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  • 02 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Nikki Philip

The HBS 2+2 program is a deferred admission process for current students in their final year of study, either in college or a full-time master’s degree program. If you are admitted through 2+2, you work for two to four years in a field of your View Details
  • 30 Nov 2021
  • In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman

    Michael E. Porter

    Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government

      Matthew Rabin

      Matthew Rabin is the Pershing Square Professor of Behavioral Economics in the Harvard Economics Department and Harvard Business School.

      Before that, he spent 25 years at the wonderful University of California, Berkeley Economics Department.  His research... View Details

      • 20 Aug 2021
      • Blog Post

      Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say

      Accelerator! On the personal side, the MBA Program helped me confirm my choice of going into startups. Entrepreneurship is not just a career choice but a lifestyle one as well, and getting to try it while in... View Details
      • 01 Mar 2013
      • News

      Setting Health Priorities: Strategy versus Tactics

      • 17 Jul 2017
      • News

      Finance Can Be a Noble Profession (Yes, Really)

      • 2022
      • Book

      Purpose + Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World

      By: George Serafeim
      The roadmap and best practices to reap the enormous value that can emerge when your business prioritizes social and environmental goals—such as climate change, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability—right alongside the pursuit of profit.

      We not only... View Details
      Keywords: ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Profitability; Business And Society; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      • 12 May 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts

      unconventional for many foundations, and we found they were still of critical quality and substance. "In that sense, we found that we can't reject the wisdom of crowds." This article first appeared on the Harvard Business School website... View Details
      Keywords: Entertainment & Recreation
      • January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
      • Case

      Excel Academy Charter Middle School, The

      This case is set in the summer of 2002 in a recently approved charter middle school in Boston. The school's founders face a choice of compensation plans as they finalize the initial teaching team in the school. In particular, the founders are actively considering two... View Details
      Keywords: Teaching; Performance; Compensation and Benefits; Boston
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      • 28 Apr 2011
      • Working Paper Summaries

      When Smaller Menus are Better: Variability in Menu-Setting Ability and 401(k) Plans

      Keywords: by David Goldreich & Hanna Halaburda
      • February 2021
      • Background Note

      Jobs to Be Done: A Toolbox

      By: Derek C. M. van Bever, Bob Moesta, Iuliana Mogosanu, Shaye Roseman and Katie Zandbergen
      The Jobs to Be Done methodology is both a theory and a practical approach for understanding customer behavior and why people make the choices they make. Many practitioners, whether they work for startups or incumbent businesses, find Jobs to Be Done useful because it... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Knowledge Acquisition; Attitudes; Perception; Theory; Behavior; Customer Relationship Management
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      • 01 Nov 2012
      • Research & Ideas

      Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls

      bear. Written by Harvard Business School Visiting Professor Thomas H. Davenport and independent consultant Brook Manville, the book shares the tales of organizations that made successful choices through... View Details
      Keywords: by Thomas H. Davenport & Brook Manville; Consumer Products
      • December 2019 (Revised August 2022)
      • Exercise

      Janet Ames (B)

      By: Brian Trelstad and Brian Trelstad
      The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames is first offered the opportunity to join the board of a Boston-based non-profit organization, which offers students... View Details
      Keywords: Philanthropy; Board; Non-profit Management; Career Changes And Transitions; Evaluation; Personal Development and Career; Opportunities; Decision Choices and Conditions; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Governing and Advisory Boards; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; United States
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      • 05 Apr 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: April 5

      Limits to Network Effects Authors:Hann Hałaburda and Mikołaj Jan Piskorski Abstract We model conditions under which agents in two-sided matching markets rationally prefer a platform restricting choice rather than a platform that offers... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • August 2022
      • Teaching Plan

      Janet Ames (A), (B), (C), (D)

      By: Brian Trelstad
      Teaching Plan for HBS Case Nos. 320-076, 320-077, 320-078, and 322-051. The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames is first offered the opportunity to join... View Details
      Keywords: Philanthropy; Board; Non-profit Management; Career Changes And Transitions; Evaluation; Personal Development and Career; Opportunities; Decision Choices and Conditions; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Governing and Advisory Boards; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; United States
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      • 02 May 2019
      • Sharpening Your Skills

      How To Ask Better Questions

      not in having all the right answers, but rather in asking the right questions. Teaching The DealShowing emotion, asking questions, and understanding your own strengths and weaknesses can be key to a successful agreement. About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz
      • 03 Mar 2003
      • Research & Ideas

      Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

      "I've heard many war stories," says Harvard Business School associate professor Connie Bagley, reflecting on conversations with former students who have started business ventures. To prepare current students for the HBS Business... View Details
      Keywords: by Staff
      • 11 Jul 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

      Settings with Technology Choice and Foreign Production Cost Advantage By: Drake, David F. Abstract—Emissions regulation is a policy mechanism intended to address the threat of climate change. However, the stringency of emissions... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

        Tatiana Sandino

        Tatiana Sandino is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration in the Accounting and Management Unit, most recently teaching and undertaking the role of course head for the required first-year MBA course Financial Reporting and Control. She has... View Details

        Keywords: retailing; service industry