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15 Feb 2024
Blog Post

How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Carol Wright

We sat down with Carol Wright (MBA 2025) to hear more about how she spent her deferral years. Why did you decide to apply to HBS via the 2+2 deferred admissions process? I attended the Summer Venture in Management Program in 2019. Experiencing the View Details

12 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

productive relationships. However, every year, a few thousand customers file new arbitration cases with Finra, the US brokerage industry’s regulatory organization, alleging everything from negligence to fraud. “Consumers should monitor... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

controlled for industry and stage in the business cycle.” Bob Vanourek, citing results of a study by the McKinsey Global Institute, said that long-term oriented firms in its sample “outperformed the short-termers in revenue growth,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

2011
Book

Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

By: Chet Huber

Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice... View Details

Keywords: General Motors; OnStar; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Transportation; Safety; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Success; Business History; Auto Industry

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Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What to Do About It

The United States patent system has become sand rather than lubricant in the wheels of American progress. Such is the premise behind this provocative and timely book by two of the nation's leading experts on patents and economic... View Details

22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

or Hands: How Do Employees Respond to a Radical Global Language Change Over Time? By: Reiche, Sebastian, and Tsedal Neeley Abstract— To understand how recipients respond to radical change over time across cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions, we conducted a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Jun 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts

Keywords: by Ethan R. Mollick & Ramana Nanda

10 Jan 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Evolving Basis for Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: Dispute Settlement and the Rebalancing of Global Interests

Keywords: by Arthur Daemmrich

17 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

firm, or between an upstream and downstream firm. We claim that misalignment is costly both to the involved functions/firms and to the rest of the organization or supply chain, and focus the paper on studying the circumstances under which... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2022
Book

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

case studies of several universities from Boston and Beijing to Berlin and Berkeley. Why are publicly funded universities so important? “Public institutions in the United States educate three-quarters of all... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

advanced care planning, and can help to ensure transparency of patient information throughout the institution. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54931 September–October 2018 Harvard Business Review The Business View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

study there. The two-year project included the creation of the Bloomberg Center, an extension of the building’s southern footprint and new south-facing entrance named to honor William Henry Bloomberg, the late father of New York City... View Details

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

violence, willingness to settle and make peace are remarkably flexible and dependent upon these cues. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55574 November 2018 Review of Middle East Studies Syrian Refugees in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Seven Lessons from the Section Experience

building a disability-tech startup (TestParty) since graduation. As an undergraduate, I studied philosophy. My days were filled with Emmanual Kant’s reflections on the categorial imperative, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s views of friendship, and... View Details

30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30

harmonization decisions. The analysis is based on field studies in three jurisdictions: Canada, China, and India. Across these jurisdictions, I first describe unique elements of domestic political economies that are shaping IFRS policies.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

account-giving behavior from other roles. Our study contributes to research on role-based coordination, team and organizational boundaries, and team size. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1987724 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

about the HBS Online Learning Model HBS Online vs. Other Top Business Schools with Online, Asynchronous Courses HBS Online HBSO Others Considered more impactful than other online programs by learners* Yes No The preferred brand among prospective online learners* Yes No... View Details

Projects - Business History

activities of seven generations of one branch of the Medici family engaged in the manufacture and export of wool, and they remain unique in the annals of business history. Renaissance Medici wool firms present an important early case of... View Details

09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

international alumni who participated in the documentary and later went on to high-level leadership positions around the world shared challenges of navigating hierarchical societies. Sitting in the CEO seat during an HBS case View Details

Health Care Curriculum - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

professional education programs for health professionals around the world, consists of conceptual frameworks and actual in-depth case studies of numerous health care provider organizations, health plans, and... View Details