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Profiles - MBA

human-computer interaction, data engineering, generative AI, venture capital, consumer technology Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: At a time when political polarization seems to be the new normal,... View Details
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

and Data Are Revolutionizing Business By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani When Google bought Nest, a maker of digital thermostats, for $3.2 billion just a few months ago, it was a clear indication that digital transformation and View Details
  • 16 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 16

Technical Note 713-090): 1. To describe what tax havens are and the mechanics of how these jurisdictions operate. 2. To evaluate tax havens as a model for country development. 3. To examine the economic and political benefits of the tax... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

practical basis, names are very important for doing deals in Islamic countries, as in most of the world, the professors said. Who you know is key. Similarly, relationships and family connections are vital in business. "Relationships... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 14 Aug 2023
  • Blog Post

Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

Business Administration and Political Science. Prior to my return to academia at Harvard, I was a management consultant advising clients in the financial services industry and a residential real estate broker primarily serving first-time... View Details
  • 22 May 2024
  • HBS Case

Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

recombining elements of existing content. The system enables an explosion of new content without requiring content creators to have exceptional talent or commit significant time. TikTok has been able to forge a deep connection with users.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Projects The Business & Environment Initiative and the Social Enterprise Initiative deepen business leaders’ understanding of today’s environmental challenges and assist them in developing effective solutions. Business & Environment Social Enterprise The vital View Details
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Events - Business & Environment

schools, industries, and disciplines to build connections. In addition to fostering meaningful connections among alumni from diverse backgrounds and fields, attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about the Salata Institute’s... View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

industry (and the financial sector more generally). Love and Money Rachel Greenwald , Founder & CEO, Elevated Connections + More Info – Less Info Relationships are big business. Rachel Greenwald (MBA 1993) is a celebrity matchmaker, an... View Details
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Extractive Taxation and the French Revolution

By: Tommaso Giommoni, Gabriel Loumeau and Marco Tabellini
We study the fiscal determinants of the French Revolution, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in the salt tax—a large source of royal revenues and one of the most extractive forms of taxation of the Ancien Régime. Implementing a Regression Discontinuity... View Details
Keywords: Extractive Taxation; Regime Change; French Revolution; State Capacity; Taxation; History; Government Administration; Attitudes; Public Opinion
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  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

became a political leader during Reconstruction. Eventually, Kearns discovered that he is a descendant of Emanuel Cumbo, his 10th great-grandfather, who was born to parents who arrived in Point Comfort, Virginia, from the Kingdom of... View Details
Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
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Partners - Case Method Project

2 of 5 Suzanne Bailey Virgil Grissom High School Huntsville, AL AL 3 of 5 Marcee Hinds Baker High School Mobile, AL AL 4 of 5 Michele Olejnik Huntsville High School Huntsville, AL AL 5 of 5 Mark Tenhundfeld McGill-Toolen Catholic High School Mobile, AL Subjects: AP US... View Details
  • 30 May 2024
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How to Have Effective Conversations

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of the bestselling books The Power of... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Workforce and the Boston Foundation, July 2021. With Rachel Lipson and Dorsey Eden. Working to Learn: Despite a growing set of innovators, America struggles to connect education and career , White Paper, Harvard Project on Workforce,... View Details
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Skydeck - Alumni

his formative years in the US. As his novel Offerings heads for the big screen, Asia’s “godfather of private equity” reflects on time, legacy, duty, and the unexpected connections between fiction and finance. Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 7

Digital Platform: A Playbook for Strategists By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—The ubiquity of Internet access has caused a sharp rise in the number of businesses offering platforms that connect users for communication or commerce.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Boston, MA Subjects: Grade 8 U.S. History I (Colonial to Civil War) MA Ilana Ascher Chelsea High School (MA) Chelsea, MA MA Damian Aufiero EMK Academy for Health Careers Boston, MA NY Keith Augeri Sachem High School East Farmingville, NY Subjects: US History and... View Details
  • 23 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 23

of multinationals from developed countries in developing countries. The central argument is that strategies were shaped by the trade-off between opportunity and risk. Three broad environmental factors determined the trade-off. The first was the prevailing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    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

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • 04 May 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating

    Got a problem? Throw some collaboration software at it. It's a common strategy among today's managers: Organizations spend a lot of money on technology that enables employees to tackle problems collectively. Hence, the market is rife with View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Video Game; Web Services