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05 Oct 2021
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Launch Signals

tech startup producing stylish bracelets with an inobtrusive control button that can send text messages and GPS tracking to friends, a pre-recorded call to a specific phone number, or a direct connection to the police. “Flare gives you View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; startup; safety; wearable tech; women; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Answers to Your Top Questions about Financial Aid at HBS | MBA

frequently asked questions about financing an MBA. 1. What is HBS doing to make an MBA more affordable and accessible? Harvard Business School is committed to providing you with options and support to help finance your MBA. Even as the... View Details

23 Oct 2018
News

Do You Feel Lucky?

NBC: Today Show NBC: Today Show Depending on how the numbers fall tonight, one or more lucky winners could find themselves in a life-changing scenario as the recipient of an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot, with a cash option of $904... View Details

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Real Estate Prices by City

Residential Rents and choose appropriate options such as by sqf. etc. select years view data Related sources: (might not be by city) Federal Reserve Economic Data, St Louis FED - scroll down to see data on US commercial real estate prices... View Details

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Harvard Business Review: Executive Education Access | Baker Library

participants can access Business Source Complete in the library. Participants in Comprehensive Leadership Programs (AMP, GMP, OPM, PLD and SELP) can access Business Source Complete remotely. Go to Business Source Complete . CLP participants: In the Exec Ed section of... View Details

01 Apr 1999
News

Club Events Reflect Diverse Student Interests

include students interested in motorcycles, the martial arts, the state of Texas, and wine and cuisine. The following summaries represent a few of the many happenings that student groups have organized in recent months. WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals WesTrek:... View Details

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Seamus Bann

Seamus is a veteran, ex-consultant, and career-switcher with success recruiting for PE and public markets. He enjoys helping students map their recruiting journey early in the HBS experience and then evaluate options on the other side. He... View Details

November 1994 (Revised November 1994)
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MW Petroleum Corporation (A)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman, Peter Tufano and Barbara Wall

Amoco Corp. is negotiating to sell a wholly-owned subsidiary, MW Petroleum, to Apache Corp. MW owns large reserves of oil and gas comprising many properties at different stages of engineering, development, and production. The proposed acquisition is a large one for... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Subsidiaries; Mining; Cash Flow; Stock Options; Financing and Loans; Price; Negotiation; Production; Valuation; Mining Industry

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Bobby Daly

it's all about allocation. How do you deliver care to a vulnerable population when you have very limited resources?" While Bobby is still open to a variety of options for his residency and beyond, he knows that balancing medical... View Details

25 Feb 2017
Blog Post

3 Reasons I Chose to Attend HBS

been able to take this risk. HBS’s support for entrepreneurship, including the Harvard Innovation Lab and the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, provides the perfect incubator to explore this path. HBS also offers summer funding options... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Invest in the New Abnormal

need to adjust to the new reality that customers prefer not to come into their stores. B2C firms must enhance their delivery and pickup options and provide incentives [such as rewards points for using a mobile app] to customers to... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

A Shared Vision for a Better World

section,” Harrold says. “It was welcoming and comforting. We all had a feeling that we’d lost some time and it was time to catch up.” After HBS, Harrold worked as a banker before building a 25-year career as an independent market maker on the Chicago Board View Details

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Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

person – it probes and pushes you, forcing you to be a critical thinker who can clearly articulate opinions in a structured way.” Abena is active in the Africa Business Club where she has been elected co-president for the year ahead. “Being in the HBS environment gives... View Details

20 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong

movie would you select instead?” Most of the observers assumed—often incorrectly—that their partners would prefer a lower-quality movie in the first-choice genre to a higher-quality movie in a different genre. While 68.5 percent of participants chose the five-star... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

the issue of top-management compensation? Brian Hall: As you all know, stock options were intended to give executives incentives to get share prices to rise, which in theory would create value for shareholders and society alike. That... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

18 Dec 2020
News

Progress Update on Racial Equity Plan

the HBS Racial Equity Plan and have shared that there is now an option to designate HBS Fund gifts to the School’s Diversity and Equity efforts. READ MORE View Details

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Curriculum | MBA

Curriculum JD / MBA The JD/MBA is a four-year program that offers the core curricula of the Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA and Harvard Law School (HLS) JD with a wide range of elective options at both schools. In the first two years of... View Details

01 Aug 2005
What Do You Think?

Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?

external CEO is probably the 'easiest, politically correct' option . . . where there would typically be two or three close [internal] contenders for the top job." A number of ways of meeting these challenges were suggested. Klopack's... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Nov 2013
News

Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

But with the Nokia acquisition, that option may now have expired. So shrinking back to being a niche player may be all that's left. It's a fascinating question, and I don't pretend to know what strategy would have been the right one at... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Jun 1999
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Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

industry is to reduce complexity and simplify ease of use. As communications capabilities and options expand, all of us who provide aspects of communications networks (including devices) must keep reduced complexity in mind. Can you... View Details

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