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29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

users to reconsider whether they will continue using the platform. Critics say all these radical moves are akin to lighting Twitter investors’ money on fire. But is there a method to Musk’s madness? Andy Wu is an assistant professor of business administration at... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

University’s Earth Institute. The road ahead will not be smooth. “You’re talking about the most important and complex city in the world,” says John Macomber, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School who studies View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

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HBS - The year in Review

of tuition and course fees for the approximately 10 percent of students with the greatest financial need. The School also began offering scholarship support to more students from middle-income backgrounds, building on the approximately 50... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Korea faced the humiliating prospect of seeing its credit rating drop to B2, below investment grade. In a stunning demonstration of national unity, a public gold-collecting campaign raised a little over $2 billion from Korean citizens to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Technological Innovation ; Education Industry ; Technology Industry ; India ; South Korea Citation Educators Purchase Related Troncoso, Isamar, Frank V. Cespedes, and Stacy Straaberg. "TagHive: Edtech Pricing and Distributor Decisions." Harvard Business View Details

14 Dec 2016
Blog Post

Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

Business school was my escape. I saw it as a way out of a career in finance that I could no longer envision myself in. It was an opportunity to open the door to social enterprise, what I saw as the nexus of my interests in the private... View Details

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About - Global

administering academic programming in their regions, providing advice to MBA students interested in careers abroad, and developing corporate relationships with potential FIELD Global Capstone partners. A Global History Explore key dates in our global history to see how... View Details

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About - Business & Environment

has led several successful finance projects that brought together the private and public sectors, large financial institutions, and multilateral organizations. In previous roles at HBS she wrote case studies on impact investing and... View Details

03 Sep 2024
Cold Call Podcast

How the US Government Is Innovating in Its Efforts to Fund Semiconductor Manufacturing

Keywords: Re: Mitchell B. Weiss; Public Administration; Public Administration

21 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2023

dabbled in entrepreneurship by working part-time as a real estate agent, and was heavily involved as a second-grade tutor and board member for a non-profit organization focused on the Chicago Public Schools... View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Industries (8) Goals and Objectives (18) Going Public (36) Goods and Commodities (7) Governance Compliance (4) Governance Controls (76) Governance (268) Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms (72) Governing and Advisory Boards (20)... View Details

28 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

motivators that will entice greater effort and loyalty out of workers. Turns out, using cash as a carrot isn’t always the best answer, according to new research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans. More than... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

Barnett, and Maxim Pike Harrell. "Sharon Goldberg and BastionZero." Harvard Business School Case 825-102, April 2025. More Publications Faculty Karim R. Lakhani Willy C. Shih David B. Yoffie Lynda M.... View Details

30 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?

product line. Everybody can understand it,” says Harvard Business School Professor Robert J. Dolan. “Then it got incredibly complicated.” In May, Peloton reported its biggest quarterly loss since its 2019 initial View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Media & Broadcasting; Health; Bicycle

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General Management - Faculty & Research

Harvard Business School Teaching Note 325-139, June 2025. More Publications In the News 16 Jul 2025 JP Morgan Board Structure and Composition Re: Lynn Paine 12 Jul 2025 New Atlantis Does Marriage Have a... View Details

2022
Book

Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China

By: William C. Kirby

The modern university was born in Germany. In the twentieth century, the United States leapfrogged Germany to become the global leader in higher education. Will China challenge its position in the twenty-first?
Today American institutions dominate nearly every... View Details

Keywords: University; Higher Education; History; United States; Germany; China

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First Look: March 11, 2008

MaterialsMicrofinance International Corporation: No, Not Another Microfinance Case Harvard Business School Case 808-104 CEO and founder Atsumasa Tochisako (52) sat in his Washington D.C. headquarters, looking with pride at the copy of a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Apr 2025
Blog Post

How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs

For large numbers of Harvard Business School MBA graduates, the first post-degree position is not merely a return to the workforce, but a deliberate pivot toward a new ambition. “Many MBAs are switchers,” notes Kristin Brennan, HBS Career... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Private Capital Project

the crucial role new financial institutions could play beyond the confines of traditional banks and public markets. Today, HBS alumni have an immense impact on the private capital landscape. An analysis of 4,386 VC biographies in Capital... View Details

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Donor Societies - Alumni

around the world. Membership Offerings Alumni and friends who contribute $1 million or more to help advance the School’s global priorities enjoy five years of membership. Information on the impact of their giving Selection of new global cases or other faculty View Details

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