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- 02 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech
Gaurav Singh (MBA 2022) grew up in Varanasi, India. He completed his Bachelor’s of Technology in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from NIT Trichy, India before moving to the US to pursue his M.S. in Electrical and Computer... View Details
- 09 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase
“You pick up cues from the person’s behavior, including what the person is wearing, how they treat the other people in the place, how the person treats you, what comments they make, etc. Similarly, the data we use from the first... View Details
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
John Osher is one of those casually and spectacularly successful people who make serial entrepreneurship look like a cakewalk. He began racking up wins at an early age—starting and selling both a vintage clothing store and an earring... View Details
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Meagan Hill
"I visited the campus during my sophomore year at the College," says Meagan, "And I loved the case method. I knew immediately that I wanted to apply." Ultimately becoming President of HSA, Meagan oversaw 25 managers... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
and Tsinghua's School of Economics and Management over the past three years in developing its "Senior Executive Program for China." On the Goals of Successful Family Companies Authors:John A. Davis and Renato Tagiuri... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
collaborate with like-minded investors to ensure stable returns sold their holdings 3.4 years after the first funding round, on average. "For a lot of entrepreneurs, it's just about ... how much funding they're getting to survive to the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
passion in life, martial arts. By his own description, Sityodtong lived a blessed childhood, watching his architect father build a real estate business from humble beginnings. But in the years leading up to... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
India's New Money Managers
When Priti Rathi Gupta (OPM 49, 2017) was 16 years old, her father handed her his investment portfolio and asked her what she could make of it. She was befuddled. "He realized that, although I had schooling in what we call commerce, I... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- Web
Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment
eligible for project-related expenses during their second year of study. HBS Leadership Fellows (login required): Second-year students entering the nonprofit or public sectors may apply to the Leadership Fellows as a pathway to work with... View Details
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Jiaojun Wang
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After seven years of working, I wanted to take a step back, reflect upon my major life decisions, and start afresh. I miss campus so much! Walking on the tree-lined roads, studying in... View Details
- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
always look at each other, awkwardly smile, and say “we met at HBS.” Confusion usually settles in as they gaze at Laura’s ring finger, and we quickly explain that we met six years ago while participating in the Summer Venture in... View Details
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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Isamar Troncoso : Selected as an INFORMS Doctoral Consortium Fellow in 2019. Shunyuan Zhang : Runner up for the 2019 Nunamaker-Chen Dissertation Award from INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) for “A Structural Analysis of Sharing... View Details
- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
supposed to pay off, the greater the uncertainty. Hence, investment decisions and compensation contracts tend to converge toward more short-term, observable metrics that encourage corporate managers and professional money managers to maximize short-term performance.... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
By using a modified dictator game, we assessed sharing behavior and beliefs about others in children between 3 and 12 years old. We performed four studies (N = 376) aimed to assess whether decisions were related to beliefs (Studies 1 and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy
A dozen years ago, it seemed like all it took to launch a successful technology company was a vague idea, a PowerPoint presentation, a trade-show booth with a sexy spokesmodel, and a URL. Then the dot-com bubble burst and investors got... View Details
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Careers - Health Care
résumé-writing workshops, and career round-tables are organized each year to help students learn more about specific health care industries, prepare for internships, and network with other students and alumni. Career Coaching HBS health... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
findings about the impact of mass shootings on gun policy. First, mass shootings evoke large policy responses. A single mass shooting leads to a 16% increase in the number of firearm bills introduced within a state in the year after a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
reduced. Surprisingly, the political transfer problem did not seem to materialize when oil prices again began to creep up in the 21st century; this nonexistence of the problem can be explained by the model against the backdrop of evolving... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf
The room lights up when Peter Harf talks about perfume. His enthusiasm is contagious as he discusses a new cosmetics collection. The chairman and CEO of Coty Inc., one of the world's leading fragrance and cosmetics companies with $1.7... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bundle?
for video games and other electronics drop significantly over time. Nintendo's Game Boy console, for example, started out at $100 but within a year had decreased to $70. "If consumers don't like the offering you put out, they can postpone... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman