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Professors Highlight Experiences, Insights from Maha Kumbh Re: Tiona Zuzul & Tarun Khanna More Faculty News HBS Working Knowledge 01 Nov 2024 Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times by Rachel Layne 21... View Details

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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

Publications In the News 26 Feb 2025 Coursera Podcast Navigating Disruption with Suraj Srinivasan Re: Suraj Srinivasan 11 Feb 2025 Trellis The Consequences of Missing Emissions Targets? For Many Companies, None Re: Shirley Lu 25 Jan 2025 New York Times Financial View Details

26 Jul 2023
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STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out

you go to the male sounding names.” Advice for everyone involved So, how should stakeholders improve the process? Lane offers the following advice: For universities: Pay close attention to details when choosing a recruitment firm—and make... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

February 2024 (Revised July 2024)
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Taffi: Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia

By: Paul A. Gompers and Fares Khrais

Taffi was a tech-enabled fashion styling startup founded by Shahad Geoffrey in Saudi Arabia in 2020. Within three years of operating, Geoffrey had pivoted the business multiple times. In 2023, Geoffrey was attempting the business’s most ambitious pivot yet, shifting... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Fashion Industry; Technology Industry; Saudi Arabia; Arabian Peninsula

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January 2018 (Revised January 2019)
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ZappRx

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Olivia Hull

In October 2015, ZappRx founder Zoe Barry is deciding between two business models for her health technology start-up. Her product, a software application that aims to expedite the prescription fulfillment process for patients with rare diseases, has attracted interest... View Details

Keywords: Speciality Drugs; Hub Services; Pivot; Speciality Prescriptions; Health Care and Treatment; Customization and Personalization; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Pharmaceutical Industry; Massachusetts

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January–February 2017
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Buying Your Way into Entrepreneurship

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

An increasingly popular route to success as a small business owner is “acquisition entrepreneurship”—buying and running an existing operation. If you’re considering such a path, the authors offer practical advice for each stage of the process. Think it through. Do you... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Planning

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October 13, 2015

2015 Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World By: Friedman, Jeremy Abstract—The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a global... View Details

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recruiting policies developed to ensure a level playing field for all constituents. Recruiting Policies Recruiting Calendar Insights & Advice WesTrek 2025: Exploring the Future of Tech in Silicon Valley Michelle Cao 04 MAR 2025 For... View Details

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Mitigating the Negative Effects of Customer Anxiety Through Access to Human Contact

By: Michelle A. Kinch and Ryan W. Buell

Prior research in social psychology has shown that when people feel anxious, they seek advice from others. However, companies that operate in high-anxiety settings (like financial services, health care, and education) are increasingly deploying self-service... View Details

Keywords: Anxiety; Self-service; Empirical Operations; Behavioral Operations; Communication Technology; Behavior; Customer Focus and Relationships; Trust; Satisfaction; Financial Services Industry

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01 Dec 2023
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8 FAQs on the MBA Application

recommendation letters? Recommendations are due at the same time as the application deadline, though we do extend a 48-hour grace period afterward to recommenders only. Our advice is to ask your recommenders early and encourage them to... View Details

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Help - Alumni

valuable resource that can be helpful in myriad situations. What follows are some suggestions for how best to access the HBS network in times of need. Class Notes : Many alumni have shared news to garner support or solicit advice from... View Details

23 Jun 2023
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This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions

feels unable to resolve it without help, the team can reach out to one of its 20 coaches, whose role is to support teams without stepping in to directly manage their problems. To preserve autonomy, nurses are free to reject the advice of... View Details

Keywords: by Annelena Lobb; Health

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

providing strategic advice to small-to-midsize private companies. In addition, DCM oversees a portfolio of public, private, and real estate investments. Charles W. Duncan III is also involved in the operations of several private companies... View Details

03 Oct 2023
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Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

unbelievably good advice for life. Because as you're around people who are really imperfect all the time. And the world is telling you, you know, the world is trying to conscript every single one of us as soldiers into a culture war. They... View Details

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12 Dec 2023
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HBS Faculty Books of 2023: Find Happiness, Fix Things, and Fail Well

in her book, Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well.Also: Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You So many executives... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times by Rachel Layne 11 Oct 2024 How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses Re: Elisabeth C. Paulson More Working Knowledge Articles Harvard Business Publishing October 25,... View Details

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Rock Summer Fellows - Entrepreneurship

Wrap Up, Weekly Workshops, Weekly Community Meetings, Bi-Weekly Coach Meeting, and Monthly Advisory Board Meetings. Meet with EiRs During the academic year, our EiRs provide startup counsel and advice to our students. These impressive... View Details

16 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults

Caterpillar Inc., McGinn asked the adult children, “What advice do you have for employed moms, given what you experienced as a child?” Every one of these adults who grew up with a working mother delivered essentially the same message:... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Jul 2012
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De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Theory and Evidence on Preference Heterogeneity and Redistribution

Keywords: by Benjamin Lockwood & Matthew Weinzierl

November 2012
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Does Management Really Work?

By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen

HBR's 90th anniversary is a sensible time to revisit a basic question: Are organizations more likely to succeed if they adopt good management practices? The answer may seem obvious to most HBR readers, but these three economists cast their net much wider than that. In... View Details