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01 May 2020
Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

two weeks later we hosted the first virtual Real Estate Venture Competition. Working with our sponsors, judges, and participants to bring this creative solution to life was an unforgettable experience. 5.... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

In Full Flower

blossomed. Today, Bloom & Wild delivers flowers and small gifts (candles, chocolates) to eight countries across the United Kingdom and continental Europe. By purchasing flowers direct from the grower, Bloom... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; florist; marketing; supply chain management; Personal Services

17 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

kutaytanir It’s no surprise that business executives make more money than lower-level employees. But when that pay disparity between a CEO and the average worker is perceived as unfair, the result may be more than unhappy workers: A... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

June 2022 (Revised March 2024)
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Netflix's Culture: Binge or Cringe?

By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger, James Barnett and Stacy Straaberg

In May 2022, streaming entertainment company Netflix lost customers for the first time in more than 10 years. Once a first mover in the streaming landscape, Netflix was facing competition from Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max, and others. A key component of... View Details

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01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

Chemical and Chase management downplayed the size of the potential revenue enhancements, even though privately they believed the likely benefits here were huge. When conventional disclosure strategies are ineffective in a restructuring,... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

products. Palliative Care of America David Matly Michael Matly Business Track Runner-Up Palliative Care of America provides the best quality of life for seriously and terminally ill patients by providing View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

solid waste is managed in the Big Apple. “I think you have with her a very creative and innovative public servant,” says Steven A. Cohen, an authority on waste management in New York City who is the former... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

Highlights Forecasting: Metropolis Health Care IRR and Payback Period Industry Insights: Assessing Financial Statements Show Hide Details Concepts Pro Forma and Free Cash Flows... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Digital Transformation

Hyder Ahmad (MBA 1995) Hyder Ahmad (MBA 1995) sees the advancing digital transformation of business and society as a seismic shift, likening it to the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution. “This... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Made in Italy

are the things that HBS is the best in the world at teaching today?” he explains. “One of those is the role of capitalism—the interaction of industry and government and how... View Details

Keywords: April White

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

Frederick Taylor's application of scientific methods to the study of physical labor had begun to be extended to the organization of industry as well as to spheres such as higher education and government.... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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Finding Talent Opportunities

entrepreneurship. By embracing change and trusting her instincts, she turned challenges into opportunities for growth, building a fulfilling career rooted in creativity and... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Drop Everything, Read This

The Bookshelf Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time. His book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, is about the creative process and is based on his experiences with era-defining musicians. He encourages the reader to be open to clues and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

with a diverse set of companies. "In this way, we could pool all this knowledge and distill it down to the essential principles that CIOs can generally apply, regardless of industry or size of firm,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

industries like biotech, you can test things along the way to see if they are feasible, but for creative ideas like a film, you can’t experiment. You have huge uncertainty and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

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Is AI Coming for Your Job?

experts perform their work. Yes, certain tasks can be completed correctly and completely by AI, but for those types of tasks we will see something like the Industrial Revolution, where people's jobs changed,... View Details

12 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 12

delayed. Additional tests show that the GQ project's effect operates in part through a stronger sorting of land-intensive industries from nodal districts to non-nodal districts located on the GQ network. The GQ upgrades further helped... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details

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Interviewing - Alumni

Careers Interviewing Careers Interviewing Preparation is key to a successful interview. The tips and questions below are designed to let you know what to expect from the process and to help you plan your... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

before it went public. He then led Open Market's expansion into business-to-business applications. In 1999, he founded and ran PurchasingCenter.com, a "My Yahoo" portal for industrial purchasing agents who... View Details

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