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- 30 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
personal persuasion. Kearney, her twin sister, is an entrepreneur and scholar whose research is fueled by both a frustration with and curiosity about the dearth of venture capital for women. (In the first half of 2013, companies with at... View Details
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
initial choice, for themselves and their organizations, among broad, flexible, open-ended directions. This initial direction will evolve, sometimes dramatically, in response to what is learned from first steps, hard-to-predict... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Campaign Passes Goal, Continues
and events that are directly relevant to their personal and professional lives,” Salter said. “Alumni are a crucial part of HBS. Whether they are serving as recruiters, advising students, participating in our travel programs, attending... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
personal finance curriculum to 5 million students, who range from kindergartners to high school seniors across the country. Morrison says her charge is to prepare the organization for the future. "I need to make sure we're doing the right... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
Lincoln Agnew Just Do It Ralph Sultan (MBA 1960) IT WAS DURING MBA CLASSES THAT I LEARNED THAT we are all capable of sustained effort, far into the night, and no problem is too complex to tackle analytically—as long as due allowance is... View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
- News
A Storybook Beginning
Valley. At the same time, Worldreader is busy raising money and working with publishers to expand the list of titles that can be downloaded via Africa’s cell phone network. As the organization scales up, Risher says he is relying heavily on lessons View Details
- 19 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech
Twittersphere that they would investigate. Technology is undeniably transforming the financial services industry. Fintechs, Big Tech, and banks are using increasing volumes of data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to build... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Turnaround Situation
businesses, he began drinking heavily and eventually lost it all,” the Albuquerque Journal (December 7, 2000) reported. Cordova said that he wound up “high-class homeless — that means I lived in a van.” Later, he learned about RS&VP, a... View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
approach to these unique negotiations, why they were so successful in the face of such great odds, and what the experience taught him. READ MORE Dan Morrell: When the average person thinks about negotiation, they usually think of it in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Once a Fulbright…
dream come true for a young girl who learned early to listen to my instincts — to pursue the seemingly impossible.” Active on several boards and a frequent speaker on corporate governance, Owades, who also founded Gardener’s Eden (later... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Harvest Time
learned in her youth in Scotts Ferry. "Everybody pitched in," she said. "Everybody worked hard. We talk a lot about the value of humility at Wildfire, about not getting ahead of yourself" (New York Times, January 26, 2013). View Details
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
enduring problem." Testing The Testing Facilities To learn whether increased competition was associated with a greater likelihood of testing results being fudged, the researchers looked at pass/fail results in micro-markets... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Last Look
you on what we have learned in the next issue. Thank you! Last issue’s LAST LOOK: Readers Joe Kaminski (MBA ’71), John Rees (MBA ’72), Paul Restaino (MBA ’71), and Jim Stanton (MBA ’73) wrote to inform us that the dramatic scene depicted... View Details
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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
the course. At the end of the program, you’ll receive a PDF compilation of all the module summary documents. We hope these serve as a helpful resource after you finish the course. What is the personal case project? + – The View Details
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Online Harassment | About
nurtured and protected. These elements of academic excellence are possible only if our community can engage in discourse and learning without fear that doing so will lead to personal harassment. The past... View Details
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Bloomberg | Baker Library
Bloomberg Financial data on equities, indices, currencies, commodities and futures. Read More Provides company profiles and financial statements, analysts' forecasts, worldwide financial market news, audio and video interviews and presentations. Get Access HBS Faculty,... View Details
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
the consequences of their actions. Koehn: We should ask ourselves, How do we incite the best in our students? How do we help them learn that they're responsible for other people? One expectation our students have when they come here is... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
Wegrzyn cited (1) "incredible pressure from the economic side," (2) "incredible instability," and (3) a resulting "dog-eat-dog attitude." Dennis Hopwood said, "In the end, it's all about making the numbers." Akhil Aggarwal... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
had a "system" of hiring MBAs in cohorts of ten to fifteen. These young MBAs were generally placed into "assistant to" positions (assisting the head of a division, for example) for a couple of years to learn the... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers
learning — typically supplies and field trips. Donors review the proposals online and choose to fund the project they like. DonorsChoose is unique among philanthropies in that every dollar goes to the chosen project. In response to an... View Details