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Skydeck - Alumni

Achievement Award offer some words of wisdom and key takeaways from their HBS experience Challenge Accepted Recipients of the 2025 Alumni Achievement Award describe a time when life put them to the test—and... View Details

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

age who were also exploring. I found a well-known gay dating website, where in the first time in my life I spoke with multiple guys my age and felt relieved to know that I am not alone. On the last day of my... View Details

30 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

implemented theoretical flat taxes. Q: Slovakia introduced a flat tax in 2004 with a 19 percent rate on personal income, corporate income, and value added tax. What are some of the complexities of the Slovak situation that made you decide... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

entrepreneurial funding decisions both domestically and internationally. The context of entrepreneurship - We seek to understand the ways in which entrepreneurs both respond to and shape the context in which they operate, by examining the history of entrepreneurship... View Details

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

following all guidelines, we were able to celebrate Diwali as a section. It was the first time that I felt a sense of community and the first time that I realized that the people surrounding me were going to... View Details

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

extract maximum value from technologies such as point-of-sale scanners and customer loyalty cards. Highly readable and compelling, The New Science of Retailing is your playbook for turning all that data into a wellspring for new profits... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

November 1992 (Revised May 1993)
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BW/IP International, Inc.

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Andrew D. Regan

Less than a year after completing a leveraged buyout of their own company, the managers of BW/IP International were presented with an attractive acquisition candidate. To buy the target company, however, BW/IP would have to borrow more money and take on more... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Leadership Style; Valuation; Resource Allocation; Capital; Public Ownership

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19 Jan 2021
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2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)

not hesitate one second and applied immediately. I felt that it would be much tougher to find time and availability to apply during my professional years. How long was your deferral (2, 3, or 4 years)? I deferred 2 years. It was the best... View Details

22 Sep 2023
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Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

that appealed to me, but more importantly, his personal lessons in terms of how he led his own life along the dimensions of focusing on family, focusing on health, while at the same time doing good for... View Details

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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

great researchers, the possibility for developing an imaginative reordering of life through the careful observation of a subject was part of the original impulse for why they studied these workers for so long. Consequently, we must ask... View Details

30 Aug 2023
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I’m From the South and Going Back: Why HBS Was the Best School for Me

House (with hashbrowns covered and capped obviously), and the merits of the word "y'all" as the most efficient method of addressing a group of people. I've said "this case reminds me of my time in the paper products supply chain" more... View Details

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Fellowships - Business History

Business School. The fellowship enables established scholars from around the world whose primary interest is the business and economic history of the United States to spend time in residence at Harvard Business School. The main activities... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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In My Humble Opinion: Career Change

way it did in other countries. That’s largely due to the predominant culture of lifetime employment, which ties workers to a single company and values years of service more than the development of skills. “Nobody really wanted to put a... View Details

Keywords: Michelle Cassidy; recruitment; demographics; Japan

12 May 2021
Book

The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

a leadership guide to navigating a role that Fubini says is unlike any other, which leaves many new CEOs and leaders struggling to find their footing. “People strive for a long time to develop functional skills and operational knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Stefan H. Thomke

Stefan Thomke (sthomke@hbs.edu), an authority on the management of innovation, is the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has worked with firms on product, process, and... View Details

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Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient Aligning Reimbursement with Value Systems Integration Geography of Care Information Technology Measure Outcomes & Cost ... Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient Measurement of outcomes and... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Again and Again

exercise more and have perfect habits. But at a certain point, if you lived a life of perfect habits, you’d almost be like an automaton. It would be a cold, dry life. Would you look back at a life of perfect... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

15 Aug 2023
HBS Case

(Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?

2000s, such as Eve Online and World of Warcraft. Linden Lab’s Second Life game, with its open-world multiuser virtual environment, has also played a key role in demonstrating the potential of metaverse technology. “Metaverse-related hype... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Computer; Information Technology

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Asia Pacific - Global

grounding their leadership in enduring values such as trust, responsibility, and intentionality, while also seizing opportunities aligned with long-term trends and driven by their passions and strengths. MAY 2025 ALUMNI EVENT Dinner... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS

how I should spend my time as an MBA student. A recurring piece of advice was “get to know your classmates beyond the classroom.” HBS does a great job at encouraging deep conversations among students – including through MyTakes, Evolve... View Details

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