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Industry Information - Alumni
faculty from the fields of business, economics and law. + – CPG/Marketing AdAge Leading trade publication of the marketing and media landscape. Tiered subscription model (free registration for a limited number of articles per month;...
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- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
careers at the Harvard Business School, we discovered that the turnover of CIOs ran at around 30 to 40 percent per year. As a result of our research, we described the driving cause as the rapid change of IT through the operation of...
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by Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Real Wal-Mart Effect
Wal-Mart's domestic sales volume, U.S. consumers save on the order of $18 billion per year. And because Wal-Mart forces its competitors to charge lower prices as well, this figure is a fraction of the company's real impact. These kinds of...
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- 02 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize
Reporting of COVID-19 Deaths. At the highest end, Ecuador and Bolivia had 2.5 times more unexplained deaths per month than they typically saw when the researchers compared 2020 figures to historic totals over the previous three to five...
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by Michael Blanding
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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy - MBA
accommodate one (1) drink per hour for each guest. State law requires all guests to show valid photo identification before being served (a driver’s license, valid passport, or military ID). In the interests of health and safety, HBS does...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons
time to invest in this industry because it was depressed, yet the long-term fundamentals were sound." By all indications, Simmons's gamble has paid off. SCF Partners, the private equity fund his firm manages, has achieved net returns to its partners in excess of 30...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 26 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India
focus of this estimate, presenting a roadmap for sustainable investment. Is this gap unsurmountable? We believe there are reasons to feel hopeful - It all depends on how we choose to contextualize. Benchmarking the funding gap against average income View Details
- 11 Apr 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy
Eisenmann hopes to sell students on the idea of first working as high-tech product managers before jumping into CEO roles. "I would love Harvard Business School to crank out a 100 high-tech product managers per year," he says....
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- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
some of its suppliers. For example, shop-ping malls give Apple a special break. The company pays no more than 2 percent of its sales per square foot in rent, compared with 15 percent for a typical tenant. Why are mall owners so generous...
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by Danielle Kost
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
acquisitions affect an estimated 5 million workers per year. While mergers typically lead to staff reductions, the new owners of an acquired company often promote talented women and people of color to oversee newly consolidated units and...
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by Lane Lambert
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
despite cost-effective FinTech alternatives, many European migrant communities continued to rely on expensive money transfer operators for monthly remittances averaging around 200 per migrant. This puzzling trend emerged due to two key...
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- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
Camshafts Limited (PCL) was founded by my father, Yatin Shah, 25 years ago in a small, 100-square-meter shed. In the beginning, the company manufactured 600 camshafts a month. Today, PCL is listed on the Indian stock exchange, manufactures over 10 million camshaft...
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- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
says Ian Larkin, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. "You should see the angry e-mails I get from students when they find out that a job offer turns out to be $10,000 per...
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by Carmen Nobel
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
anywhere from four to eight weeks and typically require four to nine hours of work per week. Participants can complete the work on their own time while meeting weekly course deadlines. Do I have to enroll in all three courses or commit to...
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
investors to customize their portfolio as per their individual preferences. OpenInvest seeks to combine the strengths of both index investing and personalized impact portfolios. Examples of the latter include a lower-carbon portfolio, or...
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- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
guaranteed payment of 50 cents per problem solved, or they could compete for higher stakes. Those who chose to compete received a significantly higher payout (ranging from $1 to $3 per problem) if they...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 25 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better
office, while others spent almost none.) Next, the researchers crunched a number of factors measuring company performance—for example, profits per employee—in order to see which CEOs were more productively using their time. Better On The...
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by Michael Blanding
- 31 Jul 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences
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by Eric D. Werker
- 01 Dec 2015
- HBS Seminar
Nicola Lacetera, University of Toronto
- 22 Mar 2017
- HBS Seminar