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- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
operating system companies need both end-users and application developers. Increasingly, thanks in large part to technology and the Internet, multi-sided markets are becoming more common. But how do they work? What are effective... View Details
- 22 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS
Fellowship, but I am now part of a developing community of other recipients who share similar journeys. All in all, my time at HBS has been transformative (one of the truest clichés that you’ll hear about HBS). I wear my background like a... View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
connect babysitters and parents online, at a time when no one else had thought to manage care-giving connections via the Web. She had started the company right out of college while working full-time, but by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
resources on governance. Sign Up For OnBoard Program Updates The Leadership Collaborative The Leadership Collaborative is designed to connect and support alumni deeply engaged in social impact as a career and who are currently working full View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh
6:30 AM: I wake up – grateful that I’m naturally a morning person and our classes start at 9:30. The morning is my favorite time of day, and I begin my daily routine by reading with my coffee (my current fantasy binge is the Red Rising... View Details
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Interviewing - Alumni
Careers Interviewing Careers Interviewing Preparation is key to a successful interview. The tips and questions below are designed to let you know what to expect from the process and to help you plan your approach. Remember, the path of your discussion will depend on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley
you bounce a check, you go to jail,” Gompers explains. “So, starting a company there is very risky and a number of failing entrepreneurs leave the country.” HBS’s research centers have been invaluable in preparing Gompers to make the most... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't
because you feel obligated. There are tactics that you can use to increase giving in, in the short-term, but it’s always important to consider the effects of this short-term success on people’s feelings toward that charity, in the long-term. Exley: The View Details
- 13 Jul 2023
- News
The Network Effect
my undergrad years that being a physician might not necessarily be the path I wanted to take into health care,” Mathur says.) Today, Model is head of financial planning and analysis at Agios Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge-based biotech View Details
- 25 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
When Your Passion Works Against You
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 after a 12-year absence, the company he co-founded was dispirited, rudderless, and near bankruptcy. In a staff meeting, Jobs shared his plan for revitalizing the struggling brand, touching on one... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech
and execute on their own independent projects. First, they need to autonomy to work creatively in areas of their own interest, for instance by intentionally allocating them free time on their own or in teams at a hackathon. Second, they... View Details
- 16 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.
The coronavirus shock has disrupted more than jobs, supply chains, and financial markets. Your customer has changed fundamentally, too. The number one task for many companies now is discovering where their B2C and B2B customers have moved... View Details
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
too little say," said Schumer. "This legislation will give stockholders the ability to apply the emergency brakes the next time the company management appears to be heading off a cliff."... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How To Do Business in Islamic Countries
an easier time abroad, they said. According to Hayes, the following principles of comportment are expected among businesspeople: Contracts should be fair to all parties. Partnership is preferred over hierarchical claims. Speculation is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- May 2024
- Supplement
DRSi (A)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
In March of 2019, Jen Ransom Fuller purchased DRSi. DRSi, located in Bellevue, Washington, printed and reproduced architectural plans and drawings. Fuller planned to use her first year of ownership to learn the business and to run it in much the same way as the seller.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Health Pandemics; Selection and Staffing; Employee Relationship Management; Production; Logistics; Safety; United States; Washington (state, US)
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. " DRSi (A)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 224-717, May 2024.
- 17 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
When Do Analysts Add Value? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs
- 2010
- Article
Zwischen Familienerbe und globalem Markt. Eigentum und Management von großen westdeutschen Familienunternehmen im Wandel (1960-2008)
"Between Family Heritage and Global Market. Changes in Ownership and Management of Large West-German Family Firms (1960-2008)" Large family firms fall between two theoretical accounts. They neither follow the development path described by Alfred D. Chandler nor do they... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty
the company culture: 18 years later, the policy remains in place, and is regularly utilized in recruiting new employees to the firm. It also ties the senior staff together through shared experiences and a commonly held ethos about View Details
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Michael R. Bloomberg
acquired by Phibro Corp. in 1981, Bloomberg was let go, a victim of the merger. Undaunted, he made a life-changing decision. “Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure,” Bloomberg wrote on Linked In about becoming a successful... View Details
- 08 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Silos That Work: How the Pandemic Changed the Way We Collaborate
study of hundreds of billions of emails between workers at thousands of organizations globally in 2019 and 2020 reveals an unintended side-effect of remote operations: Many companies around the world became more siloed during the... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald