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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
Constance “CJ” Jones (MBA 2008) had a tough time as a student at her middle school in Durham, North Carolina. Often the only person of color in the academically advanced classes, she felt rejected by both her white and her black peers for... View Details
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
senior executives specializing in everything except sales. “The number of executives reporting to the CEO in the average S&P 500 company has doubled in the last 20 years,” says Frank V. Cespedes, a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
transformed during my first year at HBS. She keeps me grounded in a fast-paced environment. I am clear on my priorities and optimize every minute in my day to maximize my time here while still being involved in her life. View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
Mortgage Debt on Homes Other Than Farm Homes at the Fourteenth Census, 1920 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1923). Ham, Arthur H. A Credit Union Primer; an Elementary Treatise on Cooperative Banking (New York City: Division... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
works best.) Of course, innovation is not born of process but by passionate people. How are they discovered? Building a Growth Factory recommends that successful innovators be identified by looking at behaviors. The best idea guys and... View Details
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
School Professor Rembrand M. Koning. Like party guests who refuse to mingle, entrepreneurs tend to gravitate toward people they already know at these programs, especially if they participate as a team, diminishing the learning potential.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 07 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Value a “Free” Customer?
research is starting to look at customers whose value is not as readily apparent, and where CLV calculations break down. In a recent working paper, Harvard Business School professor Sunil Gupta calls them "free" customers—think... View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
also has a famous second career, that of motivational speaker. In that role, Zander has appeared several times at the World Economic Forum in Davos as well as at old-age homes, middle schools, Fortune 500... View Details
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
Missing Quarterly Analysts Forecasts (revised) Authors:Richard Mergenthaler, Shiva Rajgopal, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract We find that missing the quarterly analyst consensus earnings forecast is associated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
pleasant memories of his class back in the early 1960s. What I remember of Mr. Levitt (he was always “Mister” to me) is his furtive pacing back and forth in front of the blackboard. At the third level were a couple of fellows who even in... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
an effort to connect with a broader audience of alumni, conference plenary sessions were livecast on the Internet and have been archived on the HBS Web site. Those who missed the conference can directly access the sessions on the Web... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
random variation or quasi-random variation. In some ways, my work is at the other end of the spectrum, because a lot of my environments are really abstract. I have college students in a lab, I’ve designed... View Details
- Profile
Georges F. Doriot
create and nurture a startup, Doriot brought an innate skill to his concept for venture capital. In his book about Doriot, “The First Venture Capitalist,” Udayan Gupta wrote, “In a world in which the financing of risk and innovation was View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
Vijayaraghavan Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 9 (September 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/09/should-you-listen-to-the-customer/ar/1 'I'll Have One of Each': How... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Tracking Tariffs: Are Retailers Passing Costs to Consumers? | Working Knowledge
out that one of the most overlooked benefits of AI in academic research is its ability to search for and fill in missing data, as demonstrated in this case. The research comes from the Digital Data Design Institute View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
For Angie’s List, a New Niche? I enjoyed the profile of Angie Hicks (MBA 2000) in the March issue. While pursuing a post-HBS PhD, I supplemented poverty fellowship wages by pounding nails at a small, conscientious hardwood floor... View Details
- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
past year by BEI to explore the role of business leaders in the age of climate change. The event featured a keynote address by Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University, titled “Reimagining... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
How To Hire A Millennial
professional development as one of their top priorities, companies should also take a hard look at their mentorship programs, a widely embraced concept that now too often degenerates into pro forma and intermittent “check-in” lunches.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
paper we draw on the recent literature to highlight areas in which history has played a particularly prominent role in improving our understanding of growth dynamics. Research at the intersection of historical data, theory, and empirics... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad
better by snatching a burger from his mouth and kicking him under the dinner table when he orders fries. Sitting on a park bench, the couple agree that drinking Pepsi MAX is OK—until a pretty jogger waves at the husband. The wife throws... View Details