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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
asking the bot your question in the same way you would phrase it to a human TA. If you have a question pertaining to where or how to submit certain assignments, or one relating to deadlines or time estimates, you can also express those in a View Details
- 04 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted
managers who earned higher pay didn’t perform better or work longer hours than those who earned less. The researchers found that higher-paid employees worked a similar number of days and hours, and they brought in View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
game-changing technology, Microsoft Kinect, which transformed the field of motion-capture. Released as a gaming accessory for Microsoft’s Xbox in 2010, Kinect was leagues ahead of similar technologies such as Nintendo’s Wii and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
information could have been especially helpful earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite similar COVID-19 infection rates, Black people are almost three times more likely to be hospitalized and twice as likely to die from the resulting... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?
improvements improve life somewhere in the globe, but not necessarily in the U.S.A." Bill Donohue wrote that "In the 20's ... the root cause may perhaps have been the massive building of low cost assembly line-based industrial enterprises ... We have a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni
which they may be eligible. Similar complexities to the H-1B, including interaction with DOL. The quota for this category has never been reached, so it is a good alternative to the H-1B. Dependents of principal E-3 visa holders, also... View Details
- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
When I started eight years ago looking into what was going on in certain industries, what came out initially was this idea that it was technology, right? We all talked about Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple. But in many industries, both the disrupter and the... View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
organizations face a similar set of challenging questions as they enter the twenty-first century. How should they respond to the increasing number of complex emergencies? To what extent should they cooperate with national governments and... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
recommended weekly deadlines to help ensure your cohort proceeds through the course at a similar pace and can take full advantage of social learning opportunities. In addition to module and assignment completion, we expect participation... View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?
drug development—therapies that are chemically similar to established drugs—rather than on riskier, novel drugs. Critics say this tendency helps explain why therapeutic breakthroughs are increasingly less frequent. “When firms are making... View Details
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
posed therein. This helps ensure your cohort proceeds through the course at a similar pace and can take full advantage of social learning opportunities. In addition to module and assignment completion, we expect participation in the... View Details
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
company and social impact accelerator adept at organizing campaigns through social media. “I chose these founders for their differences from one another,” Kanter says. “But then I saw how many similarities there were in their struggles... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 04 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms
more mistakes” They made a similar effort to determine ethnicity, using software to assign ethnicity based on first and last name and location; for African Americans, who frequently have names similar to... View Details
- 13 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely
Zoom time with senior managers were 4.7 to 7.3 percent more likely to be offered a job than the other two groups who didn’t have regular online contact with supervisors. (What’s more, interns had a 9 to 13 percent better chance of receiving job offers if they... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 08 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students
protagonist, or a set of issues as examples, I’ve been able to relate the cases to the real world. If I’m ever in a similar position in the future, I can relate that to a case discussion rather than a certain concept or a bunch of slides... View Details
- 26 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food
cellophane accounted for 10 percent of DuPont’s sales and 25 percent of its profits. “Between 1925 and 1938, its return on investment averaged 36 percent, over twice that of chemically similar rayon,” says Hisano, citing the book Science... View Details
- 10 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces
could greatly offend them ”) A journey of ‘relational reconciliation’ By asking questions and sharing information about themselves—whatever the results—the tutors engaged in what Ramarajan and Reid describe as “relational reconciliation,” and a potential framework for... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Box Office Power of Stars
sight of the bigger picture. Rather than wasting resources on one "A-list" star, matching cast members with similar rankings might often be a more efficient strategy. Q: What research are you working on now? A: Most of my... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
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Firm Foundation
working at his side. Farmers keep their eyes on the future, planning harvests years ahead. They know time and cultivation are required to grow and prosper. Britt Cool now brings a similar vision to Kanbrick, the investment company that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Building a Better Brazil
similar goal: advancing Brazil. André Esteves, cofounder and CEO of Brazil-based BTG Pactual, the largest investment bank in Latin America, made a significant personal donation to renovate Baker Hall, which will be renamed Esteves Hall in... View Details