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- 01 Sep 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details
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Options: Basics for finding price data
common stock was $57.74 and on that date the price of a call option to buy a share of JPM for $57.50 on January 18, 2014 was $0.48. That is, on January 14 you’d pay $0.48 for the right to buy the stock at the slightly lower price... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
ecosystem of engaged learners, you cannot audit our courses. Will I need to purchase any additional materials? Your program fee covers all course materials. All of the materials for our courses are accessed on the course platform. You will not be required to purchase... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
audit committees have improved their ability and willingness to monitor auditors. Investors can ask for and insist on strong audit committees of the board and pay more attention to what an audit committee does. Investors can also engage... View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
pay close attention to what is happening to consumers' lives in the context of the larger environment—not only their stated preferences, but their hopes, dreams, wallets, lifestyles, and values. Second, keep an equally close eye on the... View Details
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
the leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators that we become later in life, paying dividends that far exceed any minimum-wage salary. Here, alumni share stories about their entry-level errors, as well as the personal and professional... View Details
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
We know surprisingly little about mergers and acquisitions, despite the buckets of ink spilled on the topic. In fact, our collective wisdom could be summed up in a few short sentences: Acquirers usually pay too much. Friendly deals done... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- Portrait Project
Auden Laurence
sister, a “servant leader” as my grandfather put it. And, over time, my sister grew strong. Years later, I read a quote that spoke to my soul: “service is the rent we pay for living.” I saw my lived purpose on the page, learned from my... View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them
Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)
will force us to price the priceless– our lives and what we’re willing to pay for them. The Business of Artificial Intelligence Steam, combustion engines, PCs. Each of these disruptive forces not only upended entire industries but sent... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
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Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
concentrate on the human element, calling people rather than e-mailing them, talking about their family as well as their business. We also set our salaries higher than our competitors, and then add to them with pay based on performance.... View Details
- 19 Mar 2012
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HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
to workers, who were expected to pay for their own English classes and learn during off-hours. Neeley, who drafted some best practices that the company began to implement, says Rakuten has quickly moved to make substantial changes,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 17 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Managers Stifle Creativity
matters. If people lack that meaning, it's very hard for them to stay intrinsically motivated and creative. Many managers don't realize how necessary it is to help people understand the importance of their work. A status quo bias. Some upper managers View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
a fact Sityodtong has made one of the gym’s competitive advantages despite the expense involved in recruiting and relocating fighters from as far away as Brazil. (Monthly pay for an Evolve instructor ranges from $5,000 to $15,000; housing... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
September 13 $15,000 (four installments of $3,750) Credential Global Business Professor Forest Reinhardt Understand how decisions affect markets and business on a global scale and prepare for the political, social, and economic factors driving change. 4 weeks, 6-8... View Details
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
develop other complementary capabilities. In terms of developing leadership talents in particular, it can pay to look for stretch assignments involving change. Some examples include introducing a new product or information technology... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
stakeholders and good workplace practices. They are better prepared to deal with and mitigate crisis, like the current coronavirus pandemic. If there were ever a time to “think outside the building” and be more aware of the wider system, it’s now. Operating in silos... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Technology Three waves of IT-driven competition have radically reshaped competition in the past 50 years. The first wave of IT, during the 1960s and 1970s, automated individual activities in the value chain, ranging from order processing and bill View Details