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01 Sep 2020
Blog Post

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

perks, small non-cash rewards like access to valuable online classes or fitness programs can also contribute to well-being. Other non-cash rewards, such as notes of appreciation from clients, can also positively impact workplace... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015

acquisitions of companies that were important providers of transaction software in the retail and hospitality industries. Now, in late November 2013, Nuti and his team were considering a third potential major acquisition: Digital Insight, a market leader in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About

have built and to think about how we might use the case method, the field method, and online learning, as well as virtual hybrid in-person instruction most effectively in all our educational programs. There are skills and concepts that... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington launched Grown &... View Details

16 Dec 2020
News

A Creator in the Era of Disruption

And today Aldi is CEO of Gopay, which is Gojek’s all-encompassing fintech solution, offers everything from a Paypal-like digital wallet, a Square-like digital online payment platform, and even consumer lending services. At Gopay, Aldi has... View Details

22 Mar 2021
Blog Post

3 Key Steps for Crafting Your Retirement with Intention: Advice from Career Coach, Lauren Murphy

new hobbies and geographies as well. “With a better understanding of what your needs are, researching helps you to learn how you can get those needs met,” said Murphy. Informational Interviews Online... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater

more as a consumer—a purchased good versus an experience that will transform their life.” RM: If I just think about the economics of the expenses—at least here at Harvard—about 70 percent of the expenses are fixed costs in people and buildings. There is still... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

for learning about what works in digital health. Recently, we have witnessed developments that would have been difficult to imagine just a few years ago. In the United States, we have seen massive expansions in insurance coverage for... View Details

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28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

influence, intermittent social influence, or no social influence. Groups in the intermittent social-influence treatment found the optimum solution frequently (like groups without influence) but had a high mean performance (like groups with constant influence); they... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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HBS - Financials | From the CFO

dollars in tuition revenue for fiscal 2021. Second, the pandemic forced Executive Education to pivot from its entirely in-person learning model to an all-virtual portfolio. Designing and implementing such a portfolio from the ground up... View Details

27 Sep 2016
First Look

September 27, 2016

Abstract—We survey 885 institutional venture capitalists (VCs) at 681 firms to learn how they make decisions across eight areas: deal sourcing, investment selection, valuation, deal structure, post-investment value-added, exits, internal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Oct 2019
News

Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene

for entrepreneurship are there,” says Victoria Ivashina, the Lovett- Learned Professor of Finance, who studies the MENA region and serves as faculty chair of the School’s Middle East and North Africa Research Center (MENARC). Ivashina... View Details

28 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship

Brooks and Oprah Winfrey, on their recent book launch focused on pursuing happiness: Build the Life You Want. It was refreshing to learn that even globally iconic figures—such as Oprah—go through the same rollercoaster of second-guessing... View Details

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Career Tools & Resources | MBA

alumni can apply to the HBS Social Enterprise Loan Repayment Assistance Program , which is managed by the Social Enterprise Initiative. These efforts are part of the larger financial aid offerings. Online View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence

early-stage venture capital firm Glasswing Ventures, Seseri is more focused on today’s “narrow” artificial intelligence: technology capable of mimicking human thought processes and learning when applied to a specific task. “If you go... View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Nov 2020
News

Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19

Pictured at right: Sanchay Gupta (MD/MBA 2022) is cofounder of Umbulizer Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Since its launch in 2012, the Venture Program at Harvard Innovation Labs has helped students from across the University... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

How Do I Get Your Job?

interned for him between my first and second years. He was an early mentor who offered me my first job. MB: What led you to start Roadside Attractions? ED: When I worked at Fox Family Films, my boss at the time was producing a documentary on the side called Fear and... View Details

18 Mar 2014
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The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain

Microsoft's online advertising business, began steering the company on a dramatically new course last year. In September 2013, Acxiom unveiled the beta version of a free website called AbouttheData.com, which gives individual consumers an... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

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1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA

1.18 Field Global Capstone 1.0 Academic Information & Policies FIELD Global Capstone (CAP) is a semester-long course offered in the Required Curriculum (RC) Year that requires students to build on what they’ve learned so far and apply it... View Details

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

when back in offices, but also to create time blocks, either online or in person, for the random connections that are critical for developing team culture. Online, this could mean hosting virtual office hours where a manager's "Zoom door"... View Details