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- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability
to customers. Many companies, however, have tried ABC at some time during the past twenty years and abandoned it because it did not capture the complexity of their operations, took too long to implement, and was too expensive to build and...
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by Robert S. Kaplan
- 24 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
What is an HBS MyTake?
of seeing the world, and people they otherwise never would have had the opportunity to meet. Understanding that community is formed when we become aware of each other’s stories, the Joint Committee on Diversity (JCD) launched the “MyTake” program at HBS a few View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
From Retail to Real Estate
traded national chain and generations-long family enterprise—until it was acquired by Walmart for $1.6 billion in 2009. As reported in the Bloomberg story, “Harvard Grad Solves His Family’s $1.6 Billion Liquidity Problem,” Ibañez was settling in to his first View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
desire to signal to others. We present a field experiment where participants could choose to give up money if they did not follow through with an action. If their commitment choice was made public rather than kept private, we find...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2018
- Blog Post
How to Engage a Search Firm
who reached out to you, and the position he or she was calling about. Your conversation might go like this: "About two years ago you called me about a CFO position in East Overshoe, Minnesota. After some conversation we agreed that this...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
School Founders By Catalina Daniels (MBA 1991) and James H. Sherman (MBA 1991) Harper Business Would-be-entrepreneurs Catalina Daniels and James Sherman studied the nuts-and-bolts of entrepreneurship as classmates at HBS. Years later,...
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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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- 23 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit
after undergrad. But Gupta also spent several years at the Pratham Education Foundation, one of India’s largest educational nonprofits—work that earned him a Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship for social enterprise leadership at HBS. Mahajan,...
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- 10 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Combining an Interest in Music and Business
mind. Nevertheless, already a year in the MBA program, I now realize that an MBA means lots of different things to different people and that it is my responsibility to make sure I tailor my experience to my own goals and passions. For the...
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- 03 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?
hiring net, Choudhury points out. “There was a recent report that the diversity of [Twitter’s] workforce has gone up because of work-from-anywhere. If a company allows working from anywhere, then you can hire from anywhere,” he says....
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by Kara Baskin
- 06 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (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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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
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
Rising star Jim Barton has decidedly mixed feelings after being selected as the new chief information officer at the fictional IVK Corporation. On the one hand, he lacks an IT background; on the other, he's ambitious and up for a...
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by Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience
bolster important communication skills and build up a base level of confidence needed to address large audiences, a valuable “real world” skill. Given that as an introvert I prefer a slower pace and value reflection (extroverts tend to...
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My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018) - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st...
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- 08 Apr 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It
Research released recently by iseecars.com seems to indicate a fleeting happiness with luxury cars. New buyers of BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche sell them more frequently in the first year than owners of other models....
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Building Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
1929. First published in 1928, six years before Monopoly , The Money Game is a book on money, a discussion of economic theory, and a game. The player’s goal is to either break the bank or earn the largest return on their investments at...
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- 07 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty
spur agriculture. Or the supermarket going up in the inner city. What can a marketing background say to you when your goal is not to sell Coca-Cola, but to offer a better existence to people on the edge? That's the puzzle facing HBS...
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by Martha Lagace
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How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Sam Perez Diarte - MBA
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- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
secret,” she says. “I’ve spent the last 15 years in Africa really trying to not only unlock the agricultural and food potential on the continent, but also to enable our enterprises to scale.” Sahel Consulting provides strategy consulting...
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Margie Kelley