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- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
face reality, engage in real debate and help solve our nation's problems? As citizens (and voters), I believe we must insist on it. william A. Sahlman, Dimitri V. D'arbeloff-mba Class Of 1955 Professor Of Business Administration I don't... View Details
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- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
predictor of events, but the power and sometimes outrageous language used by Levitt changed the nature of debate on the issue, and created new perspectives for managers to consider as they approach world markets. Levitt's key insight... View Details
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- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
With Donald Trump’s election, Washington’s policy debate on financial services shifted overnight. Recent signs such as the president-elect’s own words and those of GOP leaders point to renewed efforts to dismantle the Dodd-Frank Act.... View Details
- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
dynamics, technologies, and demographic changes,” says HBSAHK President Jolie Chow (MBA 2010). “This conference aimed to explore some answers to the question of how we, as leaders, adapt to these changes.And we wanted to bring in the HBS classroom discussion dynamic,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 May 2016
- Blog Post
5 Lessons from Business School
will be forced out of your comfort zone daily Each day in class, you will take a position on a variety of choices presented in case studies. HBS requires you to defend that position while being open to critically listening to opposing views. This is the best test of... View Details
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Online Harassment | About
cultivates not only vigorous debate and dialogue but also mutual respect. Both are needed if we are to fulfill the promise of a learning community that is built upon and strengthened by members who reflect, and bring to Harvard from... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
You’ve Been YouTubed
of the old. One of the points we debate in class is whether social media are better at destroying value than creating it. In social media an entity’s size and brand recognition make it more vulnerable to parody and attack, not safer. As... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
ethics of human decision-making. It goes like this: A theoretical trolley is speeding down the track toward a group of people; the protagonist is next to a lever that, if pulled, will divert the trolley to a second track where just one person is in the train’s path. A... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"
African platinum mines. In my courses, I debated cases with classmates whose journeys to HBS are as remarkable as they are diverse, hearing from experts and case protagonists along the way. Outside of class, I listened to insightful and... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
In the early 1990s, Gloria Lara (MBA 1983) found herself in a debate with five male engineers on Chrysler’s development floor as they tossed around the idea of two sliding doors for the minivan, as opposed to only one on the right-hand... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006) When moderator Toffel asked the other panelists for their policy wish lists, many echoed the congressman, even as they debated the nomenclature (would it be called a “tax” or a “fee”?), structure (would it fund... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- Profile
Naiyya Saggi
Organizations gave me exposure to lively debates around the best models for creating wide-scale societal impact and the role of business in doing so today. It would be an understatement to say that HBS has shaped merely my career path.... View Details
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Jamal Motlagh
You analyze data without much foresight into the outcome, and you arrive at a plan of action you're prepared to debate in class. We challenge each others' underlying beliefs and assumptions, and push back in a safe environment."... View Details
- 06 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?
neighbor, India, has been much better at. After all, we are discussing the Olympics, are we not, in a spirit of constructive engagement? That's a good sign, as are the debates within China that are prompted by the Olympics. Unsavory... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Blending Traditional Models of Philanthropy with Business | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
HBS was where I first had a chance to debate these questions. And I've lived them ever since, working in the social enterprise/NGO sector since graduation. Having studied at HBS and connected with people from a diversity of backgrounds... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
turnaround—form the basis for a terrific debate on the importance of brand and location, according to Jeffrey Fear, an associate professor, and Carin-Isabel Knoop, executive director of the HBS Global Research Group. The two resulting... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur
sometimes vigorous debate about pivotal issues. The "tip of the iceberg" is how Professor Thomas K. McCraw, one of the principal organizers of the symposium, described the event's program. "A tremendous amount of important research and... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
11, 2001, that day's tragic events offer a precise illustration of the book's theme: the all-important role of government in managing risk, catastrophic and otherwise. In an era when the purpose of government has been debated and the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
valuation of $200 million and debating changes to them that will allow them to grow their business. Ensuring that their marketing dollars were being spent efficiently was critical to the data-driven management team and proving to be... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
tax-deferred investing, and the size of the implicit government subsidies made through this channel, make this question a first-order policy issue. There has been a vigorous and contentious debate about which one of these effects, in... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen