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01 May 2023
News

Yahoo Acquires Alumni Startup Wagr

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Last week, Yahoo announced that it had acquired the sports betting startup Wagr, which was cofounded by Mario Malave (MBA 2020) and Eliana Eskinazi (MBA 2020). "Yahoo Sports offers us a stage to build products... View Details

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 16 Oct 2014
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Can China Lead?

Can China sustain its remarkable emergence of the past 35 years? Surely No, for multiple reasons. China will be a leader, but not the leader. Professor McFarlan will talk about both the challenges and opportunities for those seeking to do business with and within China... View Details

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage "If you want to get something done, ask a busy person." Throughout a distinguished career that has included often-overlapping leadership roles in business, teaching,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

25 Jul 2019
News

Scandals, apologies and trust issues: the aftermath of a corporate crisis

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Online Learning Model | HBS Online

Engage in real-world learning with a global community of peers Play Course Platform Introduction Video Harvard Business School Online offers a unique and highly engaging way to... View Details

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

assume we must be perfectly packaged goods, with perfected elevator pitches of the industries we’ve come from and where we aim to go next. My queer journey reminds me that I am still constantly evolving – in business and in life – testing... View Details

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

Where once "corporate giving" meant writing an annual check to a favorite charity, more recently businesses and nonprofit organizations (NPOs) have joined forces to achieve their separate, but related missions. When these partnerships... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

12 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Why I Spent this Summer Coding

The summer between RC and EC year represents a great opportunity for risk-free exploration. Encouraged by our outcome at the New Venture Competition and the funding I would receive as a Rock Summer Fellow, I forwent a business internship... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Mind Your Manners

2012). Her clients, who are often globe-trotting managers of state-owned firms doing business in the West, "are very keen to learn about how to engage with foreigners; they want to learn an established set... View Details

Keywords: etiquette; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

two-week spectacle that captures the attention of people around the world. With the Games of the XXX Olympiad off and running in London, three Harvard Business School professors offer their insights. Stephen A. Greyser, Richard P. Chapman... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

Businesses seeking highly educated talent would do well to appeal to college graduates’ desire to “change the world.” And in doing so, they might change the world a little, too—by offering jobs that come with the unintended effect of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

30 Nov 2021
News

Glue for the High-Skill Gig Economy

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

No documentation required All learners must be at least 18 years of age, proficient in English, and committed to learning and engaging with fellow participants throughout the course. Learn about bringing this course to your organization .... View Details

01 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Goldman Sachs

opportunities in Asset Management, Finance, Global Investment Research, Merchant Banking and Securities. What recruiting tactics have you found most successful in engaging with students and/or alumni at HBS?The most important aspect of... View Details

01 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

workers, key issues such as how employees are paid and how they view the scope of their jobs can be crucial to their willingness to contribute ideas that help the company thrive, says Susanna Gallani, assistant professor at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

26 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program

When Rob Zeaske (MBA 2002) came to Harvard Business School two decades ago, he was also interested in having an impact at the intersection of business and social enterprise, but he didn’t know exactly how to... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

07 May 2012
Research & Ideas

The Art of Haggling

behavior and protracted disputes. Integrative bargaining is the process that is emphasized in most professional schools. Rightly so, says Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice Michael A. Wheeler, who notes that many... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

March 2024 (Revised May 2024)
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Amperity: First-Party Data at a Crossroads

By: Elie Ofek, Hema Yoganarasimhan and Alexis Lefort

In the summer of 2023, Amperity management was facing a critical decision on its future direction. Given the dramatic changes occurring within the digital advertising ecosystem, as concerns over consumer privacy placed limits on the ability to engage in third-party... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Business Strategy; Digital Marketing; Price; Product; Business or Company Management; Advertising Industry

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31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

What do leaders do to make employees in creative functions feel supported or not? That was one of the research questions posed by Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile and colleagues in what has turned into a penetrating study... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

Organizations with great reputations can draw large and loyal followings. Source: iStock In developed countries, the best friends of businesses are the legal, political, and social institutions—banks, courts, intellectual property... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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