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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

of the course to be extremely informative and applicable to the real challenges of being a leader. I loved the frameworks and the case study model of the course, and I thought the course was very manageable on top of a full-time job."... View Details

01 Mar 2025
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Patch Work

The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; Illustrations by Dan Bejar

06 Jan 2021
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar

confidence that we can draw on all our past strengths and look forward to a remarkable future. I grew up in Bombay, as it was called then, Mumbai in India, came to the United States after having done my undergraduate degree in India and my chartered accountancy and... View Details

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

relationships when it instead primarily encourages newcomers to express their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large business process outsourcing company, we found that initial socialization focused on personal... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Jun 2021
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Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

Stanford Angels, convened the top thought leaders in the field of entrepreneurship for the landmark virtual conference, “Emerge Stronger: Lessons from the Pandemic for Investors and Entrepreneurs,” held May 12 and 13. More than 350 people... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-105.pdf Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors Author:Sharon P. Katz Abstract This study explores how firms' ownership structures affect their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

LGBTQ rights and race relations. In the first study of this phenomenon, we implement two framed field experiments to provide evidence on how CEO activism can influence public opinions about government... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Online AI Course | HBS Online

and deliver value for your organization. "The course’s content and teaching method through case studies and practical examples was remarkable." Vishal Vyas Assistant Vice President at TTK Healthcare Limited Shape your organization’s... View Details

09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

districts and community colleges and creating apprenticeships. I'm not talking about jobs tourism, “Come on a field trip to my company.” I'm talking about compensated work to gain work experience and earn credentials. Such programs are... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

organization, no matter what its age or size. Richard Hamermesh: The theory and concepts about entrepreneurship—the research and the knowledge—have been around HBS for a long time. I would give particular credit to Howard and Bill Sahlman for conceptualizing the View Details

Keywords: by Staff

20 Jan 2017
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Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

Administration I study business leaders, government leaders, religious leaders, social activists, and other individuals — past and present — who exercise real, worthy impact. As a historian, I don’t see huge differences among political... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online

Leaders Early- and Mid-Career Professionals Entrepreneurs Explore platforms’ associated opportunities and risks to inform your organization’s strategic planning and new business development. "The course’s content and teaching method through case View Details

09 Nov 2009
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Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

factors that impact the business landscape (geopolitical forces, demographic shifts, technological breakthroughs, labor policies, social mores, and government intervention). In studying the context in which business leadership emerged, we... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation

15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14087 Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors Author:Sharon Katz Abstract This study explores how firms' ownership structures affect their earnings quality and long-term... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 May 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything, authors Conn and McLean—both veterans of McKinsey & Co.—offer a seven-step, systematic approach to creative problem solving, developed in top consulting firms, that will work in any View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Running Up the Score

some $130 million each to join the major-league fraternity. Since these teams will largely consist of players existing clubs deemed expendable, backers can have few illusions that their investment will be rewarded - on the field or at the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

break week in New York exploring new ventures in fashion, food, and fine arts, and co-led four similar winter break trips to study entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley . Professor Eisenmann received his Doctorate in Business Administration... View Details

20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

Apple's Tim Cook is one of an increasing number of CEOs using the corporate bully pulpit to promote social views. @iStock In their paper Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a Field Experiment, the researchers address two key... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

02 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 2, 2010

Abstract A perennial question facing managers is how much decision latitude to give their employees at work. The current research investigates how decision latitude affects employees' perceptions of managers' personalities and, in turn, their leadership effectiveness.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

"The course’s content and teaching method through case studies and practical examples was remarkable." Vishal Vyas Assistant Vice President at TTK Healthcare Limited Advance your career by learning to respond to external shifts, drive... View Details

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