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17 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News

media would benefit their personal reputations more than spreading misleading articles, the research shows. Furthermore, when political articles are shared on Twitter (now X), accurate information tends to garner more approval, finds Jillian J. Jordan, assistant... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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HBS - From The Dean

2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads From The Dean When people ask me about the impact of the global pandemic on Harvard Business School (HBS), I tell them that it has been the gateway to our future. This... View Details

27 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 27

argues Mikołaj Piskorski, one of the world's leading experts on the business of social media. In A Social Strategy, he provides the most convincing answer yet, one backed by original research, data, and case studies from companies such as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

Staff Directory Ana Elena Azpúrua HBS Working Knowledge Ana plays a key role in bringing faculty research to a broader audience of business professionals through compelling maps, charts, and other forms of visual storytelling. Before... View Details

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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Business in Society and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today!... View Details

20 Oct 2016
News

Smart Moves

fuel and lost business included—to be $124 billion annually, or about $2,000 per commuter. Mistele and INRIX aren’t in the business of delivering bad news, however. They have been trying to do something... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

Profile

Hunter Goble

Initially, being in business “was not the plan” for Hunter Goble. In high school, Hunter was an avid debater, and thought his calling would be in “law, government, and politics.” Hunter began a pre-law track at DePauw, and successfully... View Details

20 Dec 2019
News

The 19 Musts of 2019

‘How did you get there?’ ” Courtesy source Courtesy source —Jahn Karsybaev (GMP 26, 2019), CTO at ProSource IT and host of The Ivy Podcast MUST READ Can American Capitalism Survive? by Steven Pearlstein “Pearlstein challenges what has become conventional wisdom about... View Details

Keywords: podcast; Arts, Entertainment

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

compensation to enhance sales rep productivity and better manage the achievement of sales forecasts. Multi-Sided Platforms (493) Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright study the economic tradeoffs that drive organizations to position themselves... View Details

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

to entering the HBS Doctoral Program, Eisenmann spent eleven years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he was co-head of the Media and Entertainment Practice. Blog: Platforms & Networks Twitter: @teisenmann Roberto... View Details

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Foreword | Baker Library

Foreword Laura Linard Director, Special Collections September 2013 Building the Foundation was originally launched in 2013. The website was migrated to a new platform in 2025 with the guidance of Adam Jacobi and Jennifer Wilson. Baker... View Details

07 Mar 2019
News

Smart Marketing Brings Rapid Growth to Latino Brands

David Benitez (OPM 46, 2014) is founder and president of Intelligent Mexican Marketing (IMM Latino), a company that provides a brand-building platform in the United States' Hispanic market by being the largest connectors of Latino... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Lifelong Learning about Leadership

Ethan Bernstein, associate professor of business administration, teaches the HBS Online course Developing Yourself as a Leader. HBS recently introduced two professional development programs to enhance participants’ leadership skills. One... View Details

05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

friendly, and you can get tickets, then the Games will probably enhance their image” "The Olympics is the most significant sports-based event in the world," says Stephen A. Greyser, professor emeritus in the Marketing unit at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

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Tafadzwa Samushonga

local bank to improve their digital services. And she will be spending her summer internship working for an e-commerce company in the Philippines. Even while Tafadzwa explores other countries, she remains excited about business... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

25 Jun 2018
News

Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’

Tamin Pechet (MBA 2007) founded and manages a platform of firms that support and invest in innovative water and infrastructure resources. He is CEO of Upwell, chairman of Imagine H2O, and founder of Banyan Water. In this interview, he... View Details

13 Aug 2025
Blog Post

Climate Rising Podcast: Career Advice from Leaders in Climate & AI

Director of NASA Acres and Founder of Harvest SARA, advises scientists to step out of the lab and engage directly with the people they are trying to help, such as farmers. For business professionals, she encourages focusing on quality... View Details

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Community | HBS Online

The Harvard Business School Online Community is a global network of like-minded business professionals. You can connect with and learn from peers before, during, and after your course through our Community... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match

health care systems to simplify the process of finding doctors and booking appointments for patients. It also provides a sophisticated enterprise management tool that helps health systems track, maintain, and manage provider data. The Kyruus View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

20 Mar 2017
Book

Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies

Many in business long believed that product innovation sprung from inside their own companies—that is, until economist Eric Arthur von Hippel came along in the late 1970s. Von Hippel proposed that users were as important, if not more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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