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- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
hiring (in this study, by the head office of a U.S. retail chain) or decentralized hiring (by store managers) leads to higher quality employee-company matches. While centralized hiring can ensure that enough resources are invested in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
forthcoming Journal of Investment Consulting Cloaked Trading By: Cohen, Lauren, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—Using a novel, proprietary database of micro-level trading activities by asset managers, we show strong evidence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Gifts Create Frist Financial Aid Fund
variety of people the chance to experience what we did.” “HBS has made a significant contribution to our personal and professional lives,” noted Tommy Frist, who cites the friendships, intellectual stimulation, and inspiration to work... View Details
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
spurred concerns about its potential impact on the economy more generally. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. Industries where private equity funds have View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
one study, more than half of all doctors in the US report feeling at least one symptom of burnout: emotional exhaustion, a feeling of detachment, or a diminished sense of personal accomplishment—twice the rate of the general working... View Details
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
patient visiting the clinics. They used a pink form that would be clearly visible in the folder. Each clinical and staff person seeing a patient accompanied with the pink form recorded the time when their patient meeting started and when... View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
were often severely outmanned by firms with overwhelming resources. Fighting over money and doing the right thing by your clients isn’t easy. However, I was able to sleep at night knowing that I had done everything I could to preserve their View Details
- 20 May 2022
- Blog Post
Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research
or fees. With that, we’ve also all been in the position our cohort members are in: confused, yet curious about entrepreneurship. We’re well connected personally with the faculty members inside many of the university’s we work with, and... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Edward E. Matthews, MBA 1957
private investment firm. “HBS expanded my horizons to the way people really thought. I loved it.” In fact, Matthews excelled at HBS and graduated with high distinction as a Baker Scholar. Matthews supports HBS as well as a broad range of... View Details
- 22 May 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders
tenure as Chairman of North America at the French luxury goods conglomerate, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. According to Brown, it’s important for senior executives to possess a combination of what she calls “aesthetic intelligence” and “aesthetic empathy”—good... View Details
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Breakup of Standard Oil and American Tobacco Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Reserve Act First Federal-Aid Highway Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax reinstituted Influence: Low 20 1920 s 19 U.S. Steel and Alcoa... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
further investments in the newspaper, television, and radio realms, combining them all under the name Landmark in 1967. In 1982, amid considerable skepticism from industry experts, Batten created The Weather Channel, a 24-hour cable... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business
interesting and inspiring people, it also allowed me to land my ideal summer internship on the Digital Strategy & Investments team at Sony Music Entertainment (alongside two HBS grads). Lastly, on a more View Details
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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni
been reached, so it is a good alternative to the H-1B. Dependents of H-1B1 visa holders, classified as H-4, are not eligible to work in the United States in H-4 status. + – E-1 Treaty Trader / E-2 Treaty Investor These visa categories are for individuals to carry out... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
Buildings By: Herron, J., Amy C. Edmondson, and Robert G. Eccles, Jr. Abstract—Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About
student. These entities include all for-profit and nonprofit businesses and social enterprises, as well as venture capital funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, search funds, and other investment vehicles. A faculty venture is any... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
efficiency has been cast in high relief, supply chain managers realize that they can no longer focus solely on cost reduction—any calculation of a supply chain's return on investment must also take customer satisfaction into account.... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 24 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
Transitioning to Product Management at HBS
Before coming to HBS, I worked as an investment associate at a growth equity firm in Boston. My role there gave me exposure to founders and various executives of growing businesses, and I was very much invigorated by the prospect of... View Details
- 11 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Perfecting the Project Pitch
Everyone has a good idea for the next hot start-up or the next great invention. Everyone. Just turn to the person next to you on the subway and ask her; she'll almost certainly detail a can't-miss opportunity. Developing the idea often is... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details