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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Carla Small
counselor at a children's center confirmed her interest in family care but also made her realize that she preferred to approach the field "from a business angle." In 1988, she left Leo Burnett to follow her heart. Small soon discovered... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
In 2012, two seasoned scholars shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their research on designing markets. Lloyd Shapley had developed theoretical methods to create stable matches in unstable markets. Alvin Roth had... View Details
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
older investors prefer dividend-paying stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically varying demand for dividends. Firms headquartered in areas in which seniors constitute a large fraction of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
management alike. Bondholders received something like 10-to-15 cents in new GM equity on the dollar when the debt had no market value. The unions received a larger share of the equity than some thought their due, but in return they accepted new GM equity as funding... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
it. My preferred artistic medium is music—I played the piano and violin and sang competitively from age five through high school. I don’t have as much time for it anymore, but, growing up, it helped me to... View Details
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
Source: Delpixart There’s a general consensus that Washington is “broken.” But the reason politics doesn’t seem to deliver for citizens anymore may not involve who’s in the White House, which party controls Congress, or even any inherent... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- Profile
Jennifer Kelly
different styles — some were authoritative, some preferred a service approach — but they were all effective!" "The case method," says Jennifer, "is a much more challenging way to learn business concepts. It's easy to... View Details
- 05 May 2016
- Blog Post
Being a Student Mom at HBS
The group focuses on building community and improving the HBS experience for student-moms, moms-to-be, and everyone who is interested in parenthood. We built a support network of students, faculty, and staff who are committed to ensuring... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
preferences for such programming over alien, standardized content often manifest themselves. “There are many other dynamics that can also undercut the viability of globally standardized products over time,”... View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
were essential, and radical corporate social responsibility concepts were pursued by some firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53419 forthcoming Capitalism Beyond Mutuality New Prospects for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
listen to podcasts detailing their impact, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE For more than 50 years, Harvard Business School has recognized a number of outstanding individuals by conferring on them its... View Details
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
behavior on an ongoing basis. Communication is a central part of that story. Negotiators can have good reasons for not saying everything they're thinking. Holding back information can be a simple matter of self-defense. If a seller... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
preferences for unbundling among agencies and their clients. Using microdata collected by the US Census Bureau from 1982 to 2007, the researchers found that agencies were more likely to unbundle if they were... View Details
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
more elusive than ever. A recent McKinsey study reveals that the annual churn in the wireless industry increased from 17 percent in 1995 to 32 percent in 2000. This trend holds true even in industries less susceptible to turnover. In core retail categories such as... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
Conference Looks at Future of Hong Kong as a Global Leader The HBS Association of Hong Kong (HBSAHK) celebrated the club’s 45thanniversary in February, with its 2025 Signature Conference at Cloud 39, a rooftop ballroom at The Henderson skyscraper in central Hong Kong.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
pick something they like to do, work hard, and not worry about the rest—success will come.—Todd Krasnow Rhyne's idea for meeting the "weekly beauty needs"—manicures, facials, massages—of time-pressed women made the semifinal... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
Imagine an organization made up of a variety of three-dimensional shapes. Rectangular blocks represent the functions: manufacturing, R&D, and sales and marketing. The spheres are regional offices. Pyramids represent product groups—one for, say, automotive, another... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
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Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellows Program | MBA
Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellows Program Supported by the Roberts Family Foundation This program is for current Harvard College students only. Students may be from any Harvard College concentration. As technical and societal... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
average in order to compete successfully. "Airbnb's pricing suggestions implicitly acknowledge that price is a market-driven outcome," Luca says. "In a market, prices move until supply meets demand. And the data indicate that discriminatory View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Action Plan: Brewing Awareness
which is the case for most developing markets, so going niche is not an especially stable model. And as your base gets larger, having a grasp of the data and understanding of consumers’ diverse preferences... View Details