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01 Jun 2008
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Kash Rangan

money to good use, building a successful organization, showing that you have a demonstrable impact in achieving your mission, and then scaling the organization are the hardest to accomplish. When you show... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

30 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Dot.Com Shakeout: Chess or Roulette?

Summing Up What's so unusual about the current shakeout occurring among dot.com organizations? It's business as usual, a combination of both chess and roulette (perhaps following a round of "pin the tail on the donkey") offering... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Jun 2021
News

HBS Addresses Racial Equity

when people say that there’s no pipeline—that’s just not true. You may need to look harder, but very good people are there. Over the years, the number of Black and African American students has increased in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

09 Jun 2017
News

Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China

China where you were born. What made you decide to write this book? Zhang Mei: I've always wanted to write a cookbook, funny enough, because I always-- I grew up in a typical Chinese family-- many, many aunts and aunties View Details

01 Jun 1999
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A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

been doing financial seminars for fourteen years," Klein, president of NF Communications, Inc., told Business Wire (March 22, 1999), "and I have never been able to find a good source of humor and jokes for... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

A good way to build a large base of users is to offer something valuable for free. That's been the strategy so far behind Codeacademy. In just a few short years since its inception in 2011, the company has grown into one of the world's... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

30 Nov 2019
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Land of the Rising Scrum

visiting Uji and Nara. They experienced a Grand Sumo tournament and the geisha tradition, shopped for pearls in a dealer’s home, and attended two of the Rugby World Cup... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

27 Aug 2019
News

A Shot at Success

college, a good presence in the locker room, and the ability to compete in the classroom. But too often, Feickert says, these high-potential students lack “the recipe”—the knowledge they need to navigate the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2019
News

What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?

financial returns and impact in the business model of investee companies. Quite a few of the large, global PE firms have launched impact funds over the last year. On the public side, I think ESG will become core to any financial analysis,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

06 Dec 2021
News

Rescue & Recovery

Jacobs (MBA 2007), working at the international organization reflected a choice: to do innovative work and “to feel good about waking up to go there every day,” as he puts it. The team of 260 in Portland... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Shirish is also the founder and lead singer of a music band (Kashish) focused on social good and a competitive sailor. Deep Nishar MBA’00, Harvard University; M.S.E.E.’92,... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Case Study: Sweat the Technique

are more performance and training related. Next, make sure there is good patent protection. And finally, develop a strategy for longer-term digital partnerships View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Data Tips & Toolkits - Research Computing Services

HuggingFace is a hub for open-source pre-trained models and provides a user-friendly approach to implement them. They have numerous informative and effective NLP tutorials . Topic Modeling Packages Gensim is... View Details

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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About

educational programs. Finally, I’d say that I’m a very strong believer that business is a force of good in our societies. It has lifted billions of people out of poverty. It is a solution to the most difficult problems facing the world... View Details

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Terms of Use | HBS Online

. 1. Introduction; Changes Please read these Terms of Use and the other Agreements described immediately below before registering for, accessing or using any portion of the Harvard Business School Online website (the “Site,” which... View Details

15 Jun 2018
News

Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life

elements of you had to put in a lot of effort, you had to struggle, but you came through it. Those, to me, stacked up to then create the top 10 list of most important and enduring memories, good View Details

12 Jan 2004
What Do You Think?

How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?

Summing Up The exportation of jobs "will create bigger markets and opportunities to sell goods and services from the developed economies," says reader Suman Das.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 1999
News

New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information

"our licensing agreements prevented us from granting online access to off-site users. His only option was to drive in to campus to use the library. In an age when information should be more immediate and accessible, that didn't make any... View Details

16 Jan 2020
News

Hitting the High Notes

own mistakes in addition to the research.” According to NSIG Breakfast Club organizer Carol Barnett (MBA 1990), the talk attracted an audience with a wide range of experiences and perspectives, with MBAs from the 1960s through to more... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

08 Sep 2011
What Do You Think?

What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?

platform, that often cannibalize each other, and that are simple, elegant, and easy to use. It borrows good ideas from organizations such as Xerox View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer

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