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Finding Talent Opportunities

lead to the most rewarding opportunities. Career Risks and Professional Growth: Finding a Fulfilling Career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) Paige Arnof-Fenn 22 JAN 2025 Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) used her time at HBS to reimagine her career, transitioning from... View Details
  • 25 Jul 2023
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Why Leaders with Big Egos Worry Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott

In a recent profile in the Australian Financial Review, Rob Scott (AMP 179, 2010), CEO of Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers, discussed his career path and management philosophy. “I actually think that one of the biggest dangers in leadership is ego and hubris,” Scott,... View Details
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Company databases: which database to choose?

company information from more than 500 sources for emerging markets in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. Orbis HarvardKey Global company database is unique in the extent of companies covered as well as the availability... View Details
  • 02 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 2

positive earnings surprises and positive analyst revisions in the months following passage of the bill, as well as significantly higher future sales and profitability. We show that the more complex the legislation, the more difficulty the View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Faculty & Research - Business History

Business History in Emerging Markets By: Geoffrey Jones This article describes the motivation, structure and use of the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) oral history-based project at the Harvard Business... View Details
  • 2009
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Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It

By: Benjamin Edelman
The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: Existing protocols allow only a finite set of computer numbers ("IP addresses"), and central authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage: Sharing... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Resource Allocation; Market Transactions; Internet; Technology Networks; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry
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  • 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

experiments, and surveys of practice. The research has studied the interface among accounting information, capital markets, standard setters, and financial analysts and how managers make accounting choices. But as accounting scholars have focused on understanding how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 1989 (Revised March 1995)
  • Case

Du Pont Freon Products Division (A)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Forest L. Reinhardt
In 1988, the Du Pont Co. is abruptly confronted with solid scientific evidence that chlorofluorocarbons are destroying the earth's ozone shield. Du Pont, with its Freon brand product line serving markets for foam insulation, electronics solvents, and especially... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Policy; Management; Brands and Branding; Production; Service Operations; Natural Environment; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Environmental Sustainability
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  • October 2010 (Revised May 2012)
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Reverse Engineering, Learning, and Innovation

By: Willy C. Shih
This background reading looks at reverse engineering in the context of piracy and knock-offs in emerging markets like China. It first considers legal aspects of reverse engineering in strong property rights regimes like the United States as a way of unpacking the legal... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Learning; Engineering; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Emerging Markets; China; United States
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  • April 2010
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Metabical: Pricing, Packaging, and Demand Forecasting Recommendations for a New Weight Loss Drug

By: John A. Quelch and Heather Beckham
Metabical is a new weight loss drug from Cambridge Sciences Pharmaceuticals intended for moderately overweight individuals. In anticipation of final FDA approval, the senior director of marketing, Barbara Printup, prepares for the product launch and must make several... View Details
Keywords: Return On Investment; Forecasting; Pricing Policies; Demand Planning; Marketing Strategy; Price; Consumer Behavior; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Launch; Planning; Brands and Branding; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

Certificate Courses (6) Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen Strengthen your capacity to create winning strategies and bring innovations to market by discovering customer jobs to be done and aligning your... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2015
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Is Social Media Actually Helping Your Company’s Bottom Line?

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2023-2024 MS/MBA Student Budget Class 2025 (RC)-10 months - MBA

$18,160 ($1,816/mo) Total $130,493 $155,865 $172,603 $179,717 Computer (variable; not included in above budgets) $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 *based on average area market rate for 2 bedroom apartment w/roommate **based on average area... View Details
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Doing Business with China: Early American Trading Houses - A Chronicle of the China Trade

the 1500s, when Dutch and Portuguese traders began to import Chinese goods including silk, spices, porcelain, painting, and fine furniture. But it was the consumption of tea in Europe that created a booming commercial market between China... View Details
  • 13 Apr 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

The ‘IKEA Effect’: When Labor Leads to Love

Keywords: by Michael I. Norton, Daniel Mochon & Dan Ariely; Consumer Products
  • Portrait Project

Alex Angelopoulos

I still remember the feeling of emptiness while evaluating my career prospects when I graduated college in 2015. With youth unemployment at 50%, I was entering the workforce in one of the worst job markets Greece had ever seen. I was an... View Details
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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

yourself. Access Your Free Templates You May Also Be Interested In Leadership & Management Business Essentials Entrepreneurship & Innovation Strategy Business in Society Marketing 90% are more self-assured at work, 10x return on... View Details
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Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

business strategy—and identified a set of customers who were willing to pay a premium for healthy, environmentally friendly food. Shared Value and Company Strategy: Whole Foods Markets Natural, fresh, organic, and freshly prepared foods... View Details
  • 09 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

write that during periods of intense activity, brief daily AAR meetings can help teams coordinate and improve the next day’s activities. AARs can be done on discrete projects like a pandemic-focused marketing campaign in order to improve... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
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People - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

economics at Columbia Business School. Professor Di Maggio’s current research focuses on financial intermediation with a particular focus on how new technologies have disrupted financial markets and its effects on firms and individuals.... View Details