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- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
eligible electorate. To win the general, assuming a 60 percent voter turnout, he'll need around five times as many customers to close the deal. Conventional political wisdom argues that Trump has to soften his tone, drop the ad hominem... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Book
Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer
one of my most memorable and inspiring moments of my time at Best Buy. We truly connected with each other, as the 10 of us took turns talking about what gave us energy and what... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) reflects on his decision to come to HBS, what motivates him to make a difference in the world by using technology to build a more sustainable food system, and how he has utilized resources at HBS to make this happen.... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) reflects on his decision to come to HBS, what motivates him to make a difference in the world by using technology to build a more sustainable food system, and how he has utilized resources at HBS to make this happen.... View Details
- 20 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry
is the power of music in shaping both people and culture. I am so excited to be working in an industry where the product we create has the ability to uplift and comfort as a universal healer, and unite as a universal language. To top it off, it is perhaps the most... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 17 May 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.
audience of the day with the president, believing the last idea he hears is the one most likely to be chosen. If true, the president is no better or worse than most of us in allowing cognitive biases to cloud our thinking. We are, for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
decision making. These barriers are: Do no harm. Their gain is our loss. Competition is always good. Support our group. Live for the moment. No pain for us, no gain for them. The antidote? An approach used in the business schools, whereby... View Details
- Web
Human Relations and Harvard Business School – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana Introduction The Hawthorne Plant Employee Welfare Illumination Studies and Relay Assembly Test Room Enter Elton Mayo Next Human Relations... View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
and residential real estate, which represent two-thirds of the assets of small-business owners and are often used as collateral for small-business loans, were decimated during the financial crisis. On the supply side, banks remain more... View Details
- 18 Dec 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality
- Research Summary
Overview
In industries characterized by extreme dynamism, complexity, and uncertainty, formal structure often “falls behind” actual work processes. The nature of work in these environments evolves continuously while formal structure can only do so at specific times in discrete... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Career Change
Tanaka recommends information on company culture and priorities. “A lot of young people want to work for a company that shares the same values.” Breaking bread: A couple of times a year, Tanaka meets with other women business leaders to... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss
did not provide any information about why they were distressed. For the second experiment, students at the Harvard Decision Science Lab were paired as storyteller and listener. Storytellers were asked to recount a recent time when they... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 16 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
Am I Eligible for the 2+2 Program?
in your final year of study, you are eligible to apply in the current application cycle. This timing applies to: Candidates from bachelor degree programs Candidates from joint bachelor/master's degree programs Candidates from master’s... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic
happened—can leave some attendees in the dark about nuances and next steps. The researchers also found that switching from on-site to remote work reduced “bounce time,” a term they use to describe impromptu brainstorming sessions. The... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Exchange: Help Wanted
Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details
- 08 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) and the Transition to Venture Capital
anything,’ so I just kept plugging away,” he said. His strategy, and a skillset he uses regularly in VC, was to continue networking. Memme heard “no” time and time again, but... View Details
- 26 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing
And, in a video tutorial on YouTube, in which Hughes starts with a scrubbed-clean face (revealing some of the same splotchy spots many of us worry about), she demonstrates how she applies layer after layer of creams and cosmetics to... View Details
- 29 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
"There's No Substitute for Finding the Right Role": James Correa, MBA 2015
When James Correa was coming to the conclusion of his military service as a logistics officer (Captain) in the US Army, "There was only one desire for a professional career that I was sure of -- to continue a career in... View Details
- 20 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee
In November of 2015 I sat in the upper deck of Faneuil Hall in Boston, looking on as300 people from 80 countries congregated to take their oath as the newest crop of US citizens. Among them was my girlfriend, now fiancé, who had navigated... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government