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Brandon Graves

both professional and personal aspects. The HBS experience encourages deep reflection and has allowed me to take early steps at shaping my life post b-school. I am pleasantly surprised by how many takeaways extend to everyday life beyond... View Details

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Reunions - Alumni

Recognition for Your HBS Giving According to our records, you have not made a new gift or pledge in recent years (pledge payments not reflected here). Please consider making a gift today using our online giving form . Thank you in... View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

perceive geopolitical risk and articulates a recommended decision-making process and framework to manage such risk. The research reflected in the report indicates that various concerns related to China are most prominent in reshaping the... View Details

08 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate

strong incentives to impose restrictions on women’s promiscuity. “The gender gaps in labor market participation, micro-entrepreneurship, or business ownership more generally seem to also partly reflect this social norm against women.”... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

03 Mar 2003
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Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

"I've heard many war stories," says Harvard Business School associate professor Connie Bagley, reflecting on conversations with former students who have started business ventures. To prepare current students for the HBS Business... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

15 Jun 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market

Keywords: by Bo Becker & Victoria Ivashina

19 Aug 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice

Keywords: by N. Gregory Mankiw, Matthew Weinzierl & Danny Yagan

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Growing as a Purposeful Leader

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

Leaders today have to lead in the context of extraordinary changes and challenges. The demands of today's stakeholders have risen significantly, and what is expected of senior leaders is quickly evolving in terms of their mission (more than profit),... View Details

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The Fading Light of Democratic Capitalism: How Pervasive Cronyism and Restricted Suffrage Are Destroying Democratic Capitalism as a National Ideal ... And What to Do About It

By: Malcolm S. Salter

What are we to do about declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? In this book, I address how we can rekindle the fading light of democratic capitalism as an... View Details

Keywords: Government and Politics; Power and Influence; Economic Systems; Culture

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ChemChina

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li, Lei Li and Hong Zhang

ChemChina is China's largest basic chemical manufacturing firm. It was included in Fortune Global 500 in 2011 and 2012, ranked No. 475 and 402. Its sales revenue in 2011 was 179 billion yuan, and profit was 600 million yuan. The year-end total assets were 254.2 billion... View Details

Keywords: Reorganization; Strategy; China; China

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02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

codified and integrated into this knowledge base in a way that ensured compatibility with its existing components. And third, it established processes to evolve this knowledge base to ensure it reflected changes in the broader... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

deadlines to help ensure participants proceed through the course at a similar pace and can take full advantage of social learning opportunities. In addition to module and assignment completion, we expect you to offer feedback on others’ View Details

10 Dec 2014
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Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values

people are sympathetic to the logic behind progressive taxes and, simultaneously, the logic behind flatter taxes. The policies we see, whether tax rates or the minimum wage, reflect the public's efforts to find the right balance between... View Details

Keywords: by April White; Retail; Manufacturing

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Research Design - Impact Investments

ever-more complete picture of the impact investing landscape. Focus Area 2 The second focus area of the project takes an in-depth look at a group of 200 portfolio companies, which are sampled to reflect some of the main trends in the U.S.... View Details

09 Feb 2021
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Investing in Entrepreneurship

donation to the Harvard Innovation Labs (i-lab). “I regard HBS as a national treasure that should be preserved and enhanced,” said Crisp from his home in Florida when reflecting on his leadership gift that will establish an endowment in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

22 Oct 2007
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Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

this fall and will continue to monitor developments at Wipro. Says Upton, "There's a question as to where things go down the road: whether this continues to be a lean implementation or evolves into the Wipro Production System when they develop enough new... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Competency Inventory) Explore the internal drivers of your motivations as a leader through the Personal Values Questionnaire self-assessment Create a diagram of your professional network to visualize, reflect on, and better utilize... View Details

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

action plan with a classmate and receive feedback Reflect on your Learning Path Tool assessment 6-8 hrs Module 6 Leader as Catalyst of Change Diagnose the need for organizational change in response to external shifts or internal... View Details

25 Sep 2023
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HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)

discussions in Aldrich Hall, my aim is to leverage data and empathy to advocate for disadvantaged voices, especially as diversity and inclusion face challenges due to the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action. When I travel the globe with my Latine friends, I... View Details

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Shaping the Learning Environment - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

expectations to fit unique aspects of a course or to reflect changes in course content or objectives over time across the term. The instructor's actual conduct inside and outside the classroom can serve to reinforce or contradict... View Details

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