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01 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

A warning to CEOs and other top executives in high-pressure positions: Job stress could shave years off your life, causing you to die younger than lower-level workers, new research suggests. After all, modern CEOs face taxing work... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

histories. Harvard Business School as an institution has often been at the forefront of developing new multidisciplinary fields inside business education, such as strategy and organizational behavior. As part of the Centennial we saw a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

The Three Components of Family Governance

children can begin to learn about the business and develop relationships with their siblings and cousins. Figure 1: Basic Governance Structures of the Family Business System Family assembly activities include learning about the business... View Details

30 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 30

theorists differ as to whether exploitation undermines or enhances exploration. The debate reflects a gap—the missing theoretical mechanism by which organizations break free of old routines and discover new ones. We propose that the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Online Requests - Research Computing Services

you have any questions about your request or your needs are not captured by the form, please contact RCS ( research@hbs.edu or 5-6100). New Project Space Request (HBS affiliates only) This form allows you to request a View Details

04 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 4

the platform can resolve these problems and create value by limiting the number of applications available. By limiting choice, the platform may create new equilibria (including the allocation that maximizes users' utility); eliminate... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Feb 2016
HBS Seminar

Hong Luo of Harvard Business School and Julie Mortimer of Boston College, Department of Economics

15 Mar 2017
Blog Post

An Average Day at HBS

ahead. After discussion group, it’s time for class. Each day you either have two or three cases (fingers crossed for two!). You will know at the beginning of the semester which days you have two versus three cases per day, which helps you... View Details

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

Joffrey Ballet HBS ACTIVITIES Christian Fellowship, Crimson Parents Club, Health Care Club, Outdoors Club, VCPE Club Hunter Goble With a long-term goal to become an executive in a life sciences company, Hunter is already beginning to... View Details

22 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

This sad scenario plays out at many firms: Top-performing salespeople get promoted to become sales managers, but don’t actually know how to manage. The result is a disaster—productivity takes a dive, disgruntled salespeople start heading for the door, and the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Recognizing Our Donors - Alumni

Advancing business as a force for good in the world by helping HBS develop new insights and tools to address key societal challenges Digital Data Design Institute Donors Positioning HBS and Harvard overall as global leaders in reshaping... View Details

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NVC Regions - Alumni

New Venture Competition NVC Regions 8ms Applicants will apply to one of the global regions below. Applicants can apply to their region of choice based on proximity or launch market. However, the International Track is only for... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

finance panel, this interactive discussion will aim to shed light on gaps in the capital stack that already—or will soon—slow or obstruct progress on climate solutions. Together we will crowdsource ideas to understand themes, articulate specific needs, and View Details

09 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 9

of Central America does more than just advance our understanding of the national and global consequences of the Panama Canal and the imperialist motives and influences of the United States. In an age where everyone is looking for new... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

is in that triumvirate? A: I believe that Steve Jobs, Andy Grove, and Bill Gates are the three people who put a computer on everybody's desk. Q: We'll segue a little bit into him as a manager. He was a highly trained engineer. First in his class at City College of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

New Business magazine, and talked about the legal issues commonly faced by entrepreneurs, as well as her thoughts on how to successfully deal with them. In Bagley's view, there is a tendency on the part of many entrepreneurs to think that... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

13 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

Relative employment rises by an average of 13 percent. Lerner surmises that public companies may have more “fat” to cut after the buyout, while private companies may be more cash-strapped to begin with, and so the infusion of cash allows... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

14 Dec 2016
HBS Seminar

Siobhan O'Mahony and Rebecca Karp, Boston University

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma

strategic advice for potential disrupters, both entrepreneurs and angels. As new investors begin to evaluate business plans, he said, they should rely on certain litmus tests. One is that the right strategy... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

research in his industry Arjun Bhandegaonkar Film studio executive Strengthen your analytical skills before pursuing an MBA or other graduate program. I majored in engineering and minored in economics as an undergraduate, but the content of Business Analytics and... View Details

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