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01 Jun 2020
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Prognosis

cost of the health care that they’re paying for their subscribers has gone down by 50 percent in the last month or so. It seems irresponsible for the private insurance industry to realize a windfall at a time when providers are... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; COVID-19; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

26 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine (IDD), which exogenously decreases knowledge-worker mobility, thereby increasing firms’ likelihood of being acquired. Managers respond by increasing specific antitakeover provisions, especially when employees have greater ex-ante... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

Kavlakoglu Taxonomy and Information Architecture Specialist Metadata & Knowledge Systems Danielle Kost Editor-in-Chief HBS Working Knowledge HBS LinkedIn Prior to joining HBS Working Knowledge in 2019, Danielle spent two decades as an editor, writer, and producer at... View Details

27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

Sourav Bhattacharya Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract While many theories of the firm seek to explain when firms make rather than buy, in practice, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

potential. Research output will include papers in economics, finance, and computer science, and new case studies, data, and white papers. DIGITAL RESKILLING LAB As companies think about preparing their workforce for the digital age, Raffaella Sadun and Jorge Tamayo... View Details

10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2 billion in 2016, the firm not only produced flour, vegetable oil, and packaged food products, it also... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Nov 2024
HBS Case

Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers

truly reintegrate into society if few firms will hire them? And, how can society—especially at a time of rising prices and low unemployment—afford to exclude the roughly one in three working Americans with criminal records from the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Employment

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

British Parliament replaced common land with private property--a process that prompted better management and made Great Britain the leader in the Industrial Revolution. I then began to think about the relationship over time between new... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

01 Jan 2011
News

Peter Harf, MBA 1974

privately held Joh. A. Benckiser SE, which owns Coty, Labelux, and stakes in Reckitt Benckiser and Burger King. He serves as chairman of Coty, the global beauty company and leader in fragrance. He began his career at The Boston Consulting... View Details

September 2022 (Revised April 2023)
Case

Cesaro e Associati

By: Christina R. Wing and Amram Migdal

This case describes the leadership succession planning process at Cesaro e Associati (Studio Cesaro), founded in 1986 by Franco Cesaro in the northeastern Italian state of Veneto. In 2022, Franco was contemplating retirement and passing leadership of his firm, which... View Details

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01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

senior partner at the executive search firm Spencer Stuart. He offers advice on generating valuable introductions, nailing interviews, negotiating compensation, cultivating a mentor, and knowing when to change jobs or industries. Sunset... View Details

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

Research; and Robert Higgins, managing general partner and founder of VC firm Highland Capital Partners. As a physician, Bohmer is interested in the delivery side of health care—how care is given to patients. "Health care reform, in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

Profile

Ruzwana Bashir

Economics at Oxford and became the first British Asian woman to become president of the Oxford Union, the famed debate society that spawned a long line of notable British political figures. “At Oxford, I didn’t have a firm idea on... View Details

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

energy, cleantech, environment, or sustainability were energy & cleantech (not surprising!), private equity, consulting, venture capital, and manufacturing. Similarly, opportunities are found in all functions, with finance,... View Details

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Delving Deeper into Development with the Joint MBA/MPA-ID Program | MBA

advisory firms in Africa had helped create. I transitioned to McKinsey after successful rounds of interviews. At McKinsey, I had the opportunity to support Ministries of Finance across Africa and the Middle East on topics such as tax... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Alumni Achievement Awards

society. And for that, you have to educate people, to give them abilities, competencies, and skills so that they can be better citizens and be more effective in society, whether they go to the private sector, government, or an NGO. Having... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Deep Dive

just after a successful dive in the South Sandwich Trench. He had the experience. Since 2002, he has been a managing partner at Insight Equity, a private equity firm he cofounded, and currently serves as... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Apr 2001
News

New Ventures New Gains

(both MBA 1996) proposed the contest as a project for Professor Josh Lerner’s Venture Capital and Private Equity elective. “We looked at it as not just a theoretical paper for class but a sustainable plan,” says Wagonfeld, who was then... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down

headlines and rack up revenues in the billions, a number of smaller U.S. companies — some publicly traded, others privately owned — refuse to be overshadowed. However modest their comparative size, their market share still reaches into... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

01 Sep 2024
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Alumni Books

Supporting this progress and restoration of the critical infrastructure and built environment, however, was a vast and varied gathering of legislative bodies, public institutions, interest groups, and private individuals and entities.... View Details

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