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- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
green pigs. If the ultimate outcome of that frantic gaming also teaches us something (probably not the case with Angry Birds), our brain is likely too engaged in the task of winning to rebel against some higher purpose. Nick Maynard... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
Gone Too Far When Ethan Bernstein used wearable technology to track workers around their open office, he discovered many were trying to avoid collaboration rather than engage in it. How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit Reshmaan... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Transforming Health Care Delivery Course Number 2195 Associate Professor Susanna Gallani Professor Robert Huckman Spring; Q3; 1.5 credits Paper At the root of the transformation occurring in the health care industry—both in the United View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer In the early 1990s, Geeta Aiyer (MBA 1985) was an analyst and portfolio manager at the United States Trust Company of Boston. Among her investments was Albertsons, a rapidly expanding... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Science Buddy
ScienceBuddies.org, a nonprofit designed to engage high-school students in hands-on science. Because choosing and getting started with a science project is often the hardest part for youngsters, the site asks students 26 questions about... View Details
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Max Seel
self-challenging environment," Max says. "You're taught by professors who are world-renowned in their fields. Your fellow students are some of the brightest people in the world – you can't help but be impressed by their sheer range of knowledge." The... View Details
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Brittani Rettig
serving my blog readers. Living a life of service is one thing that keeps me very motivated. I succeed when those I serve succeed. "The differences are countless. My consulting role allows me to drive formal project management and lead my View Details
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Tony He
look forward to engaging with issues in development and creating positive change. As emerging markets continue to grow, firms and governments are looking to understand how to operate more effectively in these environments and to create... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
Bradley merged the Atlantic magazine’s Boston operations with those of the National Journal and Government Executive, just 3 of 55 employees elected to make the move to Washington, DC. Nearly 150 years after its founding, the Atlantic’s reputation for intelligent,... View Details
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
examine the lobbying behavior of state governments in the development of recently issued public pension accounting standards GASB 67 and 68. Consistent with opportunistic motivations, we find that states' opposition to the liability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2016
- News
Many Voices Working Toward a Solution
problem of how do you get multiple creative people to work together more effectively to solve the seemingly intractable problems of the world that don’t fit within a neat categorization. “A partner of mine and I have been engaged in a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading in the face of complex challenges
founded in the 1930s as Hess Oil and Chemical Company. A longtime advocate for and supporter of HBS, Hess is at the helm of an effort that also seeks to actively engage the alumni community. He considers the mobilization of alumni as... View Details
- 07 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
neighborhoods, right as they’re experiencing the problem? Do it! Pre-HBS, I worked for 5 years at a company called Blue State Digital, a communications agency born out of the Howard Dean and Barack Obama presidential campaigns. Blue View Details
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Road to the White House 2024, a Private Sector Perspective on Presidential Politics - Course Catalog
of Congress. The course is intended to engage students that have deep interest and backgrounds in politics as well as political novices. We will focus on critical thinking, strategy, and execution rather than ideology or partisan... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
and spillover effects. In the domain of private politics, shareholder resolutions filed against it and others in its industry increase a firm's propensity to engage in practices consistent with the aims of the related social movement.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
These regions experienced long eras of foreign domination, dealt with extensive state intervention, faced institutional inefficiencies, and experienced extended turbulence. This article suggests that this context drove different business... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Nov 2014
- News
Expanding Audiences Through HBX CORe
of three offerings developed for HBX, a unique digital education initiative that enables HBS to extend its signature, case-based learning method to new audiences. The full suite of HBX programs includes specialized courses and HBX Live, a digital learning environment... View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18
Second, pay disparity between managers located in different states decreases relative to that of co-located managers. Third, division productivity falls in dispersed firms, with the effect driven by managers at the low end of the wage... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
the transcontinental railroad in the United States and in promoting the development of the Pacific Northwest. In the 1860s, Villard acted as the liaison between German investors and American railroad companies. Materials in this extensive... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
million. “We knew we would grow,” Woolley-Wilson says of her 2020 outlook. “We knew we would grow fast. But you never think you will triple your website traffic.” For the education technology sector, the restrictions to traditional in-person schooling imposed by View Details