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- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
http://www.springerlink.com/content/91647u2175267563/ Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation Authors: Chen Lin, Yue Ma, and Yuhai Xuan Publication: Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This study examines... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
sustainable use of resources. Wal-Mart, for example, just committed to buy seafood only from MSC-certified fisheries. This decision has rocked the industry because Wal-Mart is the second-largest buyer of fish in the United States. We’re... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
making decisions that could advance treatment options for patients with rare cancers. Neither of the Linns worked in science or medicine. A few years earlier, rare cancers had not even been on their radar. Now it was possible their... View Details
- 09 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 9
http://hbr.org/search/113088-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-125 Plastiq The young CEO of a venture-backed startup needs to figure out his go to market strategy and the right profile for his first key sales hires. Should he... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
development. After the initial shock, Cirne agreed, realizing that "the world's best speedboat captain isn't able to pilot an oil tanker." But he asked to participate in the search for his successor, and requested the right to... View Details
- Profile
Dominic Mensah
championed a grand vision of solving poverty and insurgency in Nigeria. Shahaan talked to me about how this was a clear example of why I needed to focus on my company in Ghana and why he believed I was the right person to create such an... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
Administration and faculty chair of the Leadership Initiative. That’s because the challenges that executives face today aren’t issues of technology but a question of “how to create an organization that can actually utilize digital tools and data to drive View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
In a Harvard Business School classroom, students in the Dynamic Markets class may have one minute to make a decision in a pressure cooker one called "the most stress I've experienced in ten years." It's margin call time in a... View Details
- Profile
Ann DeWitt
her desire for an education that would be immediately actionable. "I didn't need theory – I needed something rooted in practical, day-to-day decision making," says Ann. Two things convinced Ann that HBS was View Details
- 31 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Building a DTC Brand Through COVID
right decision to start my own company with HBS’s Rock Summer Fellowship. Sometimes I wonder why they accepted me and let me start my own apparel company amidst a pandemic. Yes, an apparel company. An... View Details
- 01 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the Value of an MBA
get right to the core of the decision to get an MBA: “Is two years away from work and this tuition going to be a worthwhile investment in myself?” It’s also present in more mundane View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside Modern HR
pulled into the middle of a difficult business issue or a white-hot decision moment as a kind of internal coach. That is incredibly fulfilling from an impact perspective—being trusted as an advisor when it matters most. YY: What’s new in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program
macroeconomic policies. At the Business School, I learned about finance, entrepreneurship, accounting, marketing, and more. HBS introduced me to industries and opportunities that were totally unfamiliar to me. As I close the second year, I am convinced that studying in... View Details
- 29 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
HBS, A Dream and Trey: How HBS Helped Me Launch My Social Enterprise
HBS was the right place for me.To understand why I came to HBS, we need to start at the beginning. I was born in Goodrich, a town of about 100 people in central North Dakota. My town is so small, it doesn’t even have a grocery store, and... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Samsung Global Strategy Group
and engage with students meaningfully at every step of the way so that GSG would stay top-of-mind. At Samsung, one of our core principles is “a company is its people,” which is at the heart of every decision we make. In recruiting, this... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
time. The decision was practical and personal: Her goal upon graduation was to land a well-paying job to support her fiancé through law school; once he’d completed his degree, it would be her turn to attend. The engagement ended, but... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
thinking about where to hold them, specifically, inside or outside of tax-deferred accounts. "Getting this decision right can be pretty close to a free lunch," says Bergstresser, who with colleague... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
the Attenborough would be named Boaty McBoatface. In the spirit of the case method, we never let a decision stand in the way of a good discussion. After all, how can we know that the decision made was the... View Details
- 03 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains
was fair game to chat about. A typical chat might go: Full Stack Engineer: “I’m thinking of moving the ‘Learn More’ button to the bottom right of the home page.” CEO: “Sounds good. What do you think about what that potential customer said... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
September 2016 Harvard Business Review How to Tackle Your Toughest Decisions By: Badaracco, Joseph L. Abstract—The toughest calls managers have to make come in situations when they have worked hard to gather the facts and have done the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel