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Patrick Connolly

array of sources and disciplines but also impels you to action and thoughtful decision-making. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? First and foremost, as a career-changer, HBS has opened a world of possibilities that View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services

28 May 2019
News

Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble

look, I decided that something here is interesting—and probably sustainable. Bitcoin feels increasingly mainstream. What’s behind the lingering skepticism? I think the question is whether there is a fundamental use case. If somebody can... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

09 Mar 2021
News

A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible

asked to pay their $20,000 fees even though they are also required to study from home using video they could probably get on YouTube,” he says. “That can’t last.” Alison also now provides free psychometric testing and cognitive skills... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Sep 2019
News

A Measured Approach

sophisticated monitoring and evaluation tools that could make a huge difference in how organizations implement and modify their projects, but they simply weren’t being used by decision-makers on the ground. A big reason they decided to start their own nonprofit “is... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

01 Dec 2018
News

Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

raised $93,853 from 421 investors earlier this year largely by pitching the investment to its existing user base. “It’s hard to do due diligence on a private company,” says Hofmann. “If you’re a user you’re probably already convinced of... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Apr 1998
News

Plunging Into the Net

Technology has a way of seeping into our lives. On our first encounter with a microwave, an answering machine, an ATM, a cellular phone, or a video camera, each of these innovations probably seemed foreign, odd, perhaps unnecessary. But... View Details

02 Aug 2021
What Do You Think?

Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?

probably at Level 2, Medium, March 29, 2020. Your feedback to last month’s column Last month’s column asked whether chief/customer experience officers (CXOs) were critical to the task of knowing customers. A summary of responses would... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage

she would still probably be wise (from an economic standpoint) to focus on investment banking and to pay others to paint her house for her, rather than to paint it herself. This is because her comparative advantage is presumably in... View Details

Keywords: Re: David A. Moss

05 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

"Losing money is part of this business and I hate it," said Dalton. The real challenge, he added, is recognizing when it's over and cutting off funding. After seeing a venture he pulled out of go on to do very well, however, Dalton made a prediction that... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

even a small probability of enforcement, many foreign insiders will respect the law. But the prospect of a reputational asset may be an even stronger incentive for producing law-abiding behavior. My study has shown through a carefully... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

12 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

—that probably should not be squeezed as tightly as possible because they do seem to be able to truly add value. Q: Any suggestions for what our business readers should ask themselves when they look around their own headquarters? A:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2022
News

Ink: Start Small, Rise Above

probably different from what either of us would have done on our own. We all learned this in negotiation class at HBS: If one person is gaining, it doesn’t necessarily mean the other person is losing. There’s actually a third point where... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

17 Oct 2019
News

Venturing Away from Venture Capital

Fortunately, says Lerner, the opportunities for entrepreneurs have probably never been better, in part because the cost of starting a business has never been lower and in part because the mania for investing in startups has led to all... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

14 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 14

and on the probability distribution over the sets of feasible alternatives that the society will face. Our methods generalize the well-known Kemeny Rule. In the Kemeny Rule, it is known a priori that the subset of feasible alternatives... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Dec 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Marrying Distance and Classroom Education

haven't seen people talking about the design that way. That's what we need to get to. If we had the workshop participants together for a week they'd probably come up with a pretty good design. So, if I were in a corporation I would be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Aug 2019
News

Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector

of very high highs, and very low lows. And my experience is really trying to balance both sides, and always constantly remember why I'm there. In terms of the highs the food is amazing, the culture is very vibrant. Lagos is probably the... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

New Ventures New Gains

finalizing the plan with MIT collaborator Tim Tuttle and fellow Class of 2000 teammates Sarah Boatman (now director of strategic marketing) and Robert Dreyer (vice president of engineering). “We probably wouldn’t have pulled any... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

04 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

that I think the trend is probably getting close to its peak,” Kerr says. It’s an area that needs more study—and doesn’t necessarily mean those tech centers will disappear. “It's not that that's gone away, and that suddenly, post-COVID,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

07 Nov 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Less Becoming More?

for both customers and producers. After pointing out that "Less is more is probably a great way to be a consumer. If you practice it, you will drill down into your purchase thinking and determine real needs versus discretionary... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consumer Products

03 Jun 2022
Blog Post

HiHome Sweet HiHome

full time engineer. “SEAS and Harvard more broadly has been absolutely critical to HiHome,” Shu said. “Without SEAS and Harvard, HiHome probably wouldn’t exist right now.” Parker and Shu met by chance, but it didn’t take long for them to... View Details

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