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13 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

makes us happier. To begin their study, the researchers asked more than 6,000 people in North America and Europe, who earned a variety of incomes, whether they spent money on time-saving services. On both continents, those who outsourced... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem

robustness by consistently incorporating technological innovations and by providing a reliable point of reference that helps participants respond to new and uncertain conditions. And they can encourage ecosystem niche creation by offering innovative technologies to a... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

01 Jun 2023
News

From Big Pharma to Startup

pharmaceutical giant one day—not creating a company from scratch. But Goble was determined to explore the wide variety of opportunities available to him in his time at HBS, so when he read about a nonprofit life sciences entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: April White

25 Jan 2017
HBS Case

How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?

had worked an average of 12 to 15 years in a variety of industries. “Consumers vote with their pocketbooks, and they’re saying they want this product. It makes the consumer feel beautiful. Who is the government or an activist organization... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Beauty & Cosmetics

25 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

correlation with firm performance. “It's a way to monitor where the efforts of the CEO are going” In a final measure of CEO's performance, the researchers rated firms based on the quality of governance, measuring a variety of factors such... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About

Space, Public and Commercial Economics (SPACE). For the former, he has written case studies on public education, national health insurance, welfare reform, immigration, and a variety of topics in taxation. For the latter, he has written... View Details

14 Sep 2018
Blog Post

10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

learn this past month? Regarding my classmates: 1. There’s a variety of STEM backgrounds I came in expecting everyone to be a software engineer, but fortunately, I was wrong. There’s a mix of different types of engineers, as well as... View Details

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Ellen Mahoney | About

University, where she contributes as a member of a variety of committees and task forces. Ellen’s previous experience at Harvard University includes running a career and professional development office that served Harvard’s 12,000... View Details

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Industry Information - Alumni

the global personal care and household product market. Recently, it has added features on a variety of subjects, and expanded coverage in fast-growing markets in Asia and Latin America. CPG Matters A twice-monthly e-zine directed to the... View Details

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Dillon House | About

provides administrative space for MBA Admissions staff, who welcome legions of prospective students to campus throughout the year and annually review thousands of applications submitted by candidates from across the globe. Accepted MBA students bring a wide View Details

26 Mar 2021
Blog Post

How to Build a Resume That Stands Above the Competition

their resume? HBS alumni have a variety of resources available to help in the process of writing or updating a resume. Ms. Huggett recommends working with a professional, such as an HBS Career Coach or a specialized firm like hers.... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

Director Pat Gwin showed the group a photo of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault—a meticulously cataloged collection of more than 1.1 million seed varieties located 150 meters inside a mountain, on an island between Norway and the North Pole.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

School; Tiona Zuzul, assistant professor at London Business School; and HBS Professors Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna—came to their conclusions after reviewing the transcripts of interviews with 69 business and NGO leaders from a variety... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

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

MBA, you are likely thinking about what repayment might look like post-graduation. HBS graduates pursue careers in a variety of industries and positions around the world. With a median starting salary of $148,750, and median signing bonus... View Details

08 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder

experiment with 2,060 workers at a large, multibillion dollar commercial bank with thousands of employees. The researchers examined a variety of information, including the number of emails sent and received over time and time-stamp data,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association

(CHRO, L’Oreal USA), and Victoria A. Budson (Partner & Global Head of DEI at Bain Capital), as well as six panels and our second annual startup pitch competition. Panel speakers included women execs and female founders from a variety... View Details

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

enjoyed getting to know my classmates, who are now some of my closest friends. Our intense conversations on a variety of subjects that I never even thought of before HBS were some of the most intellectually stimulating experiences I had... View Details

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

“Results show strong correlations between business performance metrics and analytics capabilities, and highlight a variety of tasks in which top performing companies use analytics ” Feng Zhu, who teaches Digital Innovation and... View Details