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- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
Love at HBS is a celebration of the diverse expressions of love that exist on our campus and in the world around us. This project showcases stories of love from students at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
Christopher Columbus were, in a sense, venture capitalists. But it wasn’t until the second half of the 20th century that venture financing became a professional, large-scale industry. And the man who led... View Details
- 22 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Side Effects: The Case of Propecia
You are the marketing director of Propecia, a new drug for hair restoration that's about to hit the market. But the drug can only be purchased via a physician's prescription. So do you advertise directly to balding men? Do you concentrate... View Details
- 12 Apr 2022
- Book
Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence
Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
Victor Navasky of The Nation magazine has spent his life taking on the Establishment. So what did he hope to accomplish at Harvard Business School? Call it what you will — the conventional wisdom, the status quo, the official line — and... View Details
- 15 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Promises and Limitations of Big Data
financial robots, and passing along the savings to their customers. Luis Viceira explains the rise of "fintech" in a new case study. Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires? Danielle Li and... View Details
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
Fialkow, managing director of General Catalyst Partners, he would first employ the "earnest young man routine" to get an interview with an old guy in business who could explain the ins and outs... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Hi. This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. There's this Teddy Roosevelt quote about struggle that I came across recently that I really like. Roosevelt said, "There's never... View Details
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century Request the Data A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Robert S. Abbott Chicago Defender, 1905–1940 Benjamin Abrams Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation, 1922–1966... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
lives of three main protagonists—a young man traveling in Europe and behind the Iron Curtain, a young woman who has a calling to music, and another young woman who has loved and lost once—as they experience... View Details
- 10 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing
complaint, but the class discussion turned to the motivations of the man who revealed the wrongdoing. Have you ever thought about blowing the whistle? Dey asked her students. Their response: We’ve thought... View Details
Keywords: by April White
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
a Denver-based co-creation of Mala Gaonkar (MBA 1996) and the former front man of the Talking Heads, David Byrne, that promises a mind-bending experience steeped in... View Details
- 21 Jun 2012 - 24 Jun 2012
- Conference Presentation
Visual Attention to Power Posers: People Avert their Gaze from Nonverbal Displays of Power
By: Elizabeth Baily Wolf
Existing literature suggests that people visually attend more to powerful/high-status people. However, previous studies manipulated target power/status via the target’s role (e.g., CEO or judge vs. mechanic or fry cook) or clothing (e.g., business suit vs. sweat suit).... View Details
- 04 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness
that he was replacing a woman as opposed to a man affect his decision?” Most likely, yes. In studying the appointments of more than 2,000 federal judges and more than 5,000 corporate board members, Chang... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
Americans don't know how lucky they are." Q: You explore in detail his early years growing up a Hungarian Jew who was threatened not only by the Nazis but also by the Soviet invasion of his country. What do you think this upbringing... View Details
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
Richard S. Tedlow, MBA Class of 1949 Emeritus Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author of the forthcoming book, The Emergence View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
Our Favorite Stories of 2020
Can This Man Change the American Diet? Clover Food Lab takes a transparent approach to bringing its unique style of vegetarian, fast-casual food to customers. In this episode View Details
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
the mid-1920s, Bruce Barton produced The Man Nobody Knows, comparing Jesus to a sales and advertising man. In the middle of the Great Depression, Dale Carnegie, a former Armour salesman, wrote the bestseller... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Part Ownership of a Dream
Terry Finley (OPM 45, 2014) has been in the winner’s circle of more than a few race tracks. Founder and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds, Finley even won the 2017 Kentucky Derby with his partial ownership... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Founder of Modern Venture Capital
The exhibition, at Baker Library on the HBS campus, features selections from the Georges F. Doriot Collection—on permanent loan from the French Cultural Center, Boston—that reveal the ideas and ideals of a View Details