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07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

of itself will do little to improve general social conditions Education and family are key ingredients in lasting income generation " Don Powell's suggestions reflected Hiller's concerns:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

19% less likely to seek family planning services, 25% less likely to use concealable contraception, and 27% percent more likely to give birth. However, women given access to contraception alone report a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

May 2021
Article

Choice Architecture in Physician–patient Communication: A Mixed-methods Assessment of Physicians' Competency

By: J. Hart, K. Yadav, S. Szymanski, A. Summer, A. Tannenbaum, J. Zlatev, D. Daniels and S.D. Halpern

Background: Clinicians’ use of choice architecture, or how they present options, systematically influences the choices made by patients and their surrogate decision makers. However, clinicians may incompletely understand this influence.... View Details

Keywords: Choice Architecture; Health Care and Treatment; Interpersonal Communication; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competency and Skills

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20 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

creative explosion in Florence when the Medici family brought together creators from a wide range of disciplines—sculptors, scientist, poets, philosophers, painters, and architects. As these individuals... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

30 Nov 2018
Blog Post

8 Reasons the Section Experience is the Best Part About HBS

imagine staying posted in one seat while different professors come in and out. Two weeks in, I “got it.” Today, when friends visit campus, I take them to the Section C classroom – my home on campus – the... View Details

18 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers

people." “The misconception is that checking accounts are vanilla products that don't screw people,” says Marco Di Maggio, the Ogunlesi Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at HBS. “Well, overdraft fees are a form of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

Blog

What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

different onboarding process than men. Younger women often find it difficult to find mentors or to receive specific, actionable feedback, which are both keys to developing new skills and moving up. Mid-career women with View Details

13 Dec 2019
Blog Post

All Is Well in Texas: How Julia Cheek Founded Her At-Home Lab Testing Startup, EverlyWell

Julia Cheek’s time at HBS was nothing short of inspirational. In fact, two unicorn startups, Coupang, and Grab-Taxi all came out of her section alone! When she started at HBS in 2009, many of her classmates, regardless of previous... View Details

18 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Relocating to Boston with Your Partner

students travel across the world to attend the MBA program, we felt like we may as well have been moving to another country when we left for Boston. With a great job, family, and friends in Los Angeles,... View Details

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

automate its factories, Mulally borrowed $23.5 billion, convincing the Ford family to pledge its stock and the famous Ford Blue Oval as collateral. His bold move paid off. Unlike its Detroit competitors,... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

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Research - Global

Case (Family) Size Matters: Nico Oprée and the Decreasing Power of Family Unity over Time By: Lauren Cohen , Octavian Graf Pilati, Dominik V. Eynern and Sophia Pan Nico Oprée,... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Op-Ed

How Leaders Should Leave

and two or three adviser friends outside the organization you can trust. Your resignation should be rational, not emotional. What are the financial implications if you don’t have an immediate new job, View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

23 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Brand a Next-Generation Product

participants, who each were told to imagine that a close friend was getting married soon, and that the friend had asked them to photograph the ceremony as a favor. However,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Spangler Center | About

Spangler Center C.D. (“Dick”) Spangler (MBA 1956) Spangler Center was made possible through the support of the Spangler family and named in their honor. Officially opened in 2001, Spangler Center has played... View Details

Portrait Project

Raphael Geismar

emerging, and I am very grateful to them. I dream of continuing this heritage. I want to help people and ideas develop. I want to see my family View Details

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

practical basis, names are very important for doing deals in Islamic countries, as in most of the world, the professors said. Who you know is key. Similarly, relationships and family connections are vital in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Jul 2023
Blog Post

How I Landed My Manufacturing Internship at HBS

companies Kristen had suggested I apply to. The recruiter and I shared a personal connection – her father was from Buffalo, my hometown in Western New York. As a child, I took a family weekend vacation to... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Game On

with top-flight amenities? “Trust me, it’s cheaper.” Is it easier to repurpose a vacant department store than build something from the ground up and fill it with top-flight amenities? “Trust me, it’s cheaper.” Matt Gordon remembers the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

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Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center | About

Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center Dr. Chao, daughters and their families with Harvard University President Drew Faust and Harvard Business School Dean, Nitin Nohria Ruth Mulan Chu... View Details

Portrait Project

Sarah Moore

Growing up, bouncing from one unstable home to the next, I learned three truths: I was shameless: I lacked respect for others I was scrappy: I used my circumstances to get my way I wasn't worth the effort. When I was 15, I met the Brackens, a View Details

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