Balance and Stability - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Feb 2019
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LOVE At HBS

parents we face the challenge of trying to balance and support two careers (for which we get regular pushback despite changes in social norms in the US) while still having the time View Details

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Public Education Leadership Project

Review To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of students served, View Details

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News - Research Computing Services

cluster, to the MariaDB server, and to the Globus data transfer nodes. These changes ensure the safety and stability of our environment. A storage array volume snapshot will be... View Details

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Events - Business History

and Diversified Business Groups: Comparisons across Developed Countries Ben Schneider, MIT Oct 30 30 Oct 2017 Business History Seminar Decoding the Balance Sheet: Material Objects, Symbolic Capital, View Details

01 Dec 2016
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In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)

to the crown of the driver and reduce drag during the swing.” Sphere of influence: “The aerodynamics of a golf ball are even more complicated because you’re looking for the right amount of lift and drag. So... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Management Control Systems in Multiunit Companies

By: Tatiana Sandino

Professor Sandino conducts research on early-stage multiunit companies that introduce management control systems to help maintain operations, as well as company culture, as they grow, but also to enable adaptation to the different markets that they serve. Building... View Details

17 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

friend, more workers are scaling back, stepping away, or choosing alternative professional opportunities that help them balance these demands. Companies that ignore this emerging crisis risk losing their hardest-to-find View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

01 Sep 2010
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Now Starring: Single Dad

WAND: With Robby, at HBS. Courtesy John Wand John Wand (MBA ’81) was about to enroll in Harvard College when his high-school sweetheart in Boise, Idaho, told him she was pregnant. The couple married and moved to Cambridge, but after a... View Details

Keywords: single parents; fatherhood; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

16 Nov 2015
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Does Competition Make Us More Creative?

Competition can bring out the best in salespeople, athletes, and participants in hot dog eating contests—but can it make employees more creative? A recent working paper by Daniel P. Gross finds that competition can motivate creative types... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

should they balance operational activities and advocacy efforts? How can they better measure performance against their missions and improve accountability to... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Dec 2023
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Happier-ness at Work

Professor Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey get the good news/bad news out of the way on page 5 of their new book, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier. “If the secret to total... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

Cash Conversion Cycle Time Value of Money Featured Exercises Balance sheet and financial ratios exercises Calculate net present value 6-7 hrs Module 3 Capital Markets Build a strong understanding of the... View Details

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

doctoral student Julia Adler-Milstein, Harvard School of Public Health professor Sara Singer, and HBS professor Michael W. Toffel examine this question in a hospital setting. Conceptual Foundations of the View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

Meeting Past Program Resources Be an Entrepreneur Without Leaving Your Day Job What if there was a way to pair the stability of a day job with the excitement and upside of entrepreneurship? Using proven... View Details

27 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Video: Inspirational Women in Business

View Video In honor of Women’s History Month, MBA Class of 2025 students Aastha Bhardwaj, Whitley Cargile, Briti Ghosh, Veronica Chua, and Eunjin Lee discuss women leaders and case protagonists who have... View Details

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

organizational processes—are good advice for any brand diving into the digital realm. And while ceding control over voice can be nerve-racking for any brand, Tate's experience has shown that it can yield results far from those that show... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

19 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

both employers and employees to strike a brand-new balance when it comes to loyalty—one that gives organizations the focus and expertise they need to compete View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

may be 20-40 percent lower than you had hoped, but you can still raise plenty of money to buttress your balance sheet and execute more vigorously on steps 1-5 of the “play offense” playbook outlined above.... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

2015
Working Paper

Full Substitutability

By: John William Hatfield, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky and Alexander Westkamp

Various forms of substitutability are essential for establishing the existence of equilibria and other useful properties in diverse settings such as matching, auctions, and exchange economies with indivisible goods. We extend earlier models' canonical definitions of... View Details

Keywords: Market Design; Balance and Stability

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27 Mar 2017
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Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?

I’m happy to concede some territory here: I’m not convinced it’s essential to running the company that I can derive WACC or read Balance of Payments statements. This argument does, though, undervalue the soft stuff that is taught View Details

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