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- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
supposed to pay off, the greater the uncertainty. Hence, investment decisions and compensation contracts tend to converge toward more short-term, observable metrics that encourage corporate managers and professional money managers to maximize short-term performance....
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- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
always look at each other, awkwardly smile, and say “we met at HBS.” Confusion usually settles in as they gaze at Laura’s ring finger, and we quickly explain that we met six years ago while participating in the Summer Venture in...
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- 08 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
have imagined. Although I had been out to family members and close friends for a few years, approving that photo was the first time that I had publicly announced myself as a gay person. Leading up to that moment were View Details
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Doubling Down on Women’s Health Innovation and Leveraging the Private Sector in a Post-Roe v. Wade Era - Blog: Health Supplement
Blog Blog Health Supplement Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS Partners Author HBS Staff Author Health Care...
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- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
more than 11,000 people, so it took years to complete the workshops. But by the end of the process, "almost every person felt that the company vision was his or her own vision," Groysberg says. INTERACTIVITY: Once some intimacy is...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest...
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- 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24
this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812033-PDF-ENG Chris and Alison Weston (A) Sandra J. Sucher and Celia MooreHarvard Business School Case 612-019 Chris and Alison Weston describe how they, a well-educated middle class couple, ended View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 30
regularly advises executives and students on how to tackle these questions. In this indispensable new book, Kaplan shares a specific and actionable approach to defining your own success and reaching your potential. Drawing on his years of...
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Sean Silverthorne
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AASU50 - Alumni
point in the School’s history, which offered not only an occasion for reflection, but also was an exciting opportunity for HBS to conduct new research, convene thought leaders, and undertake initiatives to advance African American business leaders. Throughout the View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor
students then receive 20 percent of the profits over five years in the form of scholarship funds. Late last year PD got a celebrity boost when Bobo met former Yankees star Alex Rodriguez at a Jennifer Lopez...
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Julia Hanna
- 23 May 2018
- News
Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988
order to make room for innovation.” “It is important to figure out how to balance long-standing traditions with new insights in order to make room for innovation.” Growing up in Boston as the eldest of three children, Johnson enjoyed...
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Susan Young
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)
Business school is a valuable investment in your future. HBS supports that investment through generous need-based scholarships. In addition to scholarships, many HBS students utilize student loans to help meet their portion of the shared investment. If you anticipate...
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- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
As the daughter of newly freed slaves on a Louisiana plantation, Sarah Breedlove's prospects at birth in 1867 foretold grinding poverty and toil. Over time, she graduated from the cotton fields to the washtub, marrying at the age of 14 and giving birth 3 View Details
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Nika Duan
transformations with you. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A detective! I definitely read too many Nancy Drew novels and loved the combination of solving puzzles and delivering justice. What is your favorite childhood memory? Growing View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
boost earnings to meet earnings benchmarks. We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 5% depending on the depth and duration of promotion. However, there is a price to pay, with the cost in the...
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Martha Lagace
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
several years Land and Wheelwright set up operations at various locations in the Boston area where they continued to expand their laboratory and manufacturing facilities to design and build specialized...
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- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc. Download Mikitani profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1965 Born, Kobe, Japan 1972 Family moves to United States for two years 1988 Earns commerce degree, Hitotsubashi...
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Brandon Lovell
When pushed, Brandon Lovell fights back. In his high school years in the South Bronx ("not the worst neighborhood, but pretty bad"), Brandon saw many students being bullied. The experience was formative: on the one hand, it...
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Reunions - Alumni
interest in any of these volunteer opportunities, click on the Volunteer Now button above. An HBS staff member will follow up with you. Interested in Volunteering? Login to Volunteer Make a Gift INVEST IN LEADERS & IDEAS GIVE TO HBS...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
It is complicating to put on the board family member-employees who are working their way up the organization ladder. Their supervisors too often complain that it is not clear if the family employee reports to them or vice versa. I advise...
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