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Making the Decision to Attend: Our Participants Share Their Stories
trust, thinking strategically, analyzing trade-offs, working in a global organization, an understanding the role of the CEO." Daniela Terminel CEO Global Health Corps If you want to go deeper into the HBS participant experience, visit our... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Action Plan: Wild at Heart
Goodman (and inspired an HBS case); later, she took a break from her marketing gigs to open a boutique hotel in the Grenadines. Even her own place in Park Slope, Brooklyn, caught the eye of the tastemakers at House Beautiful, who featured... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Action Plan: Life Study
inspired by the war in Ukraine. Proceeds from the sale of those works totaled just under $150,000 and benefited Ukrainian aid organizations. A similar sense of kismet runs through the other branches of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 28 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India
including rural health-care initiatives and even Bollywood. As Khanna explained to HBS Working Knowledge, "One can see China clearly when juxtaposed against India, a neighbor that, like China, is a large, populous, and ancient... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
expert to her team, and started hiring staff from nail salons and department-store cosmetics counters. "It feels really good to have something you worked so hard for come to reality," she almost... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Jason Holley Whenever he’s presenting to a large audience, Professor Michael Norton likes to pose this question to the crowd: After you get up in the morning, do you brush your teeth first and then shower, or vice versa?... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner
during the course of their careers, from the value of their homes to the promotions they received. Nicholas also verified whether workers attended prestigious GE training retreats. "Higher-ranked employees... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
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Batten Hall | About
Batten Hall Frank Batten (MBA 1952) Batten Hall is named in honor of media pioneer and entrepreneur Frank Batten (MBA 1952). Batten Hall became part of the HBS campus in 2011. The building was once home to public broadcasting’s WGBH... View Details
- 18 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation
Short Intensive Program (SIP) Recap: Climate Adaptation From January 18th through January 21st, approximately 40 students gathered in Aldrich Hall for a SIP on Climate Adaptation. This course was led by HBS Professor John Macomber with... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
motivating people to change their behavior, from working harder on tasks to engaging in healthier habits. Recent research has examined the residual effects of incentives: by altering behavior, incentives can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade
became a partner in 1850. Albert Heard came to China after graduating from Yale and became a partner in 1856, the same time that Augustine II went home and John returned to China to take his place. By 1857,... View Details
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
that personally inspired me.” To make this career transition, Leahy made the move from New York back to her home state of Massachusetts to attend Harvard Business School. “HBS opened up my global... View Details
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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About
challenge for future generations of HBS leaders and students, Baker elaborated, “It must be remembered always that the standard of excellence which must be maintained comes not simply from the outside of the buildings, but View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
reputational gains from the agreement for the city, “We were worldwide news. In that way it worked out really well.” But she acknowledged that there were also skeptical points of view. “The only immediate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser
proliferation of arbitration Companies from internet service providers to nursing home operators use arbitration to shield themselves from expensive, protracted lawsuits.... View Details
- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
and stock different kinds of trousers. Ortega offers new answers And so it is with inequality measures as well: In our analyses of data from the United States, we show that the Gini coefficient—while often a decent measure—is not the best... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
from Colombia) and against the new Panamanian government (to get a better deal for the Panama Canal). The Colombians wanted to hold out until 1904 to make a deal with the United States to build a canal. The reason was that the properties... View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Nicola's other research here and Andrei's other research here . Related Themes: Measuring Sentiment & Expectations More Info The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves By: Robin Greenwood & Annette Vissing-Jorgensen JUN 2018 In this NBER View Details
- 21 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Better World: The Harvard Builders Club
rounds from tier-1 VCs (some already exited!) or work at leading startups and tech companies. This powerful group of people found their community within The Harvard Builders Club. We were thrilled to have... View Details
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Greenhill House | About
research centers around the world—assist faculty, students, and alumni in their work, encouraging a global outlook in research, study, and practice. It is also home to Executive Education Staff and Research Support staff. About the Name... View Details