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Moreno imoreno@mba2026.hbs.edu Jose Alvarez-Pallete jalvarezpallete@mba2026.hbs.edu Apostolos Lempidakis alempidakis@mba2026.hbs.edu Niels Agterhorst nagterhorst@mba2026.hbs.edu Club Email euro@studentclubs.hbs.edu Family View Details

20 Aug 2020
Book

From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2023
HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

business leaders recognize that just because an individual makes a mistake does not mean they cannot be valuable within an organization.” Yet as soon as he opened up about his incarceration, the previously jovial meeting with the senior... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories

William Engels

Keywords: Agribusiness

28 Aug 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered How can business history influence current... View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

Dungeons & Dragons: Repairing Ecosystem Trust (B) By: Gabriel Rossman, Oliver Schilke and Julian Zlatev May 2025 | Supplement | Faculty Research Citation Purchase Related Rossman, Gabriel, Oliver Schilke, and Julian Zlatev. "Dungeons & Dragons: Repairing Ecosystem... View Details

07 Jun 2023
HBS Case

3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook

at Harvard Business School. “It was better designed and nicer to use.” However, when Amazon released its Kindle e-reader three years later, it included an important feature: a connection to wifi that allowed readers to download books more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Finance - Faculty & Research

evolving family needs over time? Keywords: Family Office ; Organization Design ; Family And Friends ; Family ; Balance ; Stability ; Trends And... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

; Entrepreneurial Finance ; Entrepreneurship ; Personal Finance ; Family and Family Relationships ; Business Startups ; Investment ; Norway Citation Read Now Related Baik,... View Details

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General Management - Faculty & Research

General Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Awards & Honors Doctoral Students May 2025 Case Upstream USA By: Brian Trelstad and Alexis Lefort May 15, 2025 Article How to Build a Life: How to Take Charge of Your Family Inheritance By:... View Details

2008
Working Paper

Do Legal Origins Have Persistent Effects Over Time? A Look at Law and Finance around the World c. 1900

By: Aldo Musacchio

How persistent are the effects of legal institutions adopted or inherited in the distant past? A substantial literature argues that legal origins have persistent effects that explain clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world... View Details

Keywords: History; Law; Development Economics; Investment; Corporate Governance; Finance; Business and Government Relations

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Video Clips - Creating Emerging Markets

teaching, and other educational use. Any other use, including commercial reuse, web publishing, or other forms of redistribution, requires permission of Harvard Business School . These clips are now being used in a new series of Harvard... View Details

12 Sep 2023
Research & Ideas

How Can Financial Advisors Thrive in Shifting Markets? Diversify, Diversify, Diversify

How can financial planners expand their businesses as their core population ages and young investors flirt with novel financial products like cryptocurrency? The most profitable path forward is to follow the very advice they often give... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Financial Services

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HBS - The year in Review

2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads The Year in Review After a tumultuous two years of figuring out how to adapt and thrive in the face of COVID-19, fiscal year 2022 brought a steady return to normalcy at Harvard View Details

Apr 25 2012
Testimonial

OPM: Learning That Transforms

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

Jan 16 2019
Testimonial

Leading With Intentionality

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

It Came in the First Ships: Capitalism in America

the Puritan merchants of New England, they used their familial and religious connections to form a tight network of trustworthy relationships stretching over long distances. This kind of system for making credible View Details

Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw

02 Sep 2015
What Do You Think?

What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

the opportunity to earn high compensation--but jobs that often become too demanding for some employees, particularly those with health problems or family obligations. Former employees complained about bosses who lacked empathy for... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion

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Business, Government & the International Economy Faculty - Faculty & Research

Carroll/Ford Foundation Professor of Business Administration Mattias E. Fibiger Poronui Associate Professor of Business Administration Jeremy S. Friedman Marvin Bower Associate Professor Natalia... View Details

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