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15 Dec 2023
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Like-Minded

Yumiko Murakami (MBA 1994), Miwa Seki (MBA 1993), and Kathy Matsui share the same month and year of birth, so the friends started an annual birthday get-together to reflect on the year ahead. Work was always a hot topic of discussion. Each woman had built a strong... View Details

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Models of optimal experience (flow)

Flow is a state of profound task-absorption, involvement, and intrinsic enjoyment that makes the person feel one with the activity. Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory states that flow is more likely to occur in situations in which the person feels that the activity is very... View Details

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

entrepreneurial idea, and gain confidence with twists and turns. Highlights Welcome to Entrepreneurship Introduction to Opportunity Evaluating an Idea’s Value Individual Versus... View Details

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Cait Haught

endowments and foundations. "I loved the job," Cait says. "I learned something new every day: capital markets, how to talk to clients, how to lead teams. They give you a lot of autonomy and... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni

achievement in the motion picture and television industries. This classification is obtained by demonstrating to the USCIS that the individual has sustained national or international acclaim. As this... View Details

03 Dec 2014
What Do You Think?

Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

Summing Up Can the Brilliance of the "Jerk" Be Tapped? The best business problem cases are those that divide a class into groups making two or more persuasive arguments. The questions of whether or not and how to make... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Howard E. Cox | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Cox, HBS 1969, started his career in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the summer of 1968 and continued there through 1971. Part of a small team assigned to help extricate the United States from the... View Details

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

night in preparation for our conversation, and it's got a really intuitive interface so I applaud you and your team for that. It's very obvious what's going on View Details

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Cash House | About

history for 75 years. It is important that members of our community see themselves in our spaces and take pride in those whose names define our physical landscape. Cash House will reflect our deepest belief that leaders are View Details

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Summer Associates | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

meetings throughout summer, and mid-summer and end of summer feedback sessions Create an atmosphere that allows the individual to take risk and... View Details

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

Marketing Strategy Disruptive Strategy Dynamic Teaming Economics for Managers Entrepreneurial Marketing Entrepreneurship Essentials Financial Accounting Global Business Launching Tech Ventures Leadership Principles Leadership, Ethics,... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

budgets and bonuses—by rewarding people purely for their accomplishments, not for their ability to hit targets—will we take away the incentive to cheat. Only then will we eliminate the budgeting incentives that drive View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

30 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides

learned that its 20 percent interest rate was higher than average and that the card didn’t provide travel insurance. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/prRmhGSXiSbMwOabP4CL][/div] After qualified customers activated their credit cards,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

17 Jan 2023
Blog Post

Upcoming Interview? No Problem—Just Connect the Dots

convinced that given the opportunity, I would bring these [dots] to your team to really contribute to your [dots].” Don’t make interview prep harder than it needs to be. You can try to prepare for every question imaginable— View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

key role business leaders have to play in confronting climate change—and the power of HBS alumni to make a positive difference. Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) President, J Adams Strategic Communications; co-author of A Blessing: Women of Color View Details

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

women’s wages should be deposited into their individual bank accounts. Even so, the more conservative state of Madhya Pradesh and the villages of Rigol’s study were slow to adopt this policy. Status quo... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

21 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good

that with early-stage companies, the idea doesn’t matter so much as the quality and passion of the entrepreneur who is pushing it; while others invest in the idea and replace the founder with a professional... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Accommodations; Financial Services

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

Exercises Identify ways to dial up performance and increase innovation within your team Evaluate the effectiveness of your organization’s core values 6-7 hrs Module 4 Measuring View Details

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

tell my FGI team when we arrived because I thought it'd be easier if they knew why I didn't feel well. They were so excited for me and unbelievably supportive. Not having to hide my pregnancy from my View Details

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