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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
relationship, whether it’s a provider, a pharmacy, or a patient, involves data, often mobile data on phones.” BlueCross has had to outsource more than 100 of its IT jobs, he adds—not to save money, but because positions can’t be filled... View Details
- 04 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
4 Tips for MBA Students with Families
saved us during the winter! We were advised to live on campus so we didn’t even consider living off campus, although I suppose some of the merits are that you can save money, have a pet (if that is an... View Details
- 12 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Pay Workers More So They Steal Less
employee theft. A cost-benefit analysis proved that what companies saved in cash and inventory loss covered about 39 percent of the costs associated with wage increases. (So if a company increases wages by $1, it can expect to lose almost... View Details
- 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
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Papers in progress
- “The ‘Carbon Club’: Oil Companies, Climate Change & the Shaping of Public Policy”. Conspiracy theories abound, but the roles of the major oil companies in influencing public policy on climate change remain largely obscure. This... View Details
- Portrait Project
Shardule Shah
in. The lines between parenting and working are increasingly blurred, but I am here for all of it. It took me a while to realize that having kids adds value even in business. I had thought that the guiding light for my biotech startup would be the prospect of View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thai Lee, MBA 1985
While her native country was not a friendly environment for a budding female entrepreneur, she made the best of the situation in order to meet her goal of saving enough money to attend business school. Similarly, when Lee applied to HBS,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Portrait Project
Arpit Agrawal
did not care. I just wanted to play. I just wanted my shot in this major league of teenagers. They agreed. In the next one hour, I gave it everything I had. I chased every ball down. I dived to save every run. I did everything to help my... View Details
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VCPE Database Comparison
black; border-left:1px solid black">Great all-around company database with granular screening criteria. Can also save screens at HBS level to share with... View Details
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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
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973
at the Paris train station to save enough money to move to Brazil. "My father was an engineer, and my mother was an entrepreneur," says Jakurski, who, like his parents, has achieved remarkable success seizing business opportunities in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 26 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India
entire fleet to electric (10k+ busses)c. Over a period of 10 years, they will save approximately 6,000 million liters of fuel and reduce CO2 emissions by 6.5 million [metric] tons Takeaways: Operational Model Shift: BEST's shift from a... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Home Finance
urged prospective home-buyers to save the entire purchase price before acquiring a home. In practice, however, most home-buyers and home-builders after the Civil War got themselves a mortgage—or three or four. By the 1920s, economists... View Details
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
the vendors are established and the corporate focus is on growth. But when the economy begins to slow down, he said, companies start looking for ways to streamline operations and save money, and that can be a way in. For more on the... View Details
- 10 May 2019
- Blog Post
Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA
Joy and Tarang took care of my son and literally saved the day. Being a mother/parent at HBS is a learning experience for everyone: yourself, your section mates, your friends, and family. You’ll learn how to juggle many things and see... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist
Saladrigas managed to save $400 -- by mowing lawns, delivering newspapers, and waxing cars -- to help his parents get settled when they arrived from Cuba in 1962. Tragically, his mother then developed cancer, and Saladrigas dropped out of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 06 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)
consulting for two years prior to coming to HBS. Growing up in a family that prioritized saving for a rainy day, I had been contributing as much as I could to retirement savings. I was relieved to find that doing so would not hurt my... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures
became CEO of the researcher’s fledgling firm, Novazyme Pharmaceuticals. But Crowley’s personal involvement in the cure he sought almost proved his undoing, as perceptions of potential conflicts of interest threatened to keep his kids out of the clinical trials that... View Details
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
And Aisha unfortunately had the same condition that Tanya did. And then we had to battle like crazy to save her. We had to fly her to the UK. I had only $2,000 in my pocket. Enough to just buy an air ticket, one-way air ticket. I didn't... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
playing out over the past decade. Our advice to the CEO is to look at IT use through several different lenses. One lens should be focused on improving cost savings and efficiencies. Another should be focused on the incremental improvement... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan