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04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

subtle tweaks to everything from varying shades of color to alternative placement of links and menu options for booking properties. It’s part of an innovative culture of experimentation that pervades every aspect of how the company... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

Bo...ever. Workouts were in service of the sport – not for myself. However, I found that working out led me to be more productive, nutrition-conscious and quite frankly, happier. It didn’t hurt that I could... View Details

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Drug & Alcohol Policy | About

that Harvard Business School should not be considered a protector or sanctuary from the existing laws of the city, state, or federal government. A social host may under certain circumstances be held liable View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

Step Change

and kindness, to instill dignity and confidence. It’s not just writing a check. And as much as people say ‘Don’t take it personally,’ of course it’s personal. There’s so much at stake. For a founder, this is... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

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Business in Global Society - Alumni

you have not made a new gift or pledge in recent years (pledge payments not reflected here). Please consider making a gift today using our online giving form . Thank you in advance. Questions? Email or call... View Details

02 Oct 2017
What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

for market manipulation (and) used as payment method for online crime.” Bitcoin does not have a future as a currency, Turnbull said, because of the cost of operating sufficient... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

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Tethys | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

tesserae. The Tethys mosaic originally was submerged in water, created for a pool in an Antioch bath building. Visitors surely admired its central image of the sea goddess Tethys, a fitting subject for a... View Details

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

closer to what’s found in Europe. In the US, it takes a lot of rewiring to make fast EV chargers work on the local grid. So he started fiddling. Soon enough, Aatish came up with a prototype that allowed fast charging without changing over the grid: the idea View Details

23 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 23

responsibility, HBS has long tried to promote better business standards. Anteby's rich account reveals the surprising role of silence in HBS's process of codifying morals and values. As he describes, specifics are often left unspoken; for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Sep 2014
News

Keeping Education in Check

practice.) It’s not just Berman’s own history and hope for the future success of children that motivates him—he notes that there is real science behind his belief. In 2000, for... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

Person Page

Press / Media

By: Debora L. Spar

I'll have a girl, please

American Public Media [Marketplace], 12 September 2006

DR. DEBORAH SPAR: "The ability to choose gender is really only the first... View Details

03 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

policy makers can apply these key lessons, many, if not most, of the sagas of waste and disappointment that we have highlighted could be avoided. Entrepreneurs could find a more hospitable climate, and we would all benefit. Barriers to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2012
News

Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993

The company has acquired Buy.com in the United States, Ikeda in Brazil, Play.com in the United Kingdom, and Kobo in Canada, and it recently made international headlines for spearheading a $100 million investment in Pinterest, the social... View Details

30 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies

it takes a country to adopt a technology at all. But that research did not account for intensive margins; that is, the extent to which a technology is adopted by the nation as a whole. View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

most memorably: “I find myself in a Claude Rains Casablanca moment here: ‘I’m shocked, shocked to find that FB and others are making money off my data when they give me their services for free.’” But “shocked” or not, reality probably... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Information Technology

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

challenging aspects of your job? One challenge is that global standards, like SASB, which were originally designed for US markets, may not perfectly fit in an Asia context; e.g. SASB’s industrial... View Details

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” —George Santayana If you’ve ever tuned into a Congressional testimony or legal deposition, you’ve likely heard a witness respond to a question with the words “I don’t recall.” View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Profile

Brandon Lovell

"I found myself hanging with not necessarily the right crowd," Brandon says. After graduating from high school and spending a couple years searching for a purpose, Brandon was introduced to Year... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Financial Services

2025
Chapter

Leapfrog Leaders: Accelerating Systems Leadership Skills

By: Laura Cabrera, Derek Cabrera and Hise O. Gibson

We need leaders who can execute at the Strategic, Operational, and Tactical (SOT) levels. But, research shows it takes time for skills to develop at all three levels—too much time. Why does it take too much time? First, because expertise is borne of experience. An... View Details

Keywords: DSRP; VCML; Strategy; Operations; Leadership Development; Decision Making; Organizational Structure

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Tim Kluska

advice to prospective students, what would it be? It's natural to over-index on that voice inside your head questioning if you'll fit into a new and faraway place. But I assure you, there is a place for you at HBS. Don't be fooled into... View Details

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