Point Four Program - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

autonomy beauty companies have to shape ideals. Unilever's current Dove marketing campaign, which uses senior women as models to make the point that one can be beautiful beyond one's 30s, shows that a large company has the power to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

01 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

the Goldsmith Fellowship program to promote student achievement by facilitating greater coordination among cross-sector partners, such as school districts, government agencies, and employers.” Raghav Srinivasan. Raghav brings View Details

30 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

to automatically direct product to geographical points of demand. Q: Can you describe some of the enablers and drivers behind the growth of the IT consulting industry? How has globalization impacted this growth? A: The enablers and... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting

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Generative AI - Alumni

the bullet.” “I am a Harvard Business School alum creating a resume. Please generate 10 different resume bullets as it is applicable to being a Program Manager. Each bullet should be no longer than 2 lines. Each version should have a... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

stay-at-home mompreneurs, the work got done in whatever bits of time she could steal from the day. When her daughter, Della, enrolled in a dance class in Harlem that year, Dixon would drive her Jetta wagon with “WOKE” plates and SiriusXM radio up and down the FDR View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Early College Dublin, NC Subjects: US Government, US History, American History 2 MA Holly Casaubon Medford High School Medford, MA OR Susan Casey Eagle Point High School Eagle Point, OR MI Dave Cashen Grandville High School Grandville, MI... View Details

18 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 18

Performance enables future managers and business owners to attain the core skills they need to become integral members of their company's decision-making teams. This new program from established authors Srikant M. Datar and Madhav Rajan... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

between organizations can be attributed to effective cultures. Why is this true-how does culture affect the bottom line? A: The point is that organization culture is not a soft concept. Its impact on profit can be measured and quantified.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2020
News

Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta

community, both in Boston and in Tokyo. We hold several events every year to encourage young people from diverse backgrounds to apply to the MBA and executive programs at HBS. Also, we hold events in Japan to send positive messages to the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

30 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do

donors in this study: some 40,000 recipients of a donation request letter, which asked them to give $20, $50, or $100 toward a new project. The letter recipients were divided into four groups. In the “control” group, recipients simply... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Buy Now, Pay Later &mdash Easy Payments: The Rise of Installment Selling

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Cars on Time

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

29 Mar 2022
Book

5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

“Problems happen in family management when there are three or four brothers. All brothers may not be of equal capability and commitment.” Successful family-owned enterprises build mechanisms that over time recognize the value that each... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Competitions & Challenges - Health Care

Humana-Mays Healthcare Analytics Full-time and part-time master's students from accredited Master of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Information Systems, Master of Public Health, Master of Business Administration program, or other similar master’s View Details

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AASU50 - Alumni

Programs & Events Programs & Events AASU50 Home African Americans at HBS AASU50 Materials Related Content In Their Own Words In April 2018, the Harvard Business School community was invited to mark the 50th... View Details

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-098.pdf On Good Scholarship, Goal Setting, and Scholars Gone Wild Authors:Lisa D. Ordóñez, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Adam D. Galinsky, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract In this article, we define good scholarship, highlight our View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization Learn More about what you earn Syllabus 5 Modules, 35 Hours Download full syllabus Prerequisite Participants should have completed an undergraduate-level introductory finance course or equivalent at some View Details

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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

decade of impact i... Executive Education for Nonprofit Leaders Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation-Virtual Designed to help nonprofit leaders use performance measurement to enhance their organization's ability to achieve their mission, this View Details

22 Sep 2023
News

Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

More Our Difference The most engaging, interactive way to master business analytics. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes. Description of silent animated video above: People walking on the street transitions into data View Details

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