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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

learning, support and opportunities through interactive group programming. Inspiring Capital The Return with Purpose Fellowship is a year-long experiential learning program with exposure to Inspiring Capital's broader View Details

20 Dec 2023
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New School

In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, Curriculum Associates, a Massachusetts-based company that creates research-based print and online instructional and assessment tools, made the decision to make its products free to teachers and students who suddenly found... View Details

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

two separate areas of research-decision making and inequality (or social disparity)-this new line of inquiry could help to break the stalemate that has, until now, characterized the study of inequality and... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

06 Jun 2008
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?

deeply—entrepreneurs Big companies are no place for big thinkers." Providing time to reflect, particularly in an era of multi-tasking and the tyranny of technology, was most frequently suggested as an... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

fundamental theorem of marketing: understand what your customers really want," Rangan says. To create a distribution channel, M-PESA franchised thousands of mom-and-pop convenience stores to act as... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

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Tara Basu Trivedi

challenges regardless of what was going on in her personal life and regardless of the barriers and social norms that society imposed. What’s the best thing about your hometown? I don’t have one town I consider my “hometown,” since I grew... View Details

18 Dec 2019
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6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

Takeuchi says he’s hopeful that Japanese firms will start to take advantage of machine learning and other technologies that Western companies are embracing. But as large companies begin to take greater View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Sep 2006
What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

specific task within a certain time frame." Self-management is perhaps an extreme case of what we have found, in our research, to be one of the features of high-performance work places that are most... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

there was the ever-feuding Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, who transformed beauty salons from places considered the moral equivalent of brothels to palaces of opulence and style. And in our own time,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

of an airliner. Hundreds of hours may go into gathering and analyzing data to sort out exactly what happened and what can be learned. Compare this kind of analysis to what takes View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

01 Oct 2014
What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

available (searching for the lost key at night under the street light where the light is better), limiting options to what's placed in front of us, biases regarding information or its sources, undue trust in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

least a year ahead of time.” How firms can spot future misconduct Glassdoor isn’t the only site that may uncover wrongdoing, Campbell says. The same analysis could be applied to any social platform in which... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

10 May 2019
Blog Post

Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA

was also traveling) without her. Find your way to be social. Full disclosure, I have never been a party person and I was even less so with a three-month-old when school started, and I had a whole new school schedule View Details

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Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast By: Margie Kelley 11 Jul 2025 | HBS Clubs The Vinyl Revival Re: Caren Kelleher (MBA 2010) 26 Jun 2025 | Skydeck Caren Kelleher (MBA 2010) on why records are reclaiming their place in a world of streaming... View Details

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Events - Business History

and social sciences has exploded in recent years, little sustained attention has been given to questions of how these techniques can contribute to business and economic... View Details

10 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

Has Entered the Mainstream By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Leaders in all sectors, from business to sports to education, are increasingly wading into controversial political and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Nov 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Secrets for Creating a Long-Lasting Brand

built from the ground up and rebuilt again when the competitive landscape shifts. A Good Place to Start Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?Super Bowl advertising is increasingly about... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

20 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Three Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

inspired by the stories of these students. Visit @prideathbs on Instagram for more information and features about the LGBTQ+ community at HBS. Yanzhan Wen (he/him), Class of 2025 Representation is important. My existence stands as a testament View Details

29 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

Few people see a relationship between tipping and bribing. But consider this: In places where people tip heavily, bribes are more likely to exchange hands as well. Research shows that there's actually a fine... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault

that’s how we will have long term success.” Looking forward, the ARF team plans to continue focusing on their four Pillars of Purpose – Justice System Reform, Education Parity, Health & Wellness Access, and Community Outreach &... View Details

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