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- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
participate in a market where there’s nothing to consume, and producers don’t want to participate in a market with no consumers. No surprise, then, that this publication’s most popular story last year discussed how Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy View Details
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
"What UIDAI is creating is a road, a road that connects every individual to the state," Nilekani said in the case. "How each one of us uses that road, how far we travel along it, is up to each one of us." Under Nilekani's wing, the UIDAI project has... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Michael R. Bloomberg
city into a thriving entrepreneurial environment. “Mayor Bloomberg has been a great champion of the startup community,” said Neil Blumenthal, co-founder of Warby Parker. “He used his bully pulpit to promote the New York-startup scene nationally and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
Laurence Dutton SUMMING UP How Should America Admit Talented Workers of the World? The notion of attracting talented workers to the United States deserves support, especially at times when the unemployment rate is low. But the H-1B... View Details
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HBS - From The Dean
ideas. Equally important as the aspirations are the engines that will help us achieve them. The first of these is racial equity, diversity, and inclusion. We have to work harder to attract diverse talent to the School and help every... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Moir Donelson
in Technology and Operations Management, to cochair the School's Honor Committee, and to work with the Admissions Office to help attract a more diverse pool of applicants to the MBA Program. Donelson attributes much of his motivation to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
fit.” In her role as an MBA career counselor, Carole Carlson (MBA ’98) tells graduating students to “inoculate themselves” against unwise early career choices by considering all the options. “Consulting and investment banking might be the perfect choice for some,” she... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
traits. To better determine when a firm will be attracted to agglomeration economies, we develop a three-layer framework. The first layer assesses the relative importance of skilled labor, suppliers, and knowledge spillovers. The second... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
recreation-promises that would not be possible without conservation easements." Many investors are attracted to this model. "Some are conventional investors who think the strategy makes sense on a risk-adjusted basis-and they consider it... View Details
- 18 Sep 2014
- News
Room to grow: global expansion in the middle ground
and regions that offer an opportunity multinationals don’t find attractive and local companies don’t adequately address. Then they penetrate this middle ground in ways that won’t immediately trigger a response,” he says. In recent years,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Student turns family health crisis into online solution
incorporate appropriate care pathways into CareSolver. The company has attracted favorable interest including winning $20,000 and second place in Harvard’s Deans Health and Life Sciences Challenge, and has received residency in HBS’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Soul Man
and evangelical exercises have attracted some 2 million young people, “more than Paul McCartney has pulled in,” Luce said. At one such recent gathering, Luce exhorted his audience to write down on pieces of paper all the negative societal... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Hot Tip
something relevant.” In 2000, Nkontchou, a veteran of Andersen Consulting and Merrill Lynch, started LiquidAfrica with $250,000 of his own money and $2.5 million from Modern Africa, a Washington-based private equity fund. Among his goals are helping to View Details
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
itemizes what it spends on cotton, cutting, sewing, dyeing, finishing, and transporting each shirt, consumers become more attracted to the brand and more likely to purchase. “By unpacking the costs, you have the opportunity to explain... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
In each case, she noted, contemporary reactions to the new frontier followed a similar pattern. The commercial opportunity attracts pioneers, some of whom resort to piracy to seize their claims. This leads to the assumption that... View Details
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Maura Sullivan
Maura Sullivan sees in HBS many of the same qualities that had attracted her to the U.S. Marine Corps. "Choosing the right branch of the armed services was easy," Maura says. "I liked the camaraderie, the discipline, the... View Details
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Cynthia Samanian
there were a variety of attractive career options presented during the recruiting season. Throughout my two years at HBS, participation in student clubs and programs has helped me stay true to my career desires. During my first year, I... View Details
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Ryu Kawano
financials and determine where value is derived from." After a year, he accepted a position with TPG Capital in Tokyo. "Part of what attracted me was the opportunity to work in my home country — I hadn't lived or worked there... View Details
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Real Estate Private Equity - Course Catalog
when to "double down" on an underperforming investment. We will incorporate a relative value approach in differentiating more attractive investments based upon their risk adjusted returns. The first module focuses on portfolio level... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2024 Alumni Board Meeting
program. Included in the presentation were progress updates on the MBA program’s three strategic priorities—invigorate our sense of purpose; center the education; and attract the most promising—and discussion of a market research project... View Details