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- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
we show that individuals who spend money on time-saving services report greater life satisfaction. A field experiment provides causal evidence that working adults report greater happiness after spending money on a time-saving purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
Therese. Morrell: Therese Perzyk was 88, the youngest of 10 children in the Perzyk family of Detroit, and the last living sibling. Quickly, a plan began to form to have the Perzyk family visit Zavattrello and receive the bracelet. And so,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
fueling the automobile has dominated world industrial development." Another described the car as "revolutionizing the role of transportation in everyday life and business. It made more of America accessible, resulting in the generation of... View Details
- Profile
Patrick Chun
by another two with Francisco Partners, a private-equity firm focused exclusively on technology. "It was four years of rigorous advisory and deal work, without a second to spare," says Patrick, "I realized at the end of it that I hadn't any time to think... View Details
- Web
From Classroom to Workplace: Theory to Practice | Baker Library
From Classroom to Workplace: Theory to Practice Portrait of Phyllis Cary, 1954. Radcliffe College Archives, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. TC 172-5-1 Jane Clifton completes field work at John Hancock Life... View Details
- 29 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Virtual Networking Tips from HBS Career Coaches
networking conversations this year: “How are you?” Tapping into the common experience of life in 2020 is very natural and necessary as we crave connectedness. “Not many people are sincerely asking “How are you doing?” since everyone is... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
consistent with the proposition that employed mothers provide non-traditional gender role models to their children, liberalizing gender attitudes and transmitting life skills for managing competing responsibilities, increasing the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
going lose about 100 games." She said, "So is your plan to be mad 100 nights a year?" Which was a really interesting insight. So the office does go up and down with wins and losses in terms of emotion because most of us are feisty and... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Introducing the HBS Heartland Club
Class of 2020, Frankie Costa and Brian Linville. After organizing a trek to their hometown (Pittsburgh, PA), Frankie and Brian searched for more ways to share similar experiences with students at HBS. The founding ECs recruited Heather and Alex to lead the club when... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
battery-storage opportunity this way: When Tesla announced its plans to produce an electric-vehicle battery that could run for a million miles on a single charge, she began to wonder what might happen to that battery once the car itself... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
An Unfinished Story
In 1961, at the age of eight, Elaine Chao (MBA 1979) traveled to the United States from Taiwan with her mother and two sisters aboard a cargo ship. It was a harrowing 37-day journey to reunite with her father, who had come to the country three years earlier in hopes of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
“We’re not trying to bend the laws of physics. We are trying to enhance control. We’re trying to grow 365 days a year.” Lo is an admittedly unlikely farmer. She grew up as the daughter of Korean diplomats, a life that provided her with a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
1998, Eamer was shot by bandits. He lost seven pints of blood in the four hours it took to find a surgeon. He barely made it. Ever since, they have had a family motto: If it ain’t life and death, it ain’t worth panicking about. And if it... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
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Maggie Sanchez (MBA 1990) on Purpose-Driven Board Leadership - Blog: RGE Report
She urges directors to talk much more about risk and cybersecurity and be nimble in response to rapid change. “We have to make decisions now based on solid assumptions and do serious scenario planning for the future.” The Personal Side of... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
more about their business, but in one of our conversations I was asked to pitch them on a brand that would fit within their model,” Girard said. Channeling her life experience going back to the 4th grade, Girard pitched them on an idea... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
and COO of the 2010 World Series–winning Giants, is on the air at a local sports radio station. He’s announcing plans to take the Series trophy on tour, not only throughout Northern California but also across the country to the site of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
humanity. Badaracco presents a five-question framework offering a way for managers to balance their analytical work with the human side and find a way forward when analysis falls short. Chasing Rainbows and Beyond: A Spectrum of Life and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
Steven B. Belkin (MBA '71) began his highly successful travel and financial services marketing enterprise, Trans National Group, a few years out of HBS. G. Peter Bidstrup (MBA '59) started to put together the Doubletree Hotel chain in the 1960s as Robert G. Gordon (MBA... View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
Hare said, “Should we do better in investing in people? They’re an asset of course we should!” Guy Higgins and Lewisman agreed, with conditions: “ (as with the GI Bill) make the offer to men and women who have some life experience and... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the PRIDE Club
Fantasy League. When class is out, he can often be found sashaying around Shad Hall, Barry's Back Bay, or stealing away to the K School (Harvard Kennedy School) to live out his wannabe policy-nerd dreams. Post-MBA, Dan plans on returning... View Details