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Patrick Ferguson

performance metrics, but framed as accounting problems. “I’ve always been interested in approaching traditional accounting questions in non-traditional contexts,” he says. “This way of thinking fits right in at HBS.” As a doctoral... View Details

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Real Estate Investing - Course Catalog

deal structuring, property types, negotiation and sourcing techniques. Stakeholder Motivations – Students will learn to understand the various stakeholders’ economic incentives, legal constraints, moral and ethical motivations and fundamental View Details

07 Jan 2016
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Helping Property Owners Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

pass along to their tenants—and provide a better working environment as well. “California is where it all started. That’s not surprising, given the nature of California. It is where the largest opportunity is right now from a business... View Details

01 Jun 2020
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Post-Office

of shirking—that my folks will shirk or not respond to me immediately. As human beings, we’ve been tuned for synchronous communication. We ask a question, we want an answer right now. But in a... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Remote work; COVID-19; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

18 Jun 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Why Leaders Need Great Books

percentage of my sleep right off the top. — So I'm telling you, okay?" So go the first lines to author Allan Gurganus's short story, "Blessed Assurance." As one of the works of literature that HBS MBA students wrestle with... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2004
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Inside Executive Search

meet the client. Tip: Be honest about whether a situation is of potential interest, but also try to be open-minded. Even if it does not initially seem like the right thing at the right time, it could turn... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog

will be highly valued? How should you negotiate the rights to your intellectual capital when it can be codified into an infinitely scalable AI model? This course teaches you how information and artificial intelligence affect what deals... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Action Plan: Happy Honey

bees and honeycomb right into the classroom. On Price’s wish list: a life-size hive replica on wheels, a “beeliner” of sorts that will bring the lessons to more kids. Wherever the experience occurs, the mission remains constant: “I want... View Details

Keywords: Amy Rogers Nazarov

01 Mar 2011
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On the Outside at HBS

legal nonprofit. I quickly learned, however, that my accomplishments did not shield me from feeling like an outsider during my RC year. HBS Dean Nitin Nohria was right when he recently said that even in a community that can pride itself... View Details

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Research at HBS | Information Technology

Levels" at Harvard What is a Data Safety Request? The goal of this process is to help ensure that the sensitivity of the data is well understood as it applies to Harvard Policy and other requirements. Do you have the right set of tools... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Is AI OK?

were less likely to optimize their revenues. “There is no more biased instrument than the human brain.” “There is no more biased instrument than the human brain.” Fixing such problems will also be... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

September 2015
Technical Note

The On-Demand Economy

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery, James Weber and Elizabeth Anne Watkins

This note describes the emerging on-demand economy, also referred to as the sharing economy. The note highlights several companies including Uber and Airbnb that exemplify this new mode of competition, a model that threatens to disrupt traditional firms. Uber provides... View Details

Keywords: Regulation; Reform; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Labor; Employment; Working Conditions; Human Capital; Rights; Organizational Design; Social and Collaborative Networks; Service Industry

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Yong-yi Zhu

human race. Who knows? Maybe one day, a young kid will look out his window, and even with parents in different corners of the world, will still feel as though they are right next to him. View Details

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

The economist John Maynard Keynes was right about the ultimate mortality of human beings ("In the long run, we are all dead," he once said.), but when it comes to places, it may be precisely the... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

to be sure, but as Wilcox explained and E Ink's experience made clear, its prospects depend on a welter of fundamentally human choices. Twenty minutes after Sahlman's finance students finished dissecting E Ink and one floor up in Aldrich... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

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Jon Schechter

anywhere else.” Building leadership through relationships Asked to reflect on what leadership means at HBS, Jon says, “We place it in a very human context. There is no one procedure or prescriptive answer for any problem; resolutions... View Details

Keywords: Tech

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Events - Advancing Racial Equity

our Discontents , to explore the structure of an unspoken system of human ranking and reveals how our lives are still restricted by what divided us centuries ago. The conversation was moderated by Caroline Elkins, Harvard Professor of... View Details

28 Nov 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?

compensation. For example, awards can be made subject to performance, however it is measured, over longer periods of time. But what is the right length of time? How much of the total compensation should it involve? How is it explained... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2004
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Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS

China is not yet ready, he said, for national elections (although 680,000 villages have elected local officials), the country’s goal is that “the people supervise the work of the government.” China is committed to improvements in human... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

20 Apr 2022
Blog Post

How HBS Prepared Me to Lead a Company on Day One

over time. Leading businesses has made me appreciate these lessons early: making decisions in ambiguous environments, considering the impact of your judgment on others, and listening to those in your organization to approximate the right... View Details

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