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15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

Finance can be intimidating, and many business executives don’t even try to get their arms around it. But Harvard Business School Professor Mihir Desai says business leaders need to engage with the world of finance in order to succeed.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too

You don't have to do something major or spend money on a dinner out to have a ritual that's psychologically powerful for your relationship." Thoughtful gesture: Another 11 percent of respondents made a point of doing something thoughtful... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

at how that anxiety can change the outcomes of negotiations. In order to induce anxiety in participants, she asked them to listen to the theme from the horror film Psycho; others heard soothing classical music instead. Then she placed... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

reality is that we don’t really know if commercial space flight will ultimately be a money maker, how many competitors will fit in the market, or what demand will be for consumers taking off on space vacations after the initial enthusiasm... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

At one end of the global coffee supply chain are the diners who gather for brunch at the sidewalk tables outside Chloe’s Cafe in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood. Regulars there order the fluffy banana-walnut pancakes and steaming... View Details

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

in Washington politicians. Fairly or not, people have become willing to believe that executives, as a class, are greedy and dishonest. However natural it might be to ask how so many executives—not to mention accountants, investment bankers, stock market analysts,... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

understanding the group's interests but in understanding its constraints. In order to increase the amount of food sent to disadvantaged countries, the consortium had in the past partnered with American farmers to lobby the U.S. government... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

Web

Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

emergent strategy processes to unlock innovation within your organization and determine which “type” of money will empower new business ideas to flourish. Highlights The Resource Allocation Process Netflix Finding the Winning Strategy... View Details

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

lot of tech firms make big investments in growth upfront, and then the payoff is long-term in the future. In our current macroeconomic climate, it’s harder for them to find money for those sorts of investments, and so that type of... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

learned--and that many of these skills require executives to rethink their conception of what a superb leader actually does. Developing and practicing these skills requires hard work and may demand that talented executives overcome some degree of discomfort and even... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

makes us more likely to misbehave in the future. ©iStockphoto/Brian Jackson In a follow-up laboratory study, participants played a game in which they could make money by successfully predicting the outcome of a computerized coin toss.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Web

In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

Money Control Is there such a thing as an Indian way of doing business? Harvard Business School professors Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna say yes, and no... 19 MAR 2022 HBS Working Knowledge Five Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for... View Details

15 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

approach to globalization has allowed Toyota to thrive among automakers? A: Toyota has overtaken General Motors to become the largest automaker in the world—while making money in the process. Toyota is distinguished from most of the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

self-service in the meat department,” Hisano writes. Hisano goes on to describe how some retailers manipulated meat with artificial food additives, in order to maintain—or artificially create—the coveted red color. (She provides an... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

Cash Flow Metrics and Milestones Show Hide Details Concepts Using Money to Produce Information The Investor Perspective Business Models Calculating Financing Needs Featured Exercises Understanding and presenting key financial metrics... View Details

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

Would Everfi Create Enough Impact? TPG Rise: Investment Result, Takeaways from the Rise Fund Show Hide Details Concepts Developing Impact Strategies Measuring and Accounting for Impact The Rise Fund: Impact Multiple of Money ESG... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

overcome them in order to drive impact at scale. For the full listing, click here . HBS EC Course - Public Entrepreneurship - Mitchell Weiss This course is designed for students who may found, join, or fund private startup companies that... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

bookstores found ways to stay in business. Then came Amazon. The internet giant got its start as a bookseller, taking its first order in July 1995. Its online-only model meant that Amazon’s inventory was essentially limitless, and its... View Details

Keywords: April White

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

Financial resources don’t determine the quality of education, but it would be absurd to deny that money helps. "Adding to the challenge, 65 percent of Black college students are also juggling full-time jobs or families." Merck CEO Kenneth... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

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