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Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions I am a professional athlete. How do I enroll? Please complete the short online application form. Admission decisions are made jointly by Harvard Business School and the sports leagues... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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Buy Big, Sell Small

cofounder of ApnaKlub, a wholesale digital platform that helps kirana owners aggregate their buying power and access credit tools and other services. “These are micro businesses that run on tight margins. If shopkeepers run out of something, they have to View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; retail; supply chain management; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

06 Oct 2015
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October 6, 2015

demonstrated how influence derives from instrumental agency as well as structural influence, but it has taken an unnecessarily restrictive view of politics and an overly materialist theory of power. Politics are about much more than... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28

disproportionately affected the most visited travel sites, reducing use of organic listings sending no-charge traffic to those sites by lowering their prominence and perceived importance, while highlighting paid listings to the same... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Oct 2020
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Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

or opening ritual before diving into business. Think about creative bonding experiences—an online talent show? Recipe contest? Game night? Show-and-tell of each team member’s favorite piece of art or travel... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim

traditionally associated with growing up and choosing instead to rent cars and apartments, even if they have the means to buy. Surround is a digital insurance agency that operates in 30 states and offers just the right insurance for these... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Interactive Messaging Unit (IMU), the online industry's catalyst for going "beyond the banner" and standardizing new ad formats that dramatically enhanced both the user experience and ad performance. His influence in this evolution earned... View Details

23 May 2018
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How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

uncomfortable spot of trying to maintain the tricky balance of bolstering economic development without completely killing cultural diversity. Glaeser, Kim, and Luca believe their novel approach, which mashes up data from online platforms... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Events - Business History

free to download and use for teaching, research, or general interest. At this online conference, speakers shared their experiences using CEM transcripts and video materials for teaching in different institutional contexts in Europe,... View Details

18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

peers. Across three online experiments and a field experiment of entrepreneurs, we identify an interpersonal strategy that can mitigate feelings of malicious envy in observers: revealing one’s failures. Despite a general reluctance to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Jun 2010
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(HHI), varies across the sectors comprising the industry, but all are within the range generally considered as indicative of a competitive industry. The data available allowed HHI to be calculated for the period 1977-2002 in the case of advertising View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 May 2020
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Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

where the culture is thought by management to be one of the organization's strengths. A case in point is Critical Mass, a 24-year-old digital experience design agency based in Calgary, Canada, with 950 employees employed in 12 offices... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

amount for which they are eligible decreases by $10,000 USD. See "Awards" section below for detailed explanation. Application deadline: April 25 at 12:00pm (noon) ET (the online application is available beginning April 1) Demand for the... View Details

15 Dec 2023
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The Musts of 2023

righteous perspective. Dan Morrell: We'll be right back. Hey, it's Dan. Are you interested in practical business education with real world examples? Check out Harvard Business School Online's new podcast, The Parlor Room. Each episode, host and HBS View Details

08 Sep 2014
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The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

or trainer. Technology is increasing these possibilities via game-like simulations, virtual video environments, and online media that allow more behavioral assessments by more people with less travel and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 Oct 2012
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Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

messages that can come with these cash exchanges have deep roots in history. During the Middle Ages, feudal lords traveling beyond their territories would toss coins to beggars in hopes that these acts of kindness would ensure safe trips.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

embryo(s) for assisted reproductive therapy. Darza Yazan Halwani, MBA 2020 Business Track Runner-Up DARZA is a new e-commerce fashion brand that provides the best online shopping fashion experience at the lowest prices in the Middle East.... View Details

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with HUPD, local, state, and federal agencies to evaluate threat levels and to support events and campus activities in a coordinated way. While no credible threat has yet been identified, we are considering additional steps such as... View Details

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Industry Information - Alumni

In addition to providing industry insights, the magazine includes several rankings on topics ranging from "Top 25 Consultants," "Best Firms to Work For," “Small Jewels," and "Women in Consulting." Vault Online Career Library In-depth... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim In this paper, we investigate whether superior performance on corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize that better access to finance can be attributed to a)... View Details

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