Community Relations - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2018
News

In Memoriam: Hugo Uyterhoeven

riding. The more tightly you pull on the reins, the more the horse will buck. The more you let the reins free and the horse roam, the happier the horse will be and the better your ride.’” As senior associate dean for External Relations... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

New HBS Alumni Board Members

Mortgage & Realty and Michigan Heritage Bancorp. He has led several community organizations, such as the Lansing Symphony, Capital Area United Fund, and the Voluntary Action Center in Lansing. Born in New York City and raised in Wilmette,... View Details

28 Apr 2022
News

Finding Her Place

relate his adventures in Southern California. It was a long time before the family learned that Billy, who had mental health issues, was living on the streets of Pasadena. Hudson recalls not even knowing what “homeless” meant when her... View Details

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

In the high-tech industry, it's common practice for a governing body to develop technical standards for any given technology. The goal is to promote widespread adoption and compatibility among various devices. The Bluetooth standard lets a Nokia headset View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

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Eligibility | New Venture Competition

infrastructure) The project can be a nonprofit, for-profit or hybrid model. The project can only be entered in one track of the New Venture Competition (e.g. Social Enterprise or Business). Living within the Community Standards & Student... View Details

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Bibliography - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Related Collections Site Credits Bibliography Crossman, Carl L. The Decorative Arts of the China Trade: Paintings, Furnishings and Exotic Curiosities . Woodbridge, Suffolk [England]: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1991. Downs, Jacques M. The... View Details

24 Jul 2018
News

How Amy Hood Won Back Wall Street and Helped Reboot Microsoft

At an executive retreat in 2015, Hood lectured senior leaders on the need for more internal and external metrics to keep employees on a measurable path and communicate better to investors. Nadella and Hood hatched a plan to refocus... View Details

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

Firm Dynamics Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. We use a unique firm level data set of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving

justify an excuse to give. Related Reading: Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things What... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2003
News

Service with a Smile

unsatisfied, they need to have a means of communicating their emotions.” Interestingly, when employees are asked to amplify certain positive emotions — to deliver a product with a smile, for instance — their job satisfaction increases.... View Details

Keywords: Laura Morgan Roberts; Stephane Cote; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

02 Sep 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

witnessed, but NO VIRGINIA, the business cycle is not dead.” Others cited forces that, by implication, appeared to weight more heavily as influences on expansion. They included continued reasonable increases in business earnings in View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

13 Mar 2011
News

Sympathy and Concern for HBS Alumni in Japan

clubs. Information on how alumni can offer support will be available soon. Please check back here for updates: http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/japan_earthquake/ During difficult times, we hope that the HBS community can be one of comfort,... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

first thing you need to know is that competitive video gaming has been around a lot longer than you think. On November 10, 1980, five teenage boys faced off at the Warner Communications headquarters in Rockefeller Center in the middle of... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

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Judging | New Venture Competition

look at both the strength of the concept and areas related to execution of the plan. There are three rounds of judging – a preliminary round, a semi-final round, and a final round – and a different set of judges for each round.... View Details

Career Coach

Doug Lester

a career. Coaching sessions with Doug can range from broadly conceptual, touching on issues related to meaning in work and life, to highly focused and tactical, including formulating effective networking strategies and following through... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

for the year. As you may remember, the Board is organized around subcommittees, and their work concludes with a series of recommendations made to the School at the end of June. The committees have worked hard this year on issues relating... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?

rich” and a highly visible wealth gap could mean for political stability. In Latin America, they’re concerned that economic progress may not be fast enough nor redistribution of income sufficient to forestall more Chavez-type leaders. Many distrust government. The U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

May 2021 (Revised June 2021)
Supplement

'GEnron'? Markopolos versus General Electric (B)

By: Jonas Heese and David Lane

Supplement to the (A) case that offers an assessment of the August 2019 Markopolos report on General Electric. View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Communication; Energy; Financial Condition; Insurance; Performance; Planning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Value; Insurance Industry; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry

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30 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Why I Didn’t Think I’d Get in to HBS

there some small community of people I could save within that timeframe? There wasn’t. And yet, here I am, a proud member of the class of 2017 currently interning at Nike in Portland, Oregon before my EC year. So what did the process... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The New Brand Manager: You

hope is that we can truly realize the promise of customer relationship management. We’ve been talking about customer relationship management since the 1990s. But it has not, for most B2C companies, become a reality. If we can actively manage, nurture, and View Details

Keywords: April White

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