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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
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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
Hunter, Janet, and G. Jones. "Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective." Chap. 10 in Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives, edited by Asli M. Colpan and G. Jones, 224–245. New York: Routledge, 2019.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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