing worker theft and raising the level of moral behavior in the workforce, a new study shows. Tatiana Sandino, an associate professor in... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

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Banking System - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Income The net interest margin (NIM) peaked prior to the financial crisis and has been steadily increasing in recent years. NIM is defined as interest income minus interest... View Details

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Philippe Rival

interest manifested itself through a deep-seated love of Legos, which culminated in my building a Lego cable-stay bridge that spanned my parents’ living room and used sewing thread as cable stays! From then... View Details

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Dillon House | About

investment bank. Dillon joined the Wall Street bond brokerage firm William A. Read & Company in 1912. Following William Read’s death in 1916, Dillon bought a majority interest in the firm; the company’s name was changed to Dillon, Read &... View Details

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correctly. Topics of Interest Business Essentials Leadership & Management Entrepreneurship & Innovation Strategy Finance & Accounting Business in Society I am interested in the... View Details

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

business, and so on. One of the most interesting things to me was how many leaders admitted that the reputation either was accidentally developed by them or bequeathed to them by circumstance. It’s like the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

designed for people four or more years of managerial experience and seven or more years of overall professional experience. If you have fewer years of experience but are still... View Details

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