the middle class - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

leader is the chairman of the family holding company and the clear leader of the family owners. In general, family business system leaders are... View Details

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

science matters. We have a class, it's a very popular class at the Harvard Business School. Some of you will take it in the spring if you're HBS students in View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

May 2022
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Maestro Pizza (B): The Competition Awakens

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais

Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details

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23 Apr 2001
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The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

has a distinctive culture. Don't assume you understand it even if you have done business elsewhere in the Middle East. It's going to take another generation for businesses in this region to approximate... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

17 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Resisting the Seductions of Success

mixture of admiration and scorn. But students recognize that resume-gods are merely the extreme version of themselves: In discussions of this book, a student will often tell a class that Tony is just like... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

decades of social history, where enjoyment of nonproductive leisure time was seen as a mark of a successful life. The ability to fritter away your hours was considered the apex of success as evidenced in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

Harvard Business School started its Japan Research Office in December 2001—smack in the middle of an incredibly turbulent time for the country's economy. View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

August 2003 (Revised September 2003)
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KIPP National, 2002 (B): Managing a School Network

Continues the history of the KIPP Academies--two high-performing public middle schools founded in 1995 by Michael Fineberg and David Levin in Houston and New York. View Details

Keywords: Middle School Education; Houston

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01 Sep 2015
News

The Protagonist Goes Prime Time

Buell sprints from the Skydeck, his gray jacket flapping, to add another student idea to the slowly growing list on the chalkboard. The Managing... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 2021
News

Furthering the Legacy of Whitney Bowman (MBA 2006)

life, says his widow. A few days before classes started, the Bowmans welcomed their third child. “As a young family, we were thrilled to receive fellowship support. It was a big deal for us,” says Brittanie.... View Details

30 Nov 2019
News

Land of the Rising Scrum

MBA 2003 and teammate Kohei Umakoshi Don’t ask O’Donnell to recount any of the big plays of either match. “I’m the hooker, in the middle of View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

out of touch with the realities of the poor. They tend to come from the upper economic classes and primarily interact with people like... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2021
News

Hybrid Learning the HBS Way

made remote-only classes as interactive and engaging as possible, he says the hybrid classrooms elevated the experience. “I immediately perk up in my seat and feel more... View Details

29 May 2017
Blog Post

The Diverse Community at HBS

class where everyone has the same point of view would be very boring because no one would learn anything new or see things from different angles. In my opinion, the process of... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Up on the Green Roof

for LEED status — the Class of 1959 Chapel and McCulloch. The School’s goal is to achieve LEED Gold Certification for all new construction and major renovations, says O’Brien.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Construction of Buildings; Construction

12 May 2016
Blog Post

Reflecting on the JD/MBA Experience

to focus on a single program to build the groundwork for future study in the upper-level years. Harvard affords its JD/MBAs the choice of which school to start at, and I... View Details

13 May 2019
Blog Post

The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS

brought new life into the world during their time here. Find out how they juggled class time, cases, social lives, and motherhood through each of their amazing stories. Ally Wagner (MBA 2019) Pregnant RC |... View Details

28 May 2019
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Case Study: Building the Base

misjudged the results of the presidential election. A media junkie as far back as his middle school years and more recently at Nickelodeon’s strategy department, Patel realized... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

23 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

more effective teachers. “There’s a big opportunity to really upscale and certify them,” Gupta says. At the same time, Rocket provides educational tools and content that teachers can share with parents to reinforce foundational skills at... View Details

02 Nov 2021
News

The Road to Racial Equity

among the first class of companies (along with Amazon and Bain Capital) to commit to the standards. The program is focused on “calling... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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