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- 20 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Texas. “There's been this perception that corporate America has become more ‘woke’ or more liberal. We don't see that showing up in the C-suite at least.” Defining partisanship as the degree to which a...
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by Pamela Reynolds
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
Overseers; and benefactor to many good causes. Not bad for a "cop's kid" who grew up nearby in the blue-collar city of Everett. O'Donnell's entrepreneurial streak started early. "I always wanted to have some degree of independence," he...
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
for our credential programs: CORe and CLIMB.) You can now immediately enroll and start taking the next step in your career. All programs require the completion of a brief online enrollment form before payment. If you are new to HBS Online, you will be required to set...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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My First Job
at Kwinters, the hot-dog stand in my local mall, where I learned how to cook five varieties of hot dogs, managed cash, cleaned the oily fryers and greasy hot-dog containers, and earned minimum wage. It was a great initial lesson in how, sometimes, you have to roll...
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- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
watchmaking revival began when Nicolas Hayek, a former management consultant, bought up several of the industry's suffering brands and production companies and consolidated them into the Societe Suisse de Microelectronique et d'Horlogerie...
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- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
will recognize that risk management is only part of the story and that the benefits of positive values go well beyond problem avoidance.— Lynn S. Paine In recent years, however, I have seen more attention being paid to the positive side of ethics. More managers are...
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by Carla Tishler
- 13 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS
The first time I thought seriously about the Harvard MBA was after work colleagues suggested I apply. It sounded daunting, but I like challenges and I had little to lose. I wanted to test myself at this new level, get an international world-class education, and explore...
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
to set up their Mission Related Investment Program. Key Themes: Knowing how much to ask for and when can sometimes be as important as the ask itself. Making large institutional changes towards MRI is challenging, though significant...
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- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal
written to protect renters in Britain when their landlord put their flat up for sale. Renters had a right of first refusal to purchase the property. In the end, however, the right worked against the renters. The issue in both contracts,...
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- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Bridging Business and Engineering
entrepreneurship, and because I want to lead an organization someday, I knew I needed to learn more about management,” says Perelson, explaining what prompted him to apply to HBS. A native of Los Angeles, California, Perelson grew up in...
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- 14 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022
amazing people in business school, but I had no idea I’d meet Weston. Weston and I met in October of our RC (first) year on a singles’ boat cruise. Despite the brisk Boston weather, Weston warmed me up...
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- 13 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?
malfeasance but can cause problems nonetheless. “They are not even designed to detect misconduct, which is part of what makes this work—employees feel much more comfortable talking than they might in a narrower platform,” says Campbell. Searching for red flags To pick...
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- 01 Sep 2023
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End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded...
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- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
joint venture with Toyota called NUMMI, approximately fifteen years ago. However, despite Toyota's openness and the genuinely honest efforts by other companies over many years to emulate Toyota, no one had...
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Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) - 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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- 03 Dec 2014
- What Do You Think?
Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?
Summing Up Can the Brilliance of the "Jerk" Be Tapped? The best business problem cases are those that divide a class into groups making two or more persuasive arguments. The questions of whether or not and how to make...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2023
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An Engine of Innovation
Startup life can often feel like a solo sport, says Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs: “What the three labs in our ecosystem do is to make building a venture something that happens within a truly...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
Industry Location Author:Arthur A. Daemmrich Abstract A consumer-oriented model for drug development and use has attracted attention in recent years as an alternative to the much-maligned approach of mass-marketing blockbuster drugs. In a...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
organizations. We can learn vicariously from their experiences. Consider the example of one manager who was about to undergo a critical transition in her career, only four years after first becoming a manager. When she was about to step...
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by Linda Hill
- 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Shaped by—the Internet By: Greenstein, Shane, Avi Goldfarb, and Chris Forman Abstract—The first 15 years of the 21st century have thrown into sharp relief the challenges of growth, equity, stability, and sustainability facing the world...
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Sean Silverthorne