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HBS - Financials | Financial Highlights

2021 Annual Report From The Dean Financials PDF Downloads Archive Financials 5 Year Summary From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials 5... View Details

16 Apr 2019
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How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience

experience balances with the all too common FOMO (fear-of-missing-out) that is quite palpable on campus. While traditionally in society extroverts have received the bulk of attention, introverts are increasingly being acknowledged for... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

People skills make all the difference at senior levels. How have your priorities changed since 1974? After graduating from HBS, I embarked upon a very career-centric existence, and I have to admit that it has paid off. But since having children, my life is more View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

15 Apr 2015
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Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

have long balanced competing notions of fairness when deciding on policy toward the poor. We want everyone to pitch in, to pay their "fair share," so we have moved away from making cash transfers to low-income households and... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

16 Mar 2009
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When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses

step in the right direction, and one of the few major drivers of IPv6 deployment. But so far OMB hasn't yet tried to force agencies to actually use IPv6, knowing that it would be too costly, too inconvenient, and on balance too hard to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications

06 Oct 2003
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The Problem with Hedge Funds

rent the clearing and settling capabilities, the stock loan inventories and balance sheets of the banks. The hedge funds claim to be able to provide substantial returns regardless of the direction of the market. Like mutual funds and... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

08 Mar 2004
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Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem

have created, balancing their generosity with the need to keep some of that value for themselves. Achieving this balance may not be as easy as it seems. Keystone organizations must make sure that the value... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

02 Aug 2022
Blog Post

From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

like creating a work-life balance and the pursuit of happiness. With changing times, it is important for the curriculum to reflect on living a fulfilled life and not just relentlessly pursuing the next promotion! How did HBS prepare you... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

Above: Dowling at home in New York City: “There’s no one model for being a working parent.” Daisy Dowling (MBA 2002) had built a successful career in leadership development and executive coaching at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in the 2000s, but there was one... View Details

Keywords: April White

11 Apr 2012
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The High Risks of Short-Term Management

infrastructure that separates companies could have profound implications and incentivize companies to become more long-term-oriented. Q: What is the lesson for corporate leaders as they seek to balance the need for long-term strategy with... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Managing Risks Balancing Innovation and Control Featured Exercises Analyze your organization’s approach to managing common organizational tensions Analyze a job using the Job Design Optimization Tool (JDOT) Identify ways to dial up... View Details

23 May 2018
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Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987

admitting that balancing her career and family takes work. Although Harris is brimming with confidence, she is not one to brag. Her life’s remarkable trajectory—including being the subject of an HBS case study and authoring two... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

everything else in business, grown more complex in the age of the global economy. In fact, according to some observers, the implied balance between its two component parts may be tilting increasingly askew, even as the world's economy and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

classroom to vote on issues or work in small groups? Moss isn’t talking about the essence of the case method as he explains the importance of teaching civics as a dynamic and engaging topic, but he could be: “The three branches of government are extremely important,... View Details

Keywords: April White

June 1975 (Revised September 2004)
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Angus Cartwright III

By: Kenneth J. Hatten, William J. Poorvu, Howard H. Stevenson, Arthur I. Segel and John H. Vogel, Jr.

Judy and John DeRight, looking to diversify their investment portfolios, have retained Angus Cartwright, Jr. to identify prospective real estate acquisitions. Mr. Cartwright has four potential properties that he feels merit an in-depth financial analysis. The case... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Cash Flow; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Taxation; Balanced Scorecard; Valuation

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March 2023 (Revised April 2023)
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Shelly Sun at BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leader

By: Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman and Sarah L. Abbott

Shelly Sun had founded BrightStar Care, a home health care and medical staffing agency, 20 years earlier and had grown the business to over 300 franchised locations and $654 million in annual system-wide sales. Sun had spent years working to get “the right people in... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneur; Family Business; Franchising; Health Care; Women-owned Businesses; Growth And Scaling; Organization; Franchise Ownership; Entrepreneurship; Work-Life Balance; Growth and Development; Health Industry; United States

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Teele Hall | About

and pennies. Each depends upon the others; to keep them all in balance in an organization is a delicate task. But if we cannot perform this feat under conditions of change and stress, we shall not be able to keep the School in the... View Details

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

this guy Y? What I would say in general is, it’s fiction. But there are details and thoughts that I pulled from my experience for verisimilitude.” Kim sees his business and literary endeavors as complementary forces in his life. “I like to think there’s a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

16 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem

top four candidates overall: 32 and 33 percent, respectively. The limitations of fair rankings In surveying participants after the experiment, some admitted they specifically looked for male candidates for the moving assistance tasks, then tried to View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

+1.617.495.6226. Application Review: To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type... View Details

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