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Reflections on My First Semester Teaching at HBS - MBA
are infinitely more diverse, in terms of companies represented and background of protagonists. Companies like Khan Academy, Zipline, Collab Capital, and Biobot Analytics show that you can use entrepreneurship to achieve financial success while also making the View Details
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Music industry statistics
Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Overview of world retail sales of recorded music (audio and video). Provides sector analysis of music video market including key developments in DVD marketing, and...
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- 05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5
present day. It covers early entrepreneurial attempts to develop solar energy, the use of passive solar in architecture before World War II, and the subsequent growth of the modern photovoltaic industry. It explores the role of...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Get to Know the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association - MBA
of the AFAA; therefore, I chose to serve in leadership mainly to annoy my fellow officers and to try to keep them in check! Kidding. I witnessed the AFAA’s support of US military veterans, those who have served out of uniform, and veterans from our partners and allies...
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- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
BlackBerry had gone from being a corporate world must-have to a global has-been. Chen tells Ranjay Gulati that the key to turning Blackberry around was being prepared to make hard calls, even in midst of uncertainty. He says that, in...
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by Danielle Kost
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Insights From Harvard Business School’s Peek Program - MBA
wanted to understand: what do Harvard MBA students actually learn? So, I decided to take a peek Peek provides students from around the world an opportunity to experience the life of an HBS student. In January 2023, I had the privilege of...
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- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
As interest in the flat tax grows, the world seems transfixed on an unlikely country, Slovakia, whose 3-year-old tax reform program is paying early dividends. Essentially applying a uniform tax rate on citizens (and sometimes companies)...
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by Martha Lagace
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was devastated by three reactor explosions and two core meltdowns in the days following a 9.0 earthquake and a tsunami that produced waves as high as 17 meters. The world is familiar with Daiichi's...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
they may fail to notice when the moment is right for action on one path. They may also seem too remote and aloof to their staffs. The best leaders can zoom in to examine problems and then zoom out to look for patterns and causes. They don't divide the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide
opportunities. Conversely, the models also highlight opposing profiles within sectors. We recently talked to Awada and Srinivasan, the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration, about the study. Danielle Kost: Why should the investment View Details
- 05 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures
their projects to potential investors. (The idea was to determine the effects of envy in a field setting, not whether those feelings affected the chances of winning funding.) Some entrepreneurs listened to what they thought was an audio View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
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HBS Veteran Spotlight: Lindsey Chrismon (MBA 2025) - MBA
forces. Today, we hear from Lindsey Chrismon (MBA 2025) who served with dedication and is now pursuing an MBA, connecting the worlds of military service and higher education. Join us as we explore this unique journey and celebrate the...
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- 07 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay
the study estimates. Cohen’s study emerges as record inflation and chronic staffing shortages collide making compensation a top challenge in human resources. While the trend is most heavily concentrated in lower-paying sectors like...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
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Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA 2023): Engineering a Climate Change Solution by Cutting the Cost of Carbon Capture - MBA
opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all.” To keep temperature rise to 1.5°C and avoid a cascade of climatological catastrophes—flood, drought, famine, disease, species extinction, and many, many others—the world...
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- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
809-073 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the largest and fastest-growing pools of investment capital in the world and follows an unusually active program of investment management. In the market turmoil of late 2008, Mark...
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Martha Lagace
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The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back - MBA
very deep level and trying to understand how they define their identities and how they see themselves in the world is something that I will continue doing in the future. JUSTINA RAMOSKAITE (MBA 2022) Justina was women’s rep for Section E,...
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- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
ensure the organization’s preparedness for future crises. Information gathering The flow of high-quality information is more important than ever. A United States military framework for thinking about the external environment that has gained traction in the business...
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by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
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HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy - MBA
Years later as a Blavatnik Fellow, the more she studied cancer and existing therapies, the more Zutshi wanted a new approach.“There are a lot of treatments in the world that are iteratively better,” Zutshi said. “And those are important....
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
to gauge performance. Examine how Green Mountain Coffee evaluates business performance and potential using financial statements. Show Hide Details Modules The Accounting Equation Recording Transactions Financial Statements Adjusting...
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- 13 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions
readily be reclaimed by investors in the firm who lost money." In a new research paper, coauthored with World Bank economists Martin Kanz and Leora Klapper, Cole explores how various performance incentives affect lending decisions...
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