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- 07 Jun 2021
- Book
9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'
Others don’t do it very well.” The cruel reality, however, for many social enterprises, up to 50 percent of the CEO’s time can be devoted to securing financial resources. Without the resources, even the most exciting mission will fall... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 13 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?
women's shaving brand at Gillette. The company made a point of building products from the ground up for the distinct hair removal needs of both men and women. But it also made a point of creating a different brand name for Gillette's... 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... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Web
Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
The Late 19th Century US Postal Service Expansion, Firm Creation, and Firm Performance” with Astrid Marinoni. Raffaella Sadun : Winner of the 2023 HBR Award for the best article of the year in Harvard Business Review for “Reskilling in... View Details
- 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
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
History Matters
The stunning collapse of three high-profile banks in recent months—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank—churned up a host of headlines and fears: Are these signs of major instability? The first dominos to fall? In... View Details
- Profile
Charlotte MacDonald
With four years of consulting experience at Boston Consulting Group behind her, Charlotte MacDonald, realized it was time to reflect on the path before her. "I was having a great experience, I loved the work and people," she... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 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... View Details
- 24 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Les Williams (MBA 2005)
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... View Details
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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Isamar Troncoso : Selected as an INFORMS Doctoral Consortium Fellow in 2019. Shunyuan Zhang : Runner up for the 2019 Nunamaker-Chen Dissertation Award from INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) for “A Structural Analysis of Sharing... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
India's New Money Managers
When Priti Rathi Gupta (OPM 49, 2017) was 16 years old, her father handed her his investment portfolio and asked her what she could make of it. She was befuddled. "He realized that, although I had schooling in what we call commerce, I... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14699 Forced Sales and House Prices Authors:John Y. Campbell, Stefano Giglio, and Parag Pathak Abstract This paper uses data on house transactions in the state of Massachusetts over the last 20 years... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
Kimberly Jung, pictured in a field of crocuses, returned to Afghanistan to understand how she and her cofounders could import saffron to the United States. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Jung During their first semester at HBS, former United States Army engineer officers... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 08 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day is October 11, 2021, and HBS will be supporting and participating in events that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community throughout October. Some students come out before business school, some students wait until they arrive on campus, and some who... View Details
- 11 Apr 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy
A dozen years ago, it seemed like all it took to launch a successful technology company was a vague idea, a PowerPoint presentation, a trade-show booth with a sexy spokesmodel, and a URL. Then the dot-com bubble burst and investors got... View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
Sweden. We find that shifting to a temporally more frequent quota plan leads to an increase in sales performance for low-performing salespeople by preventing them from giving up in the later periods within a quota evaluation cycle.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women
been produced by men and women equally, about 6,500 more female-focused inventions would have emerged. Opening the idea spigot The team also analyzed a vast library of biomedical research articles published between the years 2000 and... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
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From Harvard to Miss New Jersey: A Journey of Perseverance and Self-Belief - 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... View Details
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Peter Gumulia
Growing up in Indonesia, Peter Gumulia experienced life as a cycle of “school, athletics, homework, and repeat. Discipline played an important role early on in my life.” This pushed Peter onto the national golf team when he was only... View Details
- 12 Dec 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock
boutiques? (Nanda stuck with small museum shops and specialty catalogs at first, in spite of all the advance publicity.) Is it better to partner with an American product design firm and risk prohibitive expense, or to team up with a... View Details