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David Velasquez
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I want to be better prepared to lead and improve the delivery of health care in our country. Patients cannot wait for our systems to be more accessible, effective, and equitable – now is the View Details
- 29 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?
could even argue that the main difference between the two acts is merely the timing of the gift: Tips follow the rendering of a service, whereas bribes precede it." Torfason says the link between tipping and bribing may come in part... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
in the world. But now the end seemed close. Was there a way to save eDonkey? Was it time for Yagan to get out? He had little time to figure out his next move. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
sufficiently motivated group of commandos) could knock the canal out for at least a year. Sabotage would be harder during wartime, of course—the only battle during World War II that would have been affected by adding 17 days of additional View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
immediate predecessor, the Department of Street Cleaning, was founded in 1881 to deal with almost unimaginable filth: By the mid-19th century, New York’s streets were clogged with horse manure and rotting food; travelers could smell the... View Details
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni
outside of Africa but focus their work on Africa, and/or travel to the region regularly for business but are not based in Africa are ineligible for the fellowship. Your total guaranteed annual compensation is less than $130,000 USD.... View Details
- Web
Eligibility & Rules - Alumni
funding appearing on the plan's balance sheet at the time of submission, which is no later than January 31, 2025 at 12pm noon ET (Boston time). Teams will disclose any prior funding received at the time of... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
"The development of modern sales management is an uniquely American story." Why do you think this is? Walter Friedman: In the early nineteenth century, many nations, certainly all the European ones, had traveling peddlers and... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 01 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself
story on its own) I was red-shirting my junior year in basketball, and had a bit more flexibility in what I could do. Traveling abroad was something that I always knew I wanted to do, and so I decided to apply to the Spain study abroad... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
work, Kerr found that immigrants tend to cluster in particular industries—Vietnamese manicurists, Korean dry cleaners, Haitian cab drivers—making it easier for new arrivals to learn how to launch businesses of their own. On the more negative side, it could be that... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
The Musts of 2023
1988. The book is called The Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne, and it's all about the Indian Wars and how it aligns with the Civil War and that time period. While it's about the Comanche and the settlers and all that was going on... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
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Sylvester Wee
travelled – entrepreneurship. For the first time in my career, I face maximum uncertainty with no fall back option. “90% of startups fail.” I seem to have heard a variation of that before. I am scared, but... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
and step up to make the kind of dramatic change we need to have in our society. Neeley: You think this time is different? Frazier: I'm not sure. I hope it's different. I'll tell you a quick little story. I was on CNBC recently talking... View Details
- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
opportunity close to New York City, and lived in Harlem while I was in Brooklyn. We spent every weekend together. Hours spent cooking, laughing, and watching movies turned into hours studying for the GMAT as we jointly decided to pursue our MBA degrees. It was during... View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
Governance (ESG) increasingly guides investment management and corporate agendas nowadays, public reactions to firms' ESG performance remain under-studied. This paper fills this gap by investigating whether the public picks up firms' ESG performance changes View Details
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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni
need to make the obligations you have. Can you work from home, at least part of the week? Is there wiggle-room in work hours and scheduling? Can you trade travel for time off? Schedule collaboratively Make... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
liberal arts education he received at Hamilton and now serves as chairman of its board of trustees. Kennedy says he has developed "an appreciation for a tolerable level of risk" in trying to decide which companies to underwrite at Goldman. "It's painful every View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
happens. In a short time it’s not possible to do everything, so there are a few things companies can focus on. First, in a remote world, it’s very important to not only communicate synchronously on Skype or Zoom, but asynchronously,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
desirable part of an employee’s day, our theory and results point to the benefits of viewing it as a useful time period to engage in goal-directed prospection. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50419... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne