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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
decisions about which extracurricular activities to pursue, which schools to apply to, and which topics to choose for their essays. An Introduction to Real Estate Finance by Edward A. Glickman (MBA 1981) (Academic Press) This textbook for... View Details
- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
On the other hand, display ads—such as banner ads on websites—are much more visible but are less likely to translate into direct clicks. By raising brand awareness, however, display ads may contribute to a consumer's eventual decision to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
Noam Wasserman (MBA 1999) spent his MBA summer internship working for a VC firm, he observed important universalities in the decisions that founders faced. He also saw that the “fundamental implications of those View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
College, the authors argue that rankings, metrics, analytics, college visits, and advice that we use today to help make college decisions are out of step with the progress individual students are trying to... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
increasing wisdom," the authors write in the introduction to Harder Than I Thought. In this excerpt from chapter one, our hero encounters trouble before he even begins his first day on the job. Monday, October 26, 8:01 A.m. From Harder... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
combination of beliefs and preferences that drives his or her motivation, decision making, and leadership style. The authors discuss four types of highly successful “business builder” personalities: the... View Details
- 09 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact
companies, that's too simple because it ignores the cost on the firms you’re supporting,” says Roth, author of the new working paper Impact Investing: A Theory of Financing Social Entrepreneurship. Decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
presented in the excerpt below, the authors outline what a greener and fairer economy would look like. Co-edited by Battilana, the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Alumni Books
dividends and compounding matter; explains options-trading techniques that will be beneficial no matter what the market does; analyzes real-life examples of investing opportunities; and provides tips on how to construct a portfolio, value equities, and make... View Details
- 17 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
From Tech to Coaching: Empowering Women and Minority Leaders with Yue Zhao (MBA 2013)
starting at Thumbtack, a Series A startup. My time at McKinsey and Cisco pre-MBA had given me a strong foundation in solving complex problems, but HBS helped me develop additional critical skills—finance, corporate governance, and markets. The case method trained me to... View Details
- 18 Mar 2021
- News
Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition
In a recent virtual fireside chat, HBS Senior Fellow Bill George spoke with Chad E. Foster (PLDA 21, 2016), who learned that, though he lost his vision in his early 20s, blindness was a “gift” from which he developed the mental stamina and resilience to live his best... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
from ensured. In the face of teetering European economies, income inequality, resource depletion, mass migration from poor to rich countries, religious fundamentalism, and other threats to continuing prosperity, how can capitalism be sustained? The View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
New Releases
you have a targeted process that accumulates knowledge before the critical decisions need to be made," writes Iansiti, "you're going to run into all sorts of problems." Technology Integration provides an intensive guided tour that... View Details
Keywords: Robert Binstock
- 13 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
done.” Effective communication must be accompanied with efficiencies in structure. “We have to operate more like a private company in which different departments have their own authority to act without running every View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50668 forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
from your computer systems while letting others in. You need systems that determine who gets access to specific information. And you need a way to ensure critical communications aren't overheard. Certain technologies—firewalls, authentication and View Details
- 14 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
and co-author of the book, Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work. “They have lots of opportunity to change the structures themselves.” The authors of Glass Half-Broken weave academic research with... View Details
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Choosing the Right Student Loan | MBA
private loan options, you may want to start with your current bank or credit union, or (for international students) loans in your home country. Many domestic students borrow both federal and private loans, but ultimately the decision is... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
authority of running the business. Chandler described this management culture as "managerial capitalism. "Owners' delegation of responsibility to professional managers established a corporate norm that was then carried down... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader
authority until people feel like they know you." Coming In With The Answer New leaders who show up with a single answer for complex organizational problems usually do so out of arrogance or insecurity, or because they believe they... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins