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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
development during World War II, spearheaded the construction of an HBS-like business school in France (INSEAD), and, perhaps most notably, launched the modern venture capital industry. His remarkable life is the subject of a new... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
Editor's note: Even with recent disclosures about out-of-control spending on corporate perks and government agency parties, the US military is frequently held up as the exemplar of organizational largesse run wild. In the View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
staying away or unable to pay and rising costs for personal protective gear and new technology. “Compounding the problem, SUD treatment and prevention programs risk draconian cuts to public funding as states experience economic downturns... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
rationale as to why this union-backed legislation is needed and why it is good for employees. Alas, he didn’t. In my 20s and 30s, I directly supervised a total of several thousand hourly workers in at least a dozen departments in both New... View Details
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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online
which marketing funnel stage to prioritize given key business objectives 5 hrs Module 3 Acquiring Customers, Part 1: Paid Media Learn the differences between paid, owned, and earned media and how and when to get the most out of your brand’s advertising. Highlights... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
Revival of the Fittest by Donald N. Sull (Harvard Business School Press) Your company has been outperforming competitors for years, your charismatic CEO was just featured on the cover of a national business magazine, and your city boasts a View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
News about the Greek economy continues on the front page of every major newspaper, as the country continues its six-year struggle to reenergize its economy. On Friday, Eurozone finance ministers will decide whether to release emergency... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
to sitting on the sidelines afraid to invest, period. To make matters worse, staffing their start-up turned out to be painfully difficult. It didn’t help that the free office the partners secured from a friend for a year was located in a gritty View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
A new space race—one fueled more by commercial conquest than intergalactic domination—is charting solutions to pressing problems in national security, climate change, and communication. With costs poised to drop and innovation on the... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
Recent reports that sales of new single-family homes rose in March are proof points that "the housing market recovery remains on track." We asked Nicolas P. Retsinas to reflect on the re-emergence of the housing industry, what... View Details
- 28 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
this sector. Part of my responsibility at the fund was to review the ESG ratings of companies in Asia that were potential investment targets of this new strategy. Once I was told who the target company was, I collected their current ESG... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
and New York," she says. Investing in entrepreneurs is smart for American competitiveness, says Karen Mills.Photo: iStockPhoto She also notes a lack of capital in America's supply chains, particularly small and innovative... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
The charter school movement was supposed to transform American public education. So far, though, the results have been mixed. But HBS grads nationwide are offering new approaches, innovative methods, unique models—all of them begging the... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
emergency medical workers, and medical researchers all demand cadavers or cadaver parts. As an illustration, orthopedic surgeons use human joints to fine-tune their skills to learn new procedures. Similarly, some researchers studying... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
Bagley: Legal literacy should be a priority for managers. In her new book, Winning Legally: How to Use the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk (HBS Press), Associate Professor Constance E. Bagley contends that managers... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
and prepared to return home with a new perspective. The bonds forged during this experience remain, as the group stays in contact. Gower notes that the one-on-one coaching that he and the other participants received with an experienced... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Since his arrival in 1995 as its new president, James D. Wolfensohn (MBA '59) has set in motion sweeping cultural and operational changes at the World Bank. One of Wolfensohn's early initiatives, undertaken together with HBS and several... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
new class to bring to their students. "Fast-forward to today: In addition to the three of us, there are now almost 100 BollyX instructors and trainees (and counting) teaching in over ten cities, including Boston, View Details
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
my time at HBS to explore how impact investing funds can help scale innovative solutions to permanent supportive housing,” he said. Kwame Assoku (MBA 2026)Kwame was born in Ghana and raised in New Jersey and View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
accidental, as Khan relates in his TED Talk from 2011. TED Talk: I was an analyst at a hedge fund and I was in Boston and I was tutoring my cousins in New Orleans remotely. And I started putting the first YouTube videos up, really just as... View Details