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25 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Dealing with FOMO at HBS

student, has gained perspective on balancing-it-all during the last 18 months. Britt grew up in the mountains of Sun Valley, Idaho and went to Georgetown University to study International Health and Development. Before HBS she spent three... View Details

2017
Article

Natural Environmental Responsibility in Indian Corporations: A Mixed Method Study

By: Shashank Shah

The world is going through unprecedented environmental crisis. The type of destruction and dissolution of natural resources and elements by individuals and institutions that has been witnessed in the last century is much more than that witnessed in the previous... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Environment; Management Practices and Processes; Research; Framework; India

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11 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

important issues to the fore. Wingspanbank is an Internet-only bank that markets itself with the claim, "If your bank could start over, this is what it would be." Created in a record four months and launched with a huge advertising campaign View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

02 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 2

investors Ram Shriram, Mike Maples, Eric Paley, James Geshweiler, and Jim Southern discuss their investment philosophies and the changing landscape of angel investing. Questions include the following: How has angel investing changed in the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2010
Book

A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy

By: Amar Bhide

Our prosperity requires the enterprise of innumerable individuals and businesses who exercise their imagination and judgment—and bear responsibility for outcomes. And it is through dialogue and relationships that widespread enterprise is fostered, not merely prices in... View Details

Keywords: Recession; Banking; Banks; Finance; Economics; Macroeconomics; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

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Understanding Customers

In conventional business case studies, protagonists almost never have the option of stepping back to seek a new understanding of the customer. But to be effective in practice, managers need both the self-assurance and ability to initiate and pursue, with rigor and... View Details

12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2016
First Look

October 25, 2016

understanding of how consumers adopt innovations with how firms effectively acquire, serve, and retain customers. The result is a lens through which to view the commercial potential of innovations and a powerful vehicle for placing a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Program

The Women's Leadership Forum

success. Key Benefits Offering exceptional opportunities for feedback, networking, and learning from peers, this program will help you lead with lasting impact and build strategic advantage for your company. Equipped with new... View Details

16 Aug 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization

Keywords: by Karthik Ramanna; Accounting

30 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

place an undue burden on workers who don't have the interest, time, or expertise to manage their finances. A pioneer in translating finance and mathematics into practical, Wall Street-ready models, Merton was awarded the 1997 Nobel... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

05 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

being values-based, led by principles and a sense of purpose at the heart of the enterprise. They are dealing with the crisis of capitalism by offering a new and different model. Q: Why do we need a new corporate model? A: There have been signs for the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Program

Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

building a lasting competitive advantage to outsmarting competitors, capturing opportunities, and expanding into new markets and geographies. This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More Key Benefits... View Details

21 Sep 2016
HBS Seminar

Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan School of Management

Program

Preparing to Be a Corporate Director

equip you with critical tools and insights that will enhance your readiness for corporate board service and enable you to make a lasting contribution at the highest level of an organization. Key Benefits This board-readiness program... View Details

05 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

Inventors," also documents a significant transformation in ethnic composition of U.S. scientists and engineers over the last 30 years, as Chinese and Indian inventors grew in importance as drivers of U.S. innovation. “The most... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology

19 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value

government's regulatory efforts to increase shareholder power at the board level following the recent financial crisis. To help answer that question, three Harvard Business School professors performed a natural experiment made possible by changes to federal proxy... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Web

Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

consequences, placing them in a brief historical perspective. Finally, attendees will consider remedies that could help revitalize our democracies. Video Recording Saturday, June 7 Data, Tariffs, and Inflation: Tracking the Truth Behind... View Details

06 Oct 2023
Book

Yes, You Can Radically Change Your Organization in One Week

experimentation.” Morriss: “In Unleashed, our last book, we dug into the architecture of trust at the level of the individual leader. Now, we take that architecture and apply it to organizations. This is really what we did when we worked... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

06 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better

another experiment in which they placed a video screen behind the speaker that silently played commercials while they talked. They then told the listener to either: ignore the screen; pay attention to the screen; or pay attention to the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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