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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

balancing budget stability with preserving the endowment’s purchasing power. The Harvard Corporation approves the final amount each year. Funds within the HBS endowment and those of the other Harvard schools... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Step Change

different in this sprawling city of 20 million than it is in Silicon Valley or any other entrepreneurial hot spot. Yet, 10 or 11 years ago, incubators and accelerators were only emerging concepts in Egypt.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

06 Mar 2020
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A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

When students come into my office they know I’m going to ask them, at the end of our conversation, “What’s one thing I can do to be a better teacher?” And I add, “Please don’t say everything’s just fine.”... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

30-year customer of Filene's Basement, a retailer offering fashion goods at discounted prices, who was eventually fired by the firm. The case traces how company actions taken in the name View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

12 Mar 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO

the CEO, with manageable consequences that are generally positive. Factor 1: Fit High performing companies require CEOs with the right skill set, decision style, and values. They have strong credibility with key stakeholders. They build... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

theory by constructing a measure of overconfidence, using the indicator of when a CEO exercises his or her stock options. She found a strong connection between executives who habitually View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

attempts to stroke/fondle/kiss you 24% 23% 28% 28% 24% Offered/Implied rewards if you engaged in sexual behavior 12% 11% 10% 5% 13% Exposed a private part of his/her body 4% 6% 5% 9% 4% Other Harassment,... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

exceeding. But the price for his little white lie was extremely high: The company based its demand planning on his sales forecast and consequently ran out of its core product in one View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

in the expert type field. Experts schedule office hours once a month between September and April. iLab Resources - Advising Resources Whether you’re looking discuss your idea or venture, discover tools and techniques to fast track your... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch

man at a welding station. "How's your daughter?" he calls to Jane as she takes a break from her sewing machine. Bullard knows most of the names of the 375 people employed by E.D. Bullard, the privately-held... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

11 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 11

decreases the compassion that individuals express to others in need, that this effect is mediated by dampened feelings of empathy and heightened perceptions of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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HBS - The year in Review

and an academic career in management by partnering them with a faculty member to work on articles, cases, and other research projects. As part of the School's efforts to increase diversity in doctoral... View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

Silence is associated with many virtues: modesty, respect for others, prudence, decorum. Thanks to deeply ingrained rules of etiquette, people silence themselves to avoid embarrassment, confrontation, and View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

01 Jan 2002
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Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

requires us to find people who want to stay with the company for the long haul." Another linchpin in Zehnder's vision also sets the firm apart from all others in the field. Clients pay for services rendered,... View Details

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

honest insights about the industry through various lenses.” Lugas Prancafitri Chief Financial Officer at BNI Ventures What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate View Details

01 Aug 2001
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Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)

before forming Indivers, a holding company that included Europe's first independent maker of extrusion dies. When a fire forced him to rebuild his facility in 1966, he... View Details

Keywords: Georges F. Doriot; John G. McLean; Alumni Achievement Award; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

the brand logo’s “M” apart to signal social distancing. "Nearly a quarter of brands have gone dark, pausing all of their paid marketing communications for the first and second quarter View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

11 Oct 2016
First Look

October 11, 2016

to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't improve. To fix these problems, senior executives and their HR departments should change the way they think about learning and development, and... View Details