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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
problem with this hugely successful model—one that, by some estimates, can be credited for more than one-third of marriages in the United States between 2005 and 2012: The experience of online dating is often awful, especially for young,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
Incentive Plan By: Chung, Doug J., Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:http://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/ August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics Acquirer-Target Social Ties and Merger... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
argue the authors of Higher Ambition. In fact, as global competition stiffens and enterprises face increasing public scrutiny, successful leaders must win on all fronts-with their people, their customers, their communities, and their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
Immelt had spent his second year at HBS reflecting on his career path, and he decided that he was more interested in being an operator than an investor, accepting a position with a lower salary at GE. Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) His initial View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
in the planning room one day when a US Navy SEAL walked in the door, and asked me if I've heard of Operation Red Wings. So we talked for a little bit, we opened up a map, and he pointed to a place in Northeastern Afghanistan called the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
graduates have shown increasing interest in carving out careers in these areas, while other alumni often look to make contributions following rewarding private-sector careers. Innovative Leadership One such individual is Donald P. Nielsen (MBA 1963). After a View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
out the costs of leaving the EU, citizens have not heard a forward-looking plan on how the country could leverage EU membership more effectively in the future, if the country would decide to stay. The country needs to get on with taking... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
social change leaders. The competition is prestigious; past recipients have achieved tremendous success in their missions, including Teach For America, a nonprofit organization that recruits young college graduates to teach in low-income... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
don't know enough about the human brain to make hiring judgments based on monitoring activity within certain parts of the brain, or about the people who plan to use neuromanagement or about their motives I caution you to be careful what... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
sector groups as equals, to build a network of long-term, trust-based relationships to deliver on the mission. A key lesson from this case is that successful networks depend upon a willingness among all participants to invest significant... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics
Wall Street, this time working in corporate advisory and M&A where she rose into executive level positions and managed massive strategic clients across West Africa. With a hugely successful career and a growing family at home, it... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 28 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
more tech companies getting into this sector using AI/ML to extract ESG data as well as mandatory reporting requirements from Asian regulatory bodies in Hong Kong and Japan. How do you plan on continuing to leverage the HBS network going... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.
strategic plan for the North American market.” Upon his return to HBS for his EC year, Laitsas reflected on his experience at Nike and was strategic with his next moves. “I thought ‘How do I make myself more impactful for Nike or other... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
of successful investment in the inner city that Porter has written about are Sprint and Walgreens. In Missouri, Sprint decided to locate a new call center in a struggling section of downtown Kansas City and provide job training for nearby... View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
Good and bad service experiences die hard. Who can forget the hotel receptionist who went above and beyond the call of duty to accommodate a last-minute change in travel plans in contrast to the sulky server at an expensive restaurant who... View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Your CEO Succession Plan Can’t Wait (Harvard Business Review) A Pandemic Won’t Kill The Open Office, But Slack Could(Vanity Fair) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
and dramatic increases in urbanization. This paper reviews the goals, business models, and partnerships involved in eight early "ecocity" projects to begin to identify success factors in this emerging industry. Ecocities, for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
creating a strategic plan to address the crisis, with the Department of Public Health leading the effort. A two-day meeting to gather information from stakeholders, including state legislators and public health officials, kick-started the... View Details
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
Man, and operates ships that travel around the world. In analyzing the choices he faces, students must consider how the initial capitalization of Navigator contributed to its financial distress, evaluate several restructuring plans from a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
better leaders themselves while they are doing all these other things. Thus far, we have not seen much evidence — either along the campaign trail or since the election — that Mr. Trump meets most of these criteria. But I think many voters perceived him as being View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese