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22 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Meet LASO: The HBS Latino Student Organization

talent. Lastly, we will leverage the power of the Adelante Conference, our annual Latinx professional conference that brings together current and future Latino leaders. This will be hosted on-campus on February 6th, save the date! Meet... View Details

Portrait Project

Neda Navab

grandmother Rose acted out in defiance. She would regularly go to sleep early, leaving only a cold dinner to greet my grandfather Ali after his long day of labor on an Iranian cotton plantation. On their first anniversary, Rose awoke to find a brand-new oven glimmering... View Details

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

protection. The budget process may help establish a ceiling on costs, but the internal politics of the fixed-performance contract ensure that there is also a cost floor—in other words, that the cost savings aren't as sizable as they might... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

make choices about what to eat. Clover Food Lab was founded to convince meat-lovers that vegetables aren't just delicious but have the power to save the planet.” Megan Murday MBA 2021 | Founder & CEO, Metric “Metric is a digital ESG... View Details

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

in the Internet and telecom bubbles. Those who have money left, or who have new savings coming in and are seeking investments have heard that hedge funds have done well. For example, they've heard that Julian Robertson's Tiger Fund has... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)

stretched financially. My parents went through the transition in 1989 from the Soviet Union and lost their savings overnight. Fortunately, I had a great education. I was on scholarship in high school and then moved to Canada at age 18 for... View Details

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Gender Changes the Negotiation

positions in high-ambiguity industries work for thirty-five years and receive a 3 percent raise per year, the earnings gap grows to more than $600,000 over the course of a career—or $1.5 million, if those extra earnings are saved at 5... View Details

Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

spending Savings and Loan bailout Chrysler bailout Breakup of AT&T Influence: Medium-Low 90 1990 s Family and Medical Leave Act Americans with Disabilities Act Welfare reform Antitrust action initiated against Microsoft Influence:... View Details

Research Summary

The Panama Canal

The Big Ditch is the first quantitative economic history of the Panama Canal and its effect on Panama, the United States, and the world economy. It makes three general arguments. First, that the Panama Canal was very important to... View Details

11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

17 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity

practical implications of these findings. For example, should managers save certain tasks for days when skies are gray? “A field study gives you the reality of the phenomenon. A lab study answers the question, why is this happening?” The... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

on an unsurprising outcome. In this case, a deal at 2.5 percent, the midpoint of the two parties' opening positions, seemed likely to be agreeable to both sides. This time things would be different, he resolved. He would save everyone... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

Commitments Committee and a senior banker. As an undergraduate at Hamilton College, Kennedy majored in art. "I did some awful paintings and metal sculpture," he laughs. "Even my mother saved only one of my paintings through the years -... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

13 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

a fashion statement, and (b) never lose his car in the parking lot, both stereotypically female behaviors. By not only blurring that line but also boasting about it in print, the company created gender contamination in the eyes of many Porsche owners, Avery explains.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Light Probable Futures ProNicaragua Right To Play International Robin Hood Foundation Rocky Mountain Institute Save the Children Sesame Workshop Single Stop Social Finance Special Olympics Teach for America The Boston Foundation The... View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Ken A. Mark; Retail

01 Jan 2005
News

Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

newspapers at enormous savings to national studios and local exhibitors. And skiers who have enjoyed winters at Jiminy Peak in western Massachusetts and Bromley Mountain in Vermont are schussing in resorts the company owns, while the food... View Details

21 May 2015
Blog Post

3 Ways to Fund Your HBS MBA

at HBS. Many students, myself included, aren’t able to pay for business school out of their savings and instead utilize a combination of financial aid, scholarships, and loans to get themselves through the program. Here is an overview of... View Details

04 Oct 2022
What Do You Think?

Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?

without suggesting what that might mean for tariff policy. David Wittenberg, saying that he is “loath to offer any advice save to treat the situation gingerly,” saw the US-China relationship as one in which, “The US administration has to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

challenges behind it.” But that will require a change in the way the world does business. “We’re going to be the only species that wasn’t able to save itself because it wasn’t profitable to do so. It’s about creating a paradigm for... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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