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Valerie Galinskaya
opportunities the United States could provide, free of the anti-Semitism he tackled throughout his childhood. "Hard work is not lost in translation," he assured me. I didn't recognize the full weight of his words on that chilly...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
methodologies differ so much that “the best” school in one ranking can fall far behind in others. So while the rankings game is great for selling publications, it’s confusing for readers. Bloomberg Businessweek bases its ranking largely on “customer” satisfaction,...
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Life of Bailey
routine,” he told the “What’s Your Workout?” column in the Wall Street Journal Online (November 13, 2006). When not traveling, Bailey alternates between regular swims and at-home workouts with weights and a rowing machine (he rowed at...
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Leo Chang
Cultural Revolution. My baton is dusty from my parents' long journey to America, where the former engineers humbly washed dishes and delivered takeout on a loaned bicycle to make ends meet. Every time I put on a suit, present in a boardroom, or walk beneath the Baker...
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Meghan Murray
Swollen, black and blue, broken I again winced to put my big toe into my shoe. Knowing that going on stage for my Irish jig, I would have to put all of my weight on that toe five times, And leap, kick, and lift to make my beats heard All...
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Faya Peng
I want to be a servant. To show compassion. To love. I remember visiting grandparents in Taiwan as a young child. I will never forget the men, lying fully prostrate on the filthy ground in the open market, begging for money. I can still feel the View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
says Norton. "I haven't prevented you from gaining weight or removed all of the French fries from the world." At the same time, the strategy uses people's biased thinking against them. For example, behavioral economics has shown that...
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Ellyn Creasey
I was supposed to be the leader. Instead, I was frustrated, tired, and angry. My division followed my example. Inevitably, the future will bring days of exhaustion and challenge. There will be external circumstances that seem unfair. But when that seed of frustration...
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- 23 Jan 2017
- News
The CEO Who is Perking Up Peet’s Coffee
offices. Burwick managed all of this, the article notes, while guiding the company through a transition from public entity to private ownership. Before joining Peet’s, Burwick worked at PepsiCo and as president of Weight Watchers North...
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- 08 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Getting Laid Off: An Opportunity for Reinvention
your pay or that your work product did not meet a certain threshold. I am slowly letting go of this weight and burden—and realize that it’s not personal. In fact, approximately 1 in 5 Americans have filed for unemployment as a result of...
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Aditya Dhanrajani
for its maiden test drive. As I got in, the car gave way to my weight and collapsed. Later, in my engineering classes, I learned that I had executed a "catastrophic failure," but I had already learned the bigger lesson that day...
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Ernest T. Weir
one of the only firms in its industry that focused on the growing demand for lighter weight steel and alloy products, made it one of the only steel companies to consistently turn a profit during the Great Depression.
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- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Economists Can Make You a Healthier Consumer and Smarter Marketer
behavioral science, specifically, behavioral economics, tries to understand consumers as they actually behave and promote changes in their decision making around those biases. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Leslie John explains principles behind behavioral...
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by Amelia Kunhardt
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George Pierce Baker Courtyard | About
Dean included the reorganization of the faculty along updated subject areas, revisions in the MBA Program to give more weight to emerging fields of knowledge, the broadening of financial aid, the admission of women as full participants in...
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- 19 Dec 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
New Year, New Habits
entrepreneurs. Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior Psychological nudges can be a cost-effective way for governments to get citizens to do the right thing. 5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists Behavioral...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
determining how and when to weight the importance of customer inputs? Jonathan Hinkle believes it does. As he put it, " the question may really be, 'Will this product be marketed as a disruptive product or fit with customers' paradigms?'...
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Managing Customers for Growth - Course Catalog
Assessment type Weight Class participation 40% Group assignment (to be submitted before class #6) 30% Individual assignment (starts in class #9, to be submitted at the end of the course) 30% Copyright © 2022 President & Fellows of Harvard...
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- 02 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Pursuing A Passion in Health Care
and eventually drafting up the business case (where I get to apply my net present value and weighted average cost of capital skills from first-year finance classes!). I’ve enjoyed the exposure to the Danaher lean processes and...
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2.3.6 Dangerous Weapons & Threats - MBA
thrown, or any armband, made with leather which has metallic spikes, points or studs or any similar device made from any other substance or a cestus or similar material weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand, or a...
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Ideas That Stick
touting seven sandwiches under six grams of fat. Why is the story of one very fat man who lost weight stickier than other weight-loss stories? We respond instinctively to this aspirational story of a guy who overcame big odds. Why do...
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