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- 12 May 2021
- Book
The Hard Truth About Being a CEO
Because they’re so busy and often surrounded by people, it feels as if they’re engaged and involved. Similarly, CEOs receive a stream of communication from a variety of sources, so they may not realize that they’re filtering out... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
School Case 310-011 Acumen Fund is a global venture capital firm with a dual purpose: it looks for a return on its investments, and it also seeks entrepreneurial solutions to global poverty. This case examines Acumen's new projects in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
with reusable grocery bags has been strongly promoted as environmentally and socially conscious. In parallel, firms have joined policy makers in using a variety of initiatives to reduce the use of plastic bags. However, little is known... View Details
- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
Opportunities. Measures skills and behaviors associated with the ability to identify and seek out high-potential business opportunities. Vision and Influence. Measures skills and behaviors associated with the ability to influence all... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
“returnship” programs Search online, or tap your networking community, for more formal programs or coaching engagements that can reinforce your search with outside support and help. There are many reasons alumni seek flexible or project... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
offerings with price-insensitive consumers. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52177 Fake Discounts Drive Real Revenues in Retail By: Ngwe, Donald Abstract—Prices in a wide variety of contexts are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
energy sector. As Khosla thought about the hundreds of millions of dollars required by his portfolio companies, he wondered how he should position his firm at this stage of development. Should Khosla develop a new fund that focused on later-stage investments? Should he... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Profiles - MBA
human-computer interaction, data engineering, generative AI, venture capital, consumer technology Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: At a time when political polarization seems to be the new normal, donations fuel rhetoric, and... View Details
- Web
Resources for New Alumni - Alumni
Careers Resources for New Alumni Careers Resources for New Alumni Career & Professional Development (CPD) continues to offer a breadth of support for your career development as an HBS alumnus, whether you are seeking coaching, career... View Details
- 26 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener
For a better shot at landing the top job at today’s companies, aspiring CEOs should set aside their slide presentations and work on their listening skills instead, new research suggests. Companies are increasingly seeking socially adept... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
First, we review the evidence linking charitable behavior and happiness. We present research from a variety of samples (adults, children, and primates) and methods (correlational and experimental) demonstrating that happier people give... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
their organizational structures. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54625 forthcoming Journal of Consumer Research Learning to Become a Taste Expert By: Deighton, John A., and Kathryn A. Latour Abstract—Evidence suggests that consumers... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Curriculum - Business & Environment
decisions involving sustainability issues. Cases are set in a variety of industry contexts, including energy, agriculture, transportation, chemicals, and investment. Some of the environment-related cases recently taught (Spring and Fall... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
show that the combination of preference for variety and consumption complementarities gives rise to (i) a commons problem (to better satisfy their individual preference for variety, users have an incentive to consume more applications... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley
late 2010s, Professor Paul Gompers started noticing clusters of entrepreneurial ecosystems popping up in places around the world not known for such activity: Kenya, Pakistan, the Philippines. What was driving their emergence? What could other developing economies learn... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
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Business History - Faculty & Research
and traces the evolution of their environmental strategies in response to growing evidence of pollution and resulting political pressures. The variety of capitalism literature has suggested that the German coordinated market economy model... View Details
- 13 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions
sample of actual applications from entrepreneurs seeking commercial loans for the first time. They acquired the loan files from a large commercial lender in India, a country challenged by a dearth of verifiable financial data. As is... View Details
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
paper seeks to alter the framing of this debate by asking, instead, "When does leadership matter?" We develop a "contingent opportunities" theory of leadership and empirically examine our predictions on a dataset of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
Economics for Managers Economics for Managers will enable you to drive critical business decisions. Explore how businesses approach pricing strategy, evaluate market demand, and differentiate their offerings, and how you can apply those learnings to successfully... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
the organization seeks to boost their relative share of the scarce resources. This competitive drive to excel others is the greatest source of the restless energy that people bring to the workplace. If this were the only drive in play, it... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria