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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
The Long View
research and ultimately a deeper understanding of important real-world problems. At this point, we do have a model that is moving us in the right direction. The question going forward is whether we can scale the impact of the model. We're... View Details
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The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports - Course Catalog
arts, sports, or other sectors that supply goods that are commonly associated with artistic, athletic, cultural, or entertainment value. The course is also useful for students who are planning to work in companies that advise or support... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) Course Number 1625 Associate Professor Raymond Kluender Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits 14 Sessions Exam Career Focus Entrepreneurial Finance is primarily designed for students who plan to get... View Details
- 09 Dec 2020
- News
How to Fix America
iStock iStock As part of a special project, The New York Times asked several leading thinkers to weigh in on the nation’s most pressing problems. Specifically, the Times posed this query: “If you could do one thing right now to help fix... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs
on the country overall. “And we really understood why companies weren't scaling, and why they weren't growing, and why people were actually having trouble even starting businesses. So we provide a suite of services to any company that we start, anything from business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Student Battles ALS
face of this frightening disease. “The diagnosis was shocking,” says Kremer, a former officer in the Israel Defense Forces and project manager at a high-tech Israeli defense-industry firm. “I had so many plans for the future, so many... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
New MBA Leadership Course
“The discussions forced us to think about complicated issues,” he adds, noting that there was never a right or wrong answer. “It gave us a systematic approach to thinking about difficult situations.” That’s exactly what the... View Details
- 22 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Career Risks and Professional Growth: Finding a Fulfilling Career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)
creative outlet I didn’t even know I needed. Before HBS, I struggled to figure out what I wanted to do. A conversation with a friend during a post-banking trip helped shift my perspective. When she asked me what I liked most about my finance job, my answer—running ads,... View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
http://www.springerlink.com/content/91647u2175267563/ Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation Authors: Chen Lin, Yue Ma, and Yuhai Xuan Publication: Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This study examines... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
hockey. One of his Frozen Assets teammates, who met him on the ice some 50 years ago, says McNerney remains the player who makes other people better. He sets them up for a shot and passes the puck at the right moment—sacrificing his own... View Details
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
hotel, and push back a plan that threatened historic buildings around Grand Central Terminal. “In terms of size and scope, we’re the premier preservation organization in New York,” says Zuckerberg, who has been chair of the nonprofit’s... View Details
- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
executives from Fortune 1000 companies. Among employees, 73 percent expressed interest in a defined contribution system, citing advantages such as the ability to choose the best quality plan in which their physician participates and the... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: John Cortines (MBA 2015)
little brother. I went to Texas A&M, where I studied Engineering. I married my wife right out of college. I was working as a petroleum engineer and was making excellent money, which I think actually made the decision to get an MBA... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
versus telling during interviews, what you can learn from politicians, and negotiating the right salary, the authors offer suggestions for advanced career management. The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma by Gurcharan... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
for claw-backs when investments go sour, and give executives significant equity stakes in their companies. “Two firms with compensation plans like I just described, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, both failed. So having the View Details
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Field Course: Startup Operations - Course Catalog
This course is designed to provide hands-on guidance through the early stages of building your business. Students will test assumptions and hypotheses to evolve their product, build their strategic and operating roadmaps, create organizational View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
everything else.” That culture, critics maintain, spawned executive compensation plans with incentives that encouraged the excessive risk-taking that led to the financial crisis. And while the intricate details of pay View Details
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
mission is to "improve the lives of poor children in America's most devastated communities." While this mission inspired volunteers, donors, and even management, it didn't communicate a plan of action. How can an organization measure the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
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Kimble McCraw
manufacturing engineer. Much more than mere lectures Initially, Kimble wasn't convinced HBS was right for her. "My first thought," she says, "was that I'd go to a more tech-oriented business school." A campus visit... View Details
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Juan Eyzaguirre
find an opportunity for his president to have a "casual conversation" with another president within the very formal confines of the United Nations' General Assembly. Juan found the right moment – by directing his boss to the... View Details