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the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the delivery of the Doctoral Programs. Since doctoral students pursue individualized programs of study and research — some of which are offered jointly with Harvard’s Graduate School of... View Details

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

However, they have been most often studied separately. Because our focus was on leadership in action, we were able to observe how these three interrelated organizational skills work in concert as leaders and their groups undertake to... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1

out, they can see events in context and as examples of general trends. They are able to make decisions based on principles. Yet a far-out perspective also has traps. Leaders can be so high above the fray that they don't recognize emerging... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

about the world of noncompetes before you embarked on this study. How did you get interested in studying them vis-à-vis inventor mobility? What gap in the research did you want to investigate? Matt Marx: You're right; this topic drew... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

still have a ways to go," added Ely, the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for Culture and Community. The conference, held from February 27 to March 1, is one of a series of "Women@50" View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

01 Feb 1999
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All in the Family

Davis, has only been formally studied by business schools in the last twenty years. That may not seem so remarkable until you realize that "family businesses" include not just the mom-and-pop store on the corner but also the likes of... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

or liking both scholarly documentary films and action-packed thrillers. However, when predicting other consumers’ tastes for the same items, people believe that a preference for one precludes enjoyment of the dissimilar other. Five View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

HBS, in which two-thirds of the student body are members. Their activities, which are open to the entire HBS community, range from running conferences to leading study trips abroad and from organizing major social View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Feb 1998
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Women at the Top

and Thomas K. McCraw, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, and his wife, Susan, an attorney, all of whom spoke about how personal events such as death and illness have affected their careers. "I was amazed at how candidly they... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

Austin, the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, as the main curriculum anchor for the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise. In ESS, case studies on nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid entities are the foundation for... View Details

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Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online

added to the HBS Online Community's Official Networking Group and gain exclusive access to events and other networking opportunities. Description of silent animated video above: Learner types an answer in the discussion board in response... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

promise held out by its foray into private equity, Grubman notes, "We're leveraging on Providence Equity's investment scale to invest in businesses we understand and where we can add value. For example, we have looked at investments in ticketing platforms and View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About

partnership and patience. I have been thinking about what advice I might share with you today. I have had the opportunity to get to know many of you, including at wonderful events like the HBS Show (thanks to the producers for my walk-on... View Details

11 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

the richest breeding grounds for coding superstars: the hackathon. These high-pressure weekend events of furious engineering can be an incredible environment for diffusion of knowledge, argues Andy Wu, an assistant professor in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

01 Mar 2018
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Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

discovered that those valuable information assets either lacked value or were, in some cases, nonexistent. Old Economy problems involving misunderstood and overvalued financial instruments appeared, driving unemployment to heights not seen in over 20 years. These View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Jun 2023
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Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

civil engineering, their role in creating Harvard's Environmental Studies program, and their efforts to conserve natural spaces around New York. HBS professor and former Dean Nitin Nohria presented the Business Statesman Award to John B.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-105.pdf Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors Author:Sharon P. Katz Abstract This study explores how firms' ownership structures affect their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

PublicationsTo Think or Not To Think about Trauma? An Experimental Investigation into Unconscious Thought and Intrusion Development Authors:Julie Krans and Maarten W. Bos Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychopathology 3, no. 2 (2012) Abstract The present View Details