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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
Middlebrooks, Gwen Shuster-Haynes, and John Weber in June 1983, while they were still MBA students. Checking in with them five years later, in June 1988, we discovered many ways in which their lives - and their perspectives on work and... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
reviews unless you start doing things that are very, very fuzzy. For example, some hotels when you check out they ask how your experience was. And if you said, “Oh it was amazing, I loved it, the staff are so good,” then they give you a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
was the deregulation of industries in which competition had traditionally been held in check by government rules, as in airlines, banking, and telecommunications. The second consisted of the ever-widening effect of new technologies,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
might’ve been something like Competition and Strategy, and it was kind of an open session where the case was on branding, and this company was actually trying to brand lobsters. And I guess for a while they were pretty successful—they had their own submarine to go down... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
about tax legislation beyond concern over the amount of the check we write each April 15? Yes, very much so. Our tax policies reflect the values that the country stands for. Do we cut taxes on top earners or redistribute their wealth to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
of checked that. The second way is that coaches and entrepreneurs found each other, and while coaches were willing to take on raw recruits, they wanted them to be coachable. SS: So what are the implications then for a business that wants... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
in companies like Check Point, one of the first big firewall companies. Rothrock listened to the speech and thought: “Finally.” As in, at last—the government is waking up to a reality that the tech community realized long ago. “The... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
prayer as a point of distinction for the group, something special." Stuart also drew on principles he considers to be spiritually based to help him handle the sometimes overwhelming challenges he faced as a managerial leader. "I tried my best to View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
they may be able to contribute to or connect you to someone who can be helpful, go for it. I want leaders to ask me ‘What am I doing wrong, where can I level up?’” —Reed Sturtevant, general partner, The Engine Financials Table stakes: Investment View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
pleased to present this annual showcase of student stories from the LGBTQ+ community and our wonderful allies here at Harvard Business School. Charles Ghati and Michi Ferreol (MBA 2021) Every evening, before heading to bed, I check the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
my intuition. Chad Waite (MBA 1983) OVP Venture Partners Gut Check In 2012, just one year into my VC career at Bessemer, I met a sharp and energetic founder named Nat Friedman. He told me about his company, Xamarin, which helped... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
term. “It is these shareholders who pushed companies to generate returns at levels that were not sustainable. They also made sure high returns were tied to management compensation. The pressure to produce unrealistic profit fueled increased risk-taking. And as the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
employers to check a job applicant’s legal status. He also opposes awarding amnesty and supports building a wall along strategic sections of the U.S.-Mexico border. Edwards’s centrist leanings can also be seen in his votes with the... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
and Recovery In 2013, Sam Frons founded Addicaid—a mobile application (app) that allowed people in addiction recovery to track their progress, check in with counselors, and connect with others in recovery programs. The app was grounded in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
work around the clock, priorities set up years ago dictate differently. Placing family as the top priority has led to many work-life choices, including the decision of no work in the evenings or on the weekends (not even to check email).... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
sanctions—are essential whenever demanding performance goals are set and rewards are linked to performance outcomes. A framework is introduced for designing internal control systems to safeguard information and assets. These internal controls provide the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
a series of falsification checks that use information from unaffected portions of the income distribution to improve RD estimates. This strategy improves balance on observables between treatment and control groups, and Monte Carlo... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
importing country. We cross check our results in number of ways. Our results, which differ from findings using Penn World Tables data, caution against discounting a role for the higher price of capital goods in explaining the higher... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
free-reign of bargaining power with no check upon it. In reality, courts cannot implement agreements costlessly, and parties often prefer to use "non-cooperative" implementation. We present a bargaining model which incorporates... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
began, there is something I would call purpose decay. It’s not something you can do once and check the box. And I saw in companies like Boeing or even Johnson & Johnson, which were famous for having a strong purpose orientation, that how,... View Details