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- 15 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Kids Benefit From Having a Working Mom
stayed home full time, according to a new study. Men raised by working mothers are more likely to contribute to household chores and spend more time caring for family members. “There are very few things that have such a clear effect on... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years
helped enrich the class’s understanding around cases in tech, marketing, and strategy. #3 The case method teaches you to lead in the unknown. The protagonists in almost all of the 500 cases we read and discussed had imperfect information. They had to make a decision... View Details
- 07 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back
leap, surging forward with plans without taking the time to realize that the base assumption of the business plan is wrong. They believe they can predict the future, rather than try to create a future with their customers. Entrepreneurs... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
time compared to the support departments. We suggest that the burden of compensating for the disconnected internal supply chains fell to the service providers because they were the only department that had both the ability to translate... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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HBS - The year in Review
Shoe Company, was published in 1921, at a time when the field of management education was still quite new. Dean Wallace Donham strongly believed that the best way to teach business education was by discussion, not by lecture. His... View Details
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Europe - Global
Europe Paris HBS opened the Europe Research Center (ERC) in Paris in 2003, to help HBS develop and strengthen relationships with European business and academic leaders. The ERC enables HBS faculty to study more effectively one of the world’s most important economic... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- HBS Case
How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves
2001, the once-profitable company lost 8.3 billion euros (equal to $15.1 billion today)—the second-biggest loss of any French company ever. A year later, the company’s debts totaled 71 billion euros, three times the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 May 2019
- Blog Post
What is FIELD Global Immersion?
Global Partner (GP) company in one of 16 cities that has a product or service challenge they would like the team to address with their local consumers. The course culminates in a one-week Immersion at the end of the semester, at which View Details
- 22 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
type of customer. This answer is a guaranteed recipe for underperformance: the competitor that has clarity about its primary customer and devotes maximum resources to meet their specific needs will beat you every time. 2. How Do Your Core View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
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Faculty & Research - Health Care
health care Research Collections Advancing Global, Public, and Societal Health Building Entrepreneurial Organizations Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences Increasing Value in Care Delivery Understanding... View Details
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Faculty & Research - Global
challenges and innovations wherever they occur. Through sustained work in the field, faculty are provided the opportunity to immerse themselves in the culture and values – as well as intricacies and nuances – that lead to truly meaningful... View Details
Robert C. Merton
Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details
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Measuring Sentiment & Expectations - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Data Measuring Sentiment & Expectations Download Data Set in Excel Credit Market Sentiment: High Yield Share Greenwood and Hanson developed the High Yield Share as a measure of credit market sentiment . The measure takes on high values... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
investigating the workings of both the sell and buy sides of financial analysis, tackles how the U.S. securities industry research adds value in financial markets, and evaluates the business model problems that the industry encounters and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." —Henry James As a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at the Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- Research Summary
Profitable Souls: Foreign Investment and the Fate of Human Rights
By: Debora L. Spar
This is a project about foreign investment, about what happens when big multinational firms invest in small, poor, and often nasty places. Typically, most observers assume that this is a largely negative relationship: that multinationals exploit the local population,... View Details
- 04 Jan 2017
- What Do You Think?
How Much Bureaucracy is a Good Thing in Government and Business?
Summing Up: Are Bureaucracies Worth Improving? Several messages emerge from responses to this month’s column on the worthiness of bureaucracies. In general, there is a wide range of thinking about the value of bureaucracies and work done... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 10 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing
complaint, but the class discussion turned to the motivations of the man who revealed the wrongdoing. Have you ever thought about blowing the whistle? Dey asked her students. Their response: We’ve thought about it, but it is so costly. At a View Details
Keywords: by April White
- 20 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
What to Expect Your First Year at HBS
work is almost certainly going to put you out of your comfort zone, adding to the intensity of the experience. The rigor of the experience extends beyond academics – your social life will keep you plenty busy as well. With 900+ people in... View Details