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Kurt White
the quality of people and thought here.” Two years in, the experience has already proved transformative. “In the military, I operated in an environment where I was expected to make the calls all the time,” Kurt says. “That seemed to be... View Details
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John Schupbach
India. "I chose India precisely because I knew so little about it," John says. It was a steep learning curve. John lived with an Indian family in New Delhi, next to a slum of nearly 25,000 people that represented "the most educationally underprivileged... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
the idea to develop such a course? The inspiration came to me ten years ago, about the time I got tenure. As I reflected on my post-tenure plans, I wrote about my interest in how the financial sector works for regular individuals. At the time, my colleagues View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
Experimental Psychology: General The (Perceived) Meaning of Spontaneous Thoughts By: Morewedge, Carey K., Colleen E. Giblin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Much human thought arises unbidden, spontaneously... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
error after observations they thought were unlikely. This paper develops a framework for assessing when a given error is likely to be discovered, in the sense that the error-maker will deem her mistaken theory implausible. The central... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
working to understand their motivations and tracking their reactions to cultural and political events. Her unique insights have made her a regular on CNN and a fixture on the pages of the Boston Globe. And Hessan and I discussed her... View Details
- 25 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Machiavelli, Morals, and You
World As It Is The last part of the course focuses on Machiavelli's The Prince. If you look closely at Machiavelli, said Badaracco, the people he admired were the entrepreneurs of his era. They weren't starting new businesses; they were simply changing the way in which... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program
finance and political economy. Ultimately, the program affirmed by belief that society’s most intractable problems are best addressed by approaches that leverage cross-sector solutions. Like all jointees, my first year was spent at HKS,... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
SHENKAR by Constantine von Hoffman For many of us, water isn't something we give much thought to. Why should we? Turn on the tap and it's there. If you have to pay your town or city for water, chances are you don't pay very much.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Zest to Invest
A young currency trader knocks politely on a conference room door at Kingdon Capital Management Corp. (KCMC), a Manhattan-based hedge fund. Her boss, KCMC's founder and president Mark Kingdon, invites her in with a friendly nod. "The... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 02 Sep 2015
- News
Voting for Optimism in Baltimore
thoughts in complex situations and confidently articulate your thoughts. For today’s political environment, especially here in Baltimore, we need somebody who can do both of those things. Somebody who can... View Details
- 04 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Blogs
http://www.andrewtobias.com/ (stock picks, investment & green strategies, social & political commentary, cool Web sites; archived since Dec. 1996) MBA 1974B Rick Walleigh, Walleighs’ Weekly Words, http://walleigh.com/Blog/ (travels;... View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy
geographically contiguous but dispersed region. At times, the parts of a region aren't even contiguous. Spain, for example, can be thought of as "closer" to Latin America than to Europe because of long-standing colony-colonizer... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 12 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program
given African country is likely composed of numerous distinct urban and/or regional markets.” Winning in a given country requires serving these distinct markets, and each market is likely to need a tailored go-to-market strategy. The successful businesses we discussed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
interrupted, and the resultant patchwork of schooling in Holland and Washington, DC, resulted in poor grades and caused him to reject all thoughts of going to college. A stint in the US Army began his personal turnaround. With the help of... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
photo by Chad Kirkland Randy Shumway (MBA 2000) and his family were regular supporters of clothing and blanket drives for shelters in their Salt Lake City community. But, like many well-intentioned people who are moved by the outcomes of homelessness, he hadn’t View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
thought was that globalization was making the world so similar that [location] didn't matter," says Christopher Marquis, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, who coauthored the paper with András Tilcsik (HBS PhDOB '12),... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Turning Point: Life Cycle
drive me to Rochester. Being the recipient of many, many similar acts of generosity brought me to the conclusion that the American people are pretty kind and thoughtful and that we’ll be OK as a country, regardless of our differences.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
explains. “Rather than abandon U.S. manufacturing, my thinking was that once we had established a capability in China, we could then reinvest back in the United States and reinvent ourselves as a global player.” Working with a Chinese OPM... View Details