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27 Nov 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Secrets for Creating a Long-Lasting Brand

A well articulated and adored brand is more valuable to a business than any single product. But they are also vulnerable—a crippled brand, like a a piece of fine crystal with an alarming crack, is one jostle away from breaking apart.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

Fast Answer

What are the best finance interview prep resources?

Venture Fizz - Hiring and Breaking in the Venture Capitalist World Coding VC - Behind the Scenes at a VC Fund, Part 1: Deals, Deals, Deals The Glocap Guide to Getting a Job in Private Equity Compensation Compensation data by position and... View Details

Portrait Project

Yael Taqqu

I want to be a storyteller. At the end of each day, I want to be able to sit down and find the story, no matter how obscured it may be. Trace a story through the weeks, through the years. And in doing this, I want to break down that... View Details

23 Oct 2019
Blog Post

How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

egocentrism: we are bad at knowing what topics will be interesting to others, we give backhanded compliments, we make offensive (or boring) jokes, we forget to ask questions, we ask the wrong questions, and on and on. In “talking gooder,” we’ll work on View Details

Portrait Project

Janie McDonough

My dad always stood in front of the whiteboard. He moved with the grace of a conductor—brows furrowed, eyes darting back and forth, hands continuously gliding the print-jobs magnets from one column to the next. Only after multiple iterations and two water View Details

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

2020
Chapter

Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective

By: Janet Hunter and G. Jones

This chapter contextualises the drivers of corruption in Turkish business through comparisons with Japan and India in the late 19th century. It identifies the developmental state as a common driver of corruption. Catching up by using extensive state intervention had... View Details

Keywords: Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Economic Growth; Turkey; Middle East; Central Asia; Japan; India

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18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

root. An anonymous donor took note of his academic potential and put Brown through college. After a break to serve in the military, Brown went to business school and ultimately started his investment career at T. Rowe Price as the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

Photographed by Webb Chappell In March 2010, the 1787 drafting of the United States Constitution became breaking news. The members of the Texas State Board of Education had convened in Austin to review the state’s history and other social... View Details

Keywords: April White

Web

Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni

Business Administration, Emeritus Jeff Harmening, Chairman and CEO, General Mills Professor Jan Rivkin, C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration 11:00 a.m. Break 11:15 a.m. Working Session One: Channels of Engagement... View Details

09 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)

intently. Finally, he breaks the silence. “Noori What a beautiful name!” he shares. “In Farsi and Hindi, that means light.” I excitedly respond, “It means universe in Korean! What a fun connection,” as I walk away, smiling to myself. —... View Details

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

now what? The most troubling consequences of this election are not for those women in leadership positions who are pushing forward to break new ground, although it is clearly a disappointment for those of us who hope to see more women in... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

05 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

In contrast to traditional private equity settings, none of the interviewed anchors sought fee breaks or other preferential economic terms. Some were attracted by the ability to shape the direction and legal structure of the fund or serve... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

time for vacations. What was your first job? I was a paperboy in Hartsdale, New York, for a few years, delivering the Reporter Dispatch. In high school, I sold sporting goods at E.J. Korvettes, a New York metropolitan area discount chain. During summer View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

23 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf

pre-pandemic and why? Kelleher: We averaged six weeks turnaround time on all projects in 2019, 12.5 weeks in 2020, and 27 weeks in 2021. Orders are bigger. If a machine part breaks and it takes us longer to get it, that means we’re down... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Music

23 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness

loneliness. But the two do tend to go hand in hand, Goldenberg says. The stars look very different To see if they could break that connection and overcome the tendency to feel lonely while alone, the researchers collaborated with Airbnb,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

large reallocation of modern information technology, with particular links to communications. Some of it broke. The best organizations have had the ability to expand existing capacity because the technology did not break under the strain.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas

advertising that breaks down spending by age group, the researchers found that companies specifically targeted 45 to 55-year-olds—the very people most likely to serve on juries. Marketing dollars are working The bigger question is whether... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

familiar." The remote and hybrid work that rose up during the pandemic helped break down these boundaries. Virtual meeting and collaboration platforms helped level the playing field by increasing meeting access and giving voices equal... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

01 Sep 2023
News

History Matters

Francisco earthquake of 1906 qualifies as the major disruptor leading to the Panic of 1907. Wars, bad harvests, other natural disasters, and, yes, pandemics, would also deliver crisis-triggering shocks. Third, crises tend to break out in... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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