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16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

financial gains of diversity are not limited to venture capital but also expand to goods and service-based businesses. Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting There are excellent resources to help train... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Apr 2021
Blog Post

An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs

for ways to make an impact on problems she was passionate about. As the daughter of immigrants (her father emigrated from Nigeria and her mother emigrated from Ghana) she wanted to use her skills to make an impact in the developing world.... View Details

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

are good reasons to expect that partisanship will continue to cloud economic judgment around the 2024 election.” It’s not just credit analysts. Similar patterns have been documented among professional asset managers, loan officers, View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

03 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

exception. What they have in common are good reasons for foreign businesses and Western governments to cheer the changes. In Bahrain, the Khalifa family, members of Islam's Sunni sect, rules over a majority... View Details

Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities

26 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

In the first wave of globalization, MNEs sought access to resources, and governments frequently gave them exclusive contracts and favorable deals in order to build businesses. The major management challenge... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2021
Blog Post

I Found My Future at HBS and You Can Too

Although I did not know it at the time, my path to business school began on March 1, 1992. It was my ninth birthday, and I was enjoying the liberty that came with growing up on a farm on the outskirts of a small mining community in Ohio:... View Details

28 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Managing Your Health and the Recruiting Process: Advice from HBS Alumni

With recruiting events, networking, interview prep, travel, it’s important to recognize that navigating recruiting with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, chronic illnesses, and mental health challenges can also bring about... View Details

29 May 2013
Blog Post

“A place to grow personally and professionally.” - Yolanda Anton

has visited Argentina, China or Norway? Or about the mechanical engineer fixing airplane engines? About the art lover that visits every possible museum? About the initiator of many initiatives to foster women’s presence at all levels in the company View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Technology

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

communicating with those who depend on us for advice and leadership. We must be willing to explain why we can’t answer all the questions. Credibility is a critical commodity in a crisis View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

11 Mar 2011
News

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January 2019 (Revised February 2019)
Supplement

The a2 Milk Company

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Daniel Fisher and Greg Saldutte

The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) became the most valuable company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange in 2018 by capitalizing on a biochemical discovery related to the protein composition of cow's milk. Because many people find the A1 protein difficult to digest, and... View Details

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28 Oct 2024
Op-Ed

Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.

in the future. Instead, it is a good bet that the group will get more attention from both parties, and a bad bet that US politics will become lopsided. So, don't be surprised the next time a group starts to... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons, and Jesse M. Shapiro

23 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers

attract desirable customers. "On the face of it, price coherence seems good for consumers because they get a benefit for choosing the intermediary, and they pay no additional fee," says Benjamin G. Edelman,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Air Transportation; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation

January 2015 (Revised November 2016)
Case

Stella McCartney

By: Anat Keinan and Sandrine Crener

Stella McCartney launched her own fashion house under her name in a partnership with the luxury conglomerate Kering as a 50/50 joint venture in 2001. A lifelong vegetarian, Stella McCartney does not use any leather or fur in her collections, which include women's... View Details

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29 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It

trying to go around all of the rules is not a particularly good idea.” The resignation last week of Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick is the latest black eye for the company, which has stepped on many... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

Web

The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

speed of a horse, locomotives compressed weeklong journeys into days. By mid-century, the rails moved people, raw materials, and goods around the country relatively quickly, cheaply and, for the most part,... View Details

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Online Security for You and your Family | Information Technology

Online Security for You and your Family Adopting good cybersecurity habits is crucial for protecting your personal information and digital life. In today's interconnected... View Details

15 Aug 2023
Cold Call Podcast

Ryan Serhant: How to Manage Your Time for Happiness

Keywords: Re: Ashley V. Whillans; Real Estate

01 Sep 2006
News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

challenges, should business stay in its comfort zone and focus on increasing shareholder value, as many would argue? Fortunately, some businesses can do good simply by doing well, as General Electric CEO... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance

the Bible, and Wheel of Fortune. Here, just two of the artists, philosophers, fictional characters, and others who make cameo appearances in this guide to finance and the View Details

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