business - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 2006
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Legal Aspects of Management: Anticipating and Managing Risk

Describes the sixth and final module of the Harvard Business School MBA second-year elective course Legal Aspects of Management. This module deals with the way firms should approach business risks in order to avoid legal liability and how firms can use contracts to... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Contracts; Legal Liability

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Educators

Purchase

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Booked: The Good Struggle

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Why LA restaurants aren't accepting cash payments

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At Your Service

24 May 2017
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One Trick for Getting Bosses to Buy In to Your Idea

Web

Data - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

reveals the share of industries serving a local market versus those competing with other regions; clusters of industries with particular local strength; and an area's performance in terms of employment, wages, patenting, and new business... View Details

07 Nov 2022
News

Victoria’s Secret Buys Alumni-Founded Adore Me

everything that they do.” In a press release announcing the sale, Hermand Waiche noted that, “We have significantly grown our business over the past decade, and are excited to bring our technology, purchase experiences, inclusive... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

13 Jul 2023
News

The Network Effect

Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Dina Model and Karan Mathur (both MBA 2015) met through mutual friends during their first year at HBS, neither was envisioning a... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

My First Job

furniture business when a fire started in the factory’s ventilation system. The fire alarms were loud, and every instinct I had learned in school told me to leave the building, but the president of the company grabbed my arm and told me... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

Clubs

PRIDE

Keywords: Affinity

29 Nov 2023

Perspectives from Africa

Preparing to submit an application in Round 2? In this Perspectives from Africa virtual event, Africa Business Club ECs will share their RC experience, the difference being an EC, how they are thinking about leveraging their summer... View Details

16 Nov 2015
News

How a little nudge can lead to better decisions

21 Jan 2015
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Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

15 Apr 2020
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'On the Edge'

24 Jan 2024

HBS Information Session in Kigali

Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions... View Details

18 Apr 2022
News

Elon Musk’s Twitter Bid Reflects His Outrageous and Brash Leadership Style. Here’s What Leaders Can Take Away from It.

Article

Online Experimentation: Benefits, Operational and Methodological Challenges, and Scaling Guide

By: Iavor Bojinov and Somit Gupta

In the past decade, online controlled experimentation, or A/B testing, at scale has proved to be a significant driver of business innovation. The practice was first pioneered by the technology sector and, more recently, has been adopted by traditional companies... View Details

Keywords: A/B Testing; Experimentation; Data-driven Culture; Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Digital Transformation