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- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
associated with excellence in certain product categories. Venezuelan chocolate maker Chocolates El Rey does little international business because consumers associate premium chocolate more with Belgium or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Finance - Faculty & Research
distinct beliefs. These groups rely on different information when forming expectations, often hold opposing views – with a 47% correlation in return expectations – and their disagreement is associated with elevated trading volume. This... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
past, he has served as Senior Associate Dean for Research, chair of the MBA Program, and head of the Strategy Unit. His research, course development, and teaching focus on two topics: business strategy and U.S. competitiveness. Research... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
it forces both students and faculty to grapple with questions that don’t really have clear answers,” said Debora Spar, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration and senior View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 Jul 2019
- HBS Case
Walmart's Workforce of the Future
more of workers—and an equivalent commitment to re-skilling and compensation. In the case, Kerr cites Walmart’s investments in wages and training for employees of $1.2 billion and $1.5 billion in 2015 and 2016—part of a move that boosted starting pay for frontline... View Details
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People - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Family Associate Professor of Business Administration Marco Di Maggio is Ogunlesi Family Associate Professor of business administration in the Finance Unit and a faculty research fellow at the National... View Details
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About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
1991 More about C. Roland Christensen Faculty Willis Emmons Director; Senior Lecturer Staff Alexandra Sedlovskaya Associate Director Biography Alexandra Sedlovskaya Associate Director Alexandra Sedlovskaya... View Details
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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 21 Feb 2024 Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag All Locations Company Perspectives Recruiting Strategies Summer Internships Venture Capital / Private Equity For Harvard... View Details
- 18 Mar 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: LEGO
Although it isn't part of the admissions criteria, experience playing with LEGOs can come in handy at Harvard Business School. When Stefan H. Thomke teaches his new case about the iconic toy company, he gives students eight-studded LEGO... View Details
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
homogenization of beauty ideals. Beauty became associated with Western countries, and white people, and with women. These assumptions reflected wider societal trends. Western societies as a whole underwent growing gender differences in... View Details
- 27 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
How One Late Employee Can Hurt Your Business: Data from 25 Million Timecards
doctoral student Caleb Kwon analyzed timesheet records of more than 25 million employee shifts over four years at a large US grocery chain. Controlling for a host of variables, they find that a 1 percent increase in lateness and... View Details
- 27 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance
captivated Harvard Business School’s Raffaella Sadun for more than a decade. “The question is, Are there certain practices that are beneficial to firm performance regardless of the industry or the country in which you use them?” says Sadun, the Thomas S. Murphy View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
Plus in Sarasota, where more than half the students live below the poverty line. A pickleball player herself, Kahler was granted three sets by the foundation and launched a before-school club for her fifth graders. “Students cannot thrive... View Details
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
Associate Professor Laura Huang, who studies early entrepreneurship, where failure is common. “You can take two people who work equally hard, and one person will naturally have an advantage and achieve success, while the other can’t climb... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
students of learning by the case method. An approach to studying a case, individually or as a group member, for classroom discussion is outlined. Also summarizes the basic characteristics of a case discussion. 1940 Because Wisdom Can't Be... View Details
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
MBA Experience Curriculum 2ms Required Curriculum (1st Year) Cases Environmental opportunities and challenges are embedded in most Required Curriculum courses so that all students understand the importance of the natural environment to... View Details
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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education
unofficial student center for Executive Education. While it is primarily used by Executive Education participants, we encourage MBA students and the wider campus community to use the space and to connect... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
grant less credit, screen loans more intensively, and charge lower interest rate spreads. The cause is Mexico's weak contract rights environment. One would normally associate risk aversion with lower profits. We find, however, that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs
What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In "UBS and Climate Change—Warming Up to Global Action?" Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest Reinhardt present the... View Details
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Past Programs - Crossover Into Business
Past Programs Past Programs A pilot program, launched in the fall of 2017 in partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA), involved ten active and recently active NBA players as well as twenty second-year MBA View Details