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- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
for the venture, and regarding social networks, whether the entrepreneur had been able to tap investors who had previously invested in a company of the entrepreneur's. These entrepreneurs were much more likely to achieve Rich and Regal View Details
- 12 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Break the Rules of How Business is Done
Taking a risk by breaking with standard operating procedure can make your company more innovative. Credit: maxsattana In addition to creating a new company that is disrupting the status quo, many founders are also challenging the old... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
built housing, overcrowding, and insecure residential status (i.e., most people hold no legal title to their property). Despite these difficult conditions, Dharavi's residents occupy a centrally located parcel of land in a rapidly growing... View Details
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Capitalism and the State (CATS) - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Capitalism and the State (CATS) Course Number 1120 Professor Debora L. Spar Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Weekly seminar Paper Enrollment by application only. Students should submit their applications by July 17, and will be informed of their registration... View Details
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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
on Rage and Love A Tool For Humanity - Immunity to Change Workshop Lisa Lahey facilitates "A Tool for Humanity: Immunity to Change Workshop" Flash Talks Mabel Abraham presents "Gender-Based Double Standards in Defining High Status: How Educational View Details
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Partners & Families | MBA
partner status official by registering with SAS . Your student can help you access the form (they must log in), which also allows you to indicate your communication preferences. Housing There are several resources available to start an... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
An Oscar statue (CC BY-NC 2.0) The Academy Awards are coming up, that annual homage to movies and their place in popular culture. The festivities are also a reminder of entertainment’s importance as a mainstay of the U.S. economy and, for... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 18 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?
are the average experience in PE partnerships, Ivashina says. In their working paper released in March, Pay Now or Pay Later? The Economics within the Private Equity Partnership, she and Lerner found that a partner’s pay was often tied more to the person’s View Details
- 18 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Students and Alumni Fostering a Supportive Community
comfortable sharing that they don’t have much disposable income.” Fetter adds, “Socioeconomic status is such a salient and stressful part of many people’s lives, although there’s not a lot of open conversation about the topic. There is an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Crucible: Relocation
hot-yoga classes could calm my mind. Soon, even my once-existential fear of losing my US visa status couldn’t stop me from doing the unthinkable. At age 31, I not only left that job but also decided to retire from a corporate career... View Details
Keywords: Zhang, Qian
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Shanghai. As we look forward to those upcoming events with anticipation, let me give you a quick status report on the important, ongoing work that our Alumni Board committees are undertaking this year. The Communications Committee,... View Details
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
crisis as a disrupter to the status quo and look for areas of pain. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply the first steps in repositioning and leading your company and industry through the crisis and in defining how business... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced
question to Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Letian Zhang, who studies organizational theory and strategy with a focus on social inequalities and status hierarchies. He explores the issue in a recent paper scheduled to be... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Kid at Heart — John H. Eyler (MBA 1971)
What New York City attraction brings in more tourists each year than the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty? Why, it's FAO Schwarz, the famous toy store, of course. It's not hard to understand the draw. The flagship emporium... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
elements that give shea butter its gold status in Africa. “The next time you’re at the grocery store or a beauty store, flip over one of the containers that says ‘shea butter’ on the front,” says Akuete. “A lot of products will have a... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
technology that will take a long time to develop, the financing challenges that come with that, and a firmly established market status quo. The risks, he says, are worth it. "When people feel like they are part of a grand cause, they stay... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Being Uncomfortable at HBS
that challenges me to go beyond the limits I have set for myself - stretching my imagination, questioning the status quo, learning through failure, defending my assertions, and confronting my own fears. While I don’t know with certainty... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Market Research Meets the “People Factor”
impact that it should. The professors offer suggestions for both groups, so that both sides can better understand the other's point of view and use research more effectively. Even favorable surprises imply a change in the status quo,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
trends. Happiness Adaptation to Income and to Status in an Individual Panel Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch Publication:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract We study adaptation to income and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
are ostracized by directors enjoying the status quo, so there’s a social aspect inhibiting progress. That said, the culture will change. If directors do not raise self-standards of performance, shareholders, regulators, and the courts... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services