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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In
disrupting the tech world’s status quo. A Silicon Valley venture capitalist who has been pioneering new technology for more than two decades, Lambert recently accepted the challenge of running a company herself, becoming founder and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
impact of immigrants on natives tend to find limited consequences in the short run, while the results in the long run are more varied and much less certain. Immigrants in the United States aid business and technology exchanges with their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
failed, and what should I do next?” Badaracco says. “But you ought to look at the full range of things you have already done, including non-work tasks, and pat yourself on the back occasionally.” 3: Ponder your hard issues The second... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Portrait Project
Kate Kleinsman
“You can always come back home” said my mum as we lugged my suitcases into my college dorm room in the big city. ‘Why would I?’ I thought to myself. I come from a small town where a new bakery opening makes the local paper and you View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Nathaniel Fick (MBA/MPA 2008)
the world as it is, not the world as we wish it were. You can’t put the genie back in the bottle with these technologies. There’s a multilateral hunger for the United States to take a leadership role in establishing and enforcing norms to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
was about running a business. It was all about supply chains and helping the military figure out the best way to get stuff to Europe. Of course, identity and structure both had to change. And then the war was over, and we went View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!
something tangible. Second, I cannot emphasize the power of the community enough! The first-year curriculum ensures you have some academic experiences unique to the MS/MBA cohort: starting classes a month early for Design Theory and Practice (DTP) and coming View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
In Crisp’s era, the Written Analysis of Cases was a biweekly ritual: “That was the most exciting place to be in Boston on a Saturday night, watching people run with their papers to put them in the Baker Library chute by 9 p.m.” Dear sir:... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face
founders or senior partners. Significantly, they are more likely to be penalized than white-owned funds when they underperform, and they are less likely to reach fundraising goals. The opaque, risky nature of private equity—whose American roots go View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It
is inevitably beyond our control, that we shouldn't waste our time wondering why things are the way they are, and that we should just put our heads down and keep running around the maze chasing after cheese. Q: Your book seems to be about... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
we now see an industry back on its heels, massively disrupted by an external force so unprecedented it is almost unfathomable. The severity of this business interruption will continue to endure and be further complicated by the mandate of... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
either back peaceful settlements or support warring groups and continued fighting. Attitudes toward peaceful settlement are expected to be especially obdurate for civilians who have been exposed to violence. In a survey of 1,120 Syrian... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
response, take a step back and be more reflective. And that doesn't mean move slowly. It just means go through the process of really thinking through why is it that you're interested in this opportunity and does it merit you making this... View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
Decompositions: Why You Should Scale Prices by Trend Cash Flows." Working Paper, June 2025. Khabar Lahariya By: Ranjay Gulati and Kanika Jain June 2025 | Case | Faculty Research Founded and run entirely by women, Khabar Lahariya was a... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
1980. At BCG he focused on organization and innovation in large organizations. He was elected a worldwide partner of the firm in 1987. Shikhar left BCG in 1988 to become CEO of Appex, an early-stage venture backed company that built the... View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
COO but also runs the company’s engineering efforts as the former CTO. The company expects secondhand clothing to develop into a $90 billion market in the next decade and grow faster than any other channel. Part of that may also be fueled... View Details
- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
- 16 Jun 2021
- HBS Case
Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm
reported infections. By mid-March, Carnival, the largest cruise line in the world, suspended operations across the globe. Yet it took weeks to get its 260,000 guests and 80,000 employees who were floating at sea back to their homes in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
the ways in which they can add depth and meaning to life. Charles Duhigg: I think people are primed to think about habits in their lives all the time. I have a good habit, a bad habit. I want to build a habit of running or eating more... View Details