Filter Results:
(1,109)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,109)
- People (1)
- News (344)
- Research (346)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (11)
- Faculty Publications (85)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,109)
- People (1)
- News (344)
- Research (346)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (11)
- Faculty Publications (85)
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
of integrity has to do it. In the same way that medical ethics do not compel a physician to do something that violates his or her own personal ethics, corporate law does not require directors to check their sense of right and wrong... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
the checks are more reflective of the population, the people receiving the checks will become more representative of the population.”—Hayley Barna (MBA 2010), general partner, First Round Capital Today Barna... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
own the overwhelming majority of the company.” Can you finish these two statements? “Fighting foot odor is “Just the beginning. Keep an eye on Zorpads, there is more to come.” —Smith “Something that needed to happen and we’re the ones who need to be doing it.” —Wiegele... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
targeted firms. These results suggest a need to check the power of NPEs through changes in U.S. IP policy, in particular to screen out trolling early in the litigation process. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007), president and CEO of Baskits, one of Canada’s leading gift services companies, about why she chose Baskits, how she weighed the personal and professional risks, and how she found a competitive advantage in complexity. If you like what you hear,... View Details
- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
recent years. Says Kominers, “It’s always nice when your research checks out with the view outside your window.” Research into action While their study didn’t necessarily look at the causes of development, Kominers says it’s a fair... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
a mental note to check with his new PR staff sooner rather than later about this "Veronica Perez" person. Thus began Jim Barton's first day as the new CEO of Santa Monica Aerospace. Reprinted by permission of Harvard Business Review... View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
How will my children learn via Zoom? We interviewed 10 CEOs in July about how they are managing the unprecedented stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then checked in with them again at the end of 2020. The interviewees hail from... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
that, donating a portion of their stimulus checks to food banks or to friends who are out of work. Some are helping others in non-financial ways, including recovered coronavirus patients donating plasma to help the sick. “During this... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
Rangan Illustration by Randy Glass Professor Kash Rangan is one of the pioneers of the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative, now fifteen years old. Back in 1993, most people took a “spray and pray” approach to philanthropy — writing View Details
- Person Page
Media
Media
This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
George is the finance director for the Post Carbon Institute, a California think tank dedicated to promoting sustainable energy that recently examined the Bakken in its report Drilling Deeper: A Reality Check on U.S. Government Forecasts... View Details
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
compare the optimism of affiliated versus unaffiliated analysts, we checked to see whether all analysts (regardless of affiliation status) were more optimistic for firms that were doing things that would generate revenue for the analysts'... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Houdt) Thirty or forty angry Afghan police officers crowded into Karim Khoja’s office. Someone had stolen their pay, and the prime suspect was the CEO of Roshan, the company offering the new mobile payment system that was used to process their salaries. Their weapons... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
stores, schools, and other food-handling establishments, checking whether they adhere to public health regulations. The rules are strict. Food businesses where serious violations are found must clean up their acts quickly or risk being... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
FangXiaNuo Airbnb is revolutionizing the lodging market by keeping hotel rates in check and making additional rooms available in the country's hottest travel spots during peak periods when hotel rooms often sell out and rates skyrocket, a... View Details
- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
error. With hand-written prescriptions, the error could easily make it all the way to the pharmacist, who would check on it with the physician. "That requires more time and resources to get to the right answer," Huckman says. Though... View Details
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development
say ‘I’ve noticed that you tend to enjoy really creative work when a project is not defined and you’re able to come up with something on your own.’ Or on the flip side, ‘I’ve noticed you really love following a process and having steps to View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Web
MBA 2025 Alumni Technology Transition - Alumni
check this page periodically through graduation. Technology February Graduates May Graduates Baker Library student resource access ends Visit the Library Help Center for information on extended access to select resources for MBA 2025 job... View Details