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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

University technology that stabilizes vaccines into a thin film strip which can be shipped and stored without refrigeration, eliminating the need for the cold-chain. Vaxess strives to not only lower the cost... View Details

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Our Values | About

opportunities to discuss and deepen understanding of the conflict. A second group will examine demonstration guidelines, ensuring we protect and balance our community values,... View Details

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

an aspirational lifestyle. “The new conspicuous consumption is about saying, I am the scarce resource, and therefore I am valuable” The finding suggests a new way for marketers to sell their products and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

copies, enlargements, or negatives of their prints. Polaroid advertising copy highlighted the wonder, ease, and instant rewards of a revolutionary system that "telescopes all the developing, fixing and View Details

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Robin Greenwood | About

the Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability project, chair of the Business Economics PhD program, and head of the Finance Unit (2018-2021). He was a previous member of the... View Details

20 Sep 2022
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How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

more balance While predominantly red and blue executive teams may be an unavoidable consequence of the current social and political climate, companies may be able to do... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons

distinction; to help stabilize it against Houston's tempestuous weather, excavation for the tower's foundation was completed to a depth of 63 feet, twice that of the Empire State Building's underpinnings. It is a fitting headquarters for... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

than $1,500,000 USD Alumni applicant: may not have raised more than $2,500,000 USD These amounts include money received through grants, awards, and other funding sources. Invested capital is defined as funding appearing on the business’... View Details

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

classroom to vote on issues or work in small groups? Moss isn’t talking about the essence of the case method as he explains the importance of teaching civics as a dynamic and engaging topic, but he could be: “The three branches of... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 2001
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Organizing the Family-Run Business

of directors, the family council and the family assembly generally are more effective forums for shareholders for setting direction and creating policies. Fundamental to the effective governance of these... View Details

22 Oct 2021
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Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

The COVID-19 pandemic made remote work more the norm than the exception, and now many companies are struggling to map out a hybrid plan that both managers and employees can embrace long term. With... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

balancing my left and right brain. It probably also explains why my last four cars have been sporty SUVs. —Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) Back to top “Johnson & Johnson: The Tylenol Tragedy” J&J was confronted... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

People skills make all the difference at senior levels. How have your priorities changed since 1974? After graduating from HBS, I embarked upon a very career-centric existence, and I have to admit that it has paid off. But since having... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

hrs/week Apply by May 12 $2,650 Credential Financial Accounting Professor V.G. Narayanan In this accounting fundamentals course, discover what's behind the numbers in financial statements, such as balance sheets View Details

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Informing Brand Marketing Practice

Susan M. Fournier is involved with several projects relating more generally to brand managment issues. These include boardroom-level projects (with Professors Thomas Madden and Franke Fehle of the University of South Carolina, and sponsored by Interbrand) on the... View Details

February 1994
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Kathryn McNeil (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Charles Foley, vice president of the computer retailing firm Sayer MicroWorld, must decide whether or not to fire his employee, Kathryn McNeil, a 37-year-old product manager who has been unable to work as many hours as her colleagues due to her status as a single... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Employees; Work-Life Balance; Resignation and Termination; Mergers and Acquisitions; Retail Industry

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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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Eligibility & Rules - Alumni

New Venture Competition Eligibility & Rules 12ms The venture must have an HBS alumnus as a founder. The alum must be involved in the day-to-day operations in a leadership role and must be represented at all events View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Toward a Life Well Lived

Illustration by Valerie Chiang Illustration by Valerie Chiang In many states, you’re required by law to get your car inspected annually, and if there’s something wrong, you get the car serviced, says Professor Leslie Perlow. But how many... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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News - Research Computing Services

sessions, will be terminated . What work is being performed and why? We will apply security patches to all nodes in the cluster, to the MariaDB server, and to the Globus data transfer nodes. These changes... View Details

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