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14 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 14

of investing at home than those where external managers are involved. At the same time, SWFs with external managers tend to invest in lower P/E industries, which see an increase in the P/E ratios in the year... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1997
News

Banking on HBS

Executive Development Program (EDP), a special executive training course for the Bank's upper-level managers. "I felt that the World Bank's top people should have an intensive exposure to the latest ideas and techniques in the management... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

17 Apr 2024
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

individual cow health and behavior, empowering farmers and providing peace of mind as they make better high-value livestock management decisions on breeding, disease, and feed programs. EnergAI - Aron Sass (MBA 2025), Balint Varga -... View Details

17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

Publications September 2013 Management Science Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton Abstract—This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

moving upmarket to challenge the industry leaders. They point out that Uber, commonly hailed as a disrupter, doesn’t actually fit the mold, and they explain that if managers don’t understand the nuances of disruption theory or apply its... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 14, 2009

have a positive change in the year after their investments abroad. SWFs where politicians are involved have a much greater likelihood of investing at home than those where external managers are involved. At the same time, SWFs with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

power of his idea. But Rovell knew that T.V. and newspaper sports departments are flooded with resumes and demo tapes from thousands of wannabe reporters. To ensure that his material wouldn't be lost in the shuffle, he mailed it in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

Academy of Management Review, HBS professor Christopher Marquis and coauthors Gerald Davis and Mary Ann Glynn develop a framework for understanding an important aspect of this issue: how social and governmental forces in local communities... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Oral Histories | Baker Library

able to get through in about two years, and then started on a career that's been pretty interesting because it's combined academia, business at various times, and government. In fact, when I went out to Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, I started a women's program in... View Details

16 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a joint project of HBS and Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also founder and CEO of the District Management Council, an organization that works with school districts to improve... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

regulation. That goal had almost fully materialized when the recession caused my post-law school employer to freeze hiring and rescind offers. I had to pivot. Luckily, I landed at HBS in a role working with faculty to develop, research,... View Details

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Program Policies - HBS Online

complete the Program requirements will not receive a Certificate of Completion and will not be eligible to retake the Program. Program-Specific Certificate Requirements Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB)... View Details

23 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

goals, emphasize their strengths, give to others, and empathize with their own troubles through self-compassion. A second group was given educational materials about how to improve their mental well-being—the equivalent of handing people... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

25 Jun 2020
News

Covering All Corners

affected by the significant disruptions in global supply chains. Unfortunately, being on the developing side of the world means your shipments get deprioritized first. Your supply chain gets disrupted first. Thankfully, we managed to... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Q&A: John Quelch

throughout its history, but the fundamental purpose of the Global Initiative is to ensure our intellectual leadership through the development of research and course materials that are truly international in scope and impact. We're... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

05 Dec 2017
Research & Ideas

What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

Institute of Management in Pune. In most months, nearly 100 full-length interview manuscripts are downloaded. Cheng Gao: Many fellow students from across micro and macro topic areas have expressed interest in using the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Can You Learn Finance through the Case Method?

Greetings from HBS! My name is Siri and I am a second-year student and a candidate for the joint MBA/MPP program between HBS and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Before graduate school, I worked for three years as a management... View Details

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

language originally intended to inform an investor, which now protects the offerers. —D. Quinn Mills "While some analysts insist that Quattrone believed in honest research, others say he tried to bully them. `I'll have you out of here Monday morning if you say... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

01 Oct 1996
News

Lasting Impressions

until many years later that I came to appreciate the dissenting view of the Vietnam War." Ed Mathias, now a managing director of the Carlyle Group, a merchant bank in Washington, D.C., came to HBS after serving as an officer in the Navy... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

01 Oct 2001
News

Helping Hands for HBS

that their HBS degree could not save them from the vicissitudes of the marketplace." (In Transition: From the HBS Club of New York's Career Management Seminar, a 1991 book written by Burton and Wedemeyer, is still a favorite among job... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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