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12 Jan 2023
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‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

institutions, he says, and small-business lending is one of the least automated parts of the U.S. banking system. That means it relies mostly on commercial bankers making personal judgments about borrowers. Ballard says when his father... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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Options: Basics for finding price data

valid Strike price: price at which the option can be bought or sold American option: This style of option can be exercised at any time up to the expiration date. European option: This style of option can be exercised only at the expiration date. This View Details

Portrait Project

Sonakshi Bose

classmates had abandoned me during a game of hide-and-seek, hoping I would get lost. They succeeded. As I breathlessly ran back, with my new vow of meanness in mind, I marched up to the bullies and said – nothing. The TV was on, and the... View Details

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

makes us more likely to misbehave in the future. ©iStockphoto/Brian Jackson In a follow-up laboratory study, participants played a game in which they could make money by successfully predicting the outcome of a computerized coin toss. They self-reported their results,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

Participants in Global Business are eligible for a Certificate of Completion from Harvard Business School Online. Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will mean completing each... View Details

10 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

suggests a complementary relationship, commenting that, while no substitute for street smarts, the MBA provides "tools and strategic understanding skills that accelerate an average human being's learning curve." Will the continued importance of street smarts,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

employees who strive for feedback and self-improvement, mean that day-to-day managerial life will increasingly be infused with employee-related analytics,” says Polzer. Turning to how data is analyzed, Dennis Campbell, of the Accounting... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Considering Retirement - Alumni

fulfill them in the future, such as adequate financial resources. What new things would you like to develop? New missions or ambitions may mean new additions to your life, such as a change in location, membership in like-minded... View Details

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

kids sometimes means disciplining them, letting them struggle and occasionally asking them to do things they don’t want to do. However, despite the challenges of parenthood I’ve found that my capacity to love expands every day. My love... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)

of his first assignments—an analysis of the economic feasibility of a Canadian hydroelectric plant—required him to master the FORTRAN and COBOL programming languages. "Building a computer model was no mean feat in 1962," Fisher recalls.... View Details

Keywords: Richard B. Fisher; Warren A. Law; Alumni Achievement Award; Finance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

08 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

an electric utility was actually looking forward to deregulation as a means of unfreezing a tradition-bound monopoly that was not adequately preparing for a more competitive future. But deregulation came slower than he anticipated and... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

04 Jun 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?

Summing Up The Subscription Model: Down but Not Out Just as manufacturing organizations are once again adopting a subscription model as a means of pricing product-service packages marketed as solutions, it appears that Internet-based... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

such as cutting access to the Internet, companies should enact policies that minimize the distraction on employees. "There are many companies that are prohibiting the private Internet use during official hours," says Piovesan. "It View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

inclusion tomorrow or today? Today, by miles, because not only are the problems going to stack up, but also your employee base is watching you, and they’re watching you choose not to do it. Inclusion is an urgent goal, and it is so achievable. I don’t View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

experienced teams, and who are successful at selling AI not as a technology but rather as a means to the best solutions. Special thanks to Brian Ascher at Venrock for valuable contributions. Rocio Wu is a second-year MBA candidate at... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

01 Mar 2024
News

Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses.... View Details

Keywords: April White

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

Facebook. "Markets make markets work," says Ramanna. "That is the good news about capitalism. We don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water." But that doesn't mean markets always work to self-correct... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

the 50 MBA students who enrolled and were in the classroom, 200 alumni and other business leaders participated using the hybrid technology—some in the “front row,” meaning they attended each day and were deeply engaged, and others... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will mean completing each course module and fully answering questions posed therein by the required deadline. This course also features recommended weekly deadlines to help... View Details

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

such solution: helping Black patients choose better-performing hospitals. “This is something we could change tomorrow,” says Chandra, the Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration. “Simply because the source of these disparities is structural, does... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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