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Tips for Working Remotely | Information Technology
an unattended laptop and walk off. If they act like they own it, no one will stop them. Consider obtaining a locking cable if you frequently work in public areas, or find that you do need to leave the device on occasion. Traveling Abroad... View Details
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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog
(BSSE) course is a second-year elective that aspires to teach aspects of the management of innovation, strategy, and growth of a firm from the perspective of the general manager. The central puzzle in this course – and something we will see frequently in our cases - is... View Details
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Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog
are not historically wealthy high-income democracies, and where many of the textbook assumptions regarding how markets function—such as the enforcement of contracts, anti-trust laws, universally low or absent tariffs, governments acting... View Details
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Community | HBS Online
network and gain new perspectives from professional speakers, executives, and professors.” Gwen Mdinaradze , Global Chapter Organizer “The HBS Online Community acts as a bridge that allows me to forge connections with business leaders... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), allowing businesses to cite religious freedom as a defensible reason to deny service to a customer. Critics, who included a number of high-profile CEOs, argued that the law granted... View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
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Fulfilling Their Promise
tours, SAT and ACT prep courses, and scholarship opportunities. There are book clubs, discussion groups, adventure clubs, and Women of Purpose, a program created for women who have graduated high school and are now in a position to mentor... View Details
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Emmanuel Mensah
come here acting like you know everything, you’ll embarrass yourself,” he laughs. But along with his gifts of experience and intelligence, Emmanuel has brought something else to his classes that his sectionmates deeply appreciate: a trove... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
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Venture: Time Heals All
Assembling a nursing schedule for a hospital ward can be surprisingly difficult—a little like playing three-dimensional Tetris, says Ilana Springer Borkenstein (MBA 2022). “It is a really challenging, tedious task.” Nurse managers must take into consideration a host of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
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The New Rules of E-Commerce
thinking before acting slows the process dangerously. It's better to think to act. "There is no course on speed at Harvard, yet it is a constant theme across many of the topics taught there." Judging by Rakuten's 2012 market cap of $13... View Details
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Biblical and Mythological Scenes - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Sapphira. Acts 5: 1 ] view image Engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck (1498–1574). Jan Claesz Visscher "excudebat." [Amsterdam, early 17th century]. 20.9 x 26.4 cm CC n6 x Ananias and his wife Sapphira were struck dead for holding back... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
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It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Medicaid.) Some contend that the Public Option’s low-cost premiums are falsely achieved by shifting Medicare’s costs to private insurers, but Medicare’s massive scale—61.2 million enrollees—delivers... View Details
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Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting
to make a lasting difference. What is Unconscious Bias? Unconscious or implicit bias is the term for the mental processes that cause a person to act in ways that reinforce stereotypes even when in our conscious mind we would deem that... View Details
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
financial reform legislation, the gap in small business credit data was recognized and a specific provision was included to allow for more credible monitoring for small business access to bank credit. Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
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How to Write a Great Business Plan
Every seasoned investor knows that detailed financial projections for a new company are an act of imagination. Nevertheless, most business plans pour far too much ink on the numbers—and far too little on the information that really... View Details
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- 01 Feb 2002
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Terrorism, Insurance, and Uncle Sam
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, business in general and the insurance industry in particular are examining ways to manage the high cost of insurance against acts of terrorism. Appearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce,... View Details
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove on the Confident Leader
Thus, in many ways, the whole teaching model condemns managers to act after the game is over. Maybe you can't teach intuition, but maybe you can. AG: You can promote intuition. You can recognize the innate aptitude of people to grasp what... View Details
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
executives using tax minimization strategies, and to see whether that correlated with the tax strategies of the corporations they run. Spoiler alert: They do. The 2013 tax increases due to the American Taxpayer Relief Act and the... View Details
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- 15 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive
and 20 percent predict the situation won’t change. The Harvard researchers are hoping this report might help spur Washington to get its act together. “We think this is an American issue, not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue or a... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Dear Future Author…
other words, do this to please yourself.” —Robert Goldmann (MBA 1961), business and personal coach and author of Act from Choice “Keep your expectations modest. The writing is only half the battle. Then you have to market the book 95... View Details
- 13 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Ask A Coach: How Do I Find a Mentor?
people. HBS Career Coach Warren Radtke cautions you may not be looking for a mentor – one who gives career advice - but a sponsor, someone who discovers you and acts almost like a talent agent. "Mentors can be sought out because... View Details