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  • 27 Sep 2017
  • Blog Post

Meet the Latino Student Association

The Latino Student Organization (LASO) at the Harvard Business School is dedicated to fostering a collaborative community of aspiring Latino business leaders who wish to pursue a career in the United States. We provide resources and View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • Web

Faculty & Advisors | MBA

M.D. MS/MBA Program Faculty Co-Chair for MS Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, Chief of Pathways Consult Service at Massachusetts General Hospital Douglas Melton, Ph.D. MS/MBA Program Faculty Co-Chair... View Details
  • September 2017 (Revised June 2019)
  • Case

Dianrong: Marketplace Lending, Blockchain, and 'The New Finance' in China

By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Anthony K. Woo
This case examines the strategic positioning of Dianrong, one of the largest online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms in China, in its attempt to become a foundational player in the expansion of the FinTech sector in Asia. Dianrong had recently announced the... View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Internet and the Web; Supply Chain; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Competition; Product Positioning; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; China
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  • 16 Jun 2015
  • Blog Post

Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS

schools that winter. Nothing came close to how I was welcomed and my service was appreciated at HBS. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to study at HBS - an opportunity that I am still grateful for to this day. My three years on... View Details
  • 13 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Breaking Through the Self-Doubt That Keeps Talented Women from Leading

comprehension, which was drawn from the Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) exam. Prolific users also completed a brief sociodemographic survey and built a resume that included their test score, basic education information,... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
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Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge

Case What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders by Avery Forman What can corporate leaders learn from executives who served their country during wartime conflicts? Drawing on a series of case studies, Robert Simons shares... View Details
  • 15 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Coming Out Calculus: A Reflection in Honor of National Coming Out Day

associates at this financial services firm, am in training. We’ve received an itinerary for the day: it’s icebreakers, a whole lot of Excel modeling, some training on basic asset classes—nothing too... View Details
  • Web

Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the correct provider, treatment, and setting. Geography of Care National centers of excellence providing care for exceedingly complex patients. Information Technology An information technology system designed to support the major elements... View Details
  • 27 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 27

The Effect of Service Quality and Competition on Demand By: Balasubramanian, Karthik, and David F. Drake Abstract—The use of electronic money transfer through cellular networks ("mobile money") is rapidly increasing in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 4

benefits are often indirect and not immediately felt. One benefit of increased labor is improved quality. The objective of this paper is to examine the effect of labor on profitability through its impact on quality. I examine both conformance quality and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 14

  PublicationsThe Paradox of Excellence Authors:Thomas J. DeLong and Sara DeLong Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 6 (June 2011) Abstract Why is it that so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?

‘professional’ client services firm,” he says. “The client and the values of the firm are of utmost importance.” The case of the abusive VP: During work with a client, you witness abusive behavior by a senior vice president at the firm,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consulting
  • June 2017 (Revised May 2019)
  • Supplement

Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (B)

By: Doug J. Chung
Kjell & Company was a Swedish retail electronics chain founded in 1988 by brothers Marcus, Mikael and Fredrik Dahnelius. The company operated 84 stores, all company-owned, located mainly in the metropolitan areas of Sweden’s most popular cities: Stockholm, Gothemburg... View Details
Keywords: Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Change Management; Behavior; Electronics Industry; Sweden
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  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Interview

Jeffrey Rayport on Product Market Fit, Profit Market Fit and Whiplash, and More

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Doug Levin
This episode of "Lessons from Startup Life" podcast features Jeffrey Rayport, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Jeffrey specializes in teaching and researching growth-stage technology ventures and their scalability. Prior to... View Details
Keywords: Scaling And Growth; Start-up; Diversity; Equity; Inclusion; Technology; Business Startups; Product Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation
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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services
    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    The Imposter Among Us

    restore service to the headquarters as well as all of the corporation’s telecommunications. I felt like an imposter, but I decided that I didn’t need to share that info. I chose to set an aggressive goal for restoration. The fire started... View Details
    Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services
    • 08 Apr 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Demotivate Your Best Employees

    the laundry plant, one worker's tardiness or absence can affect another's productivity. If one team of workers falls behind on the job, for example, other workers down the line are left to sit idle. Stellar employees who previously had View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Service
    • Web

    HBS - The year in Review

    with more than 200 MBA students from their regions in a pilot networking event. Dining Services Partner Affirmed As part of the broader effort to ensure excellence in its View Details
    • 23 Aug 2016
    • First Look

    August 23, 2016

    science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model responds to the twenty-first century requirements for View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 25 Feb 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: February 25

    between the Institutional Shareholder Services and management regarding the appropriateness of the CEO's compensation plan. Was ISS right that Qualcomm CEO's pay was inflated and justified by benchmarking to aspirational peers? Or was... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne