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- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
would wrestle with big policy questions, define what we wanted to achieve, weigh tradeoffs about what we cared about. Some of those conversations really helped shape my path as well as who I am as a person.” For current students, Gupta shares a valuable piece of career...
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- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
solutions such as the construction of mobile COVID test units with medical teams, which have so far tested over 60,000 people. The design was donated to 10 hospitals and is now also available for free...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Five Degrees of Doriot
plastic body armor. Two years later, the new “Doron” body armor passed a stress test designed to quell officers’ nerves—a live demonstration that featured the firing of live rounds at an officer wearing a...
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- 29 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019
You Can Still Be Productive Commuters who listen to music or talk radio might be increasing their chance of a stressful workday. Here are better ways to cope with a bad commute. Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading When salespeople become...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
coronavirus. Kapoor was tested and by the time he received the results nine days later, they confirmed what he already knew: he had COVID-19 (and so did his wife, a physician, and two of his four kids). Kapoor’s View Details
- 27 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way
new feature, "If it doesn't work, we can always blame Apeksha". It can be a stressful environment to walk into full-time. However, the MBA summer internship provides a unique opportunity to reduce the risk on both sides,...
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- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
already stressed in the health care system.” Quelch argued, on the other hand, that it was fun to get those test results, and he hadn’t heard of anyone who took the test and...
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Inside MBA Admissions
qualities and characteristics. The average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score for the class entering in fall 2003 was 708. However, the range of GMAT scores is very broad, and there is no minimum score requirement. The...
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- 29 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Global Change in the Built Environment
class because of its large component of current income and cash flow. The three big trends in the industry are securitization, globalization, and environmentalism. The securitization markets on both the debt and equity sides are being View Details
- Profile
Alex Furleigh
my research, HBS was the best place to learn those skills and test them out in a low-risk environment. Coming to HBS is like... ...a clean slate. As an avid believer in being a lifelong student (though that, to put my parents’ minds at...
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- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
get access to sites for stress testing of prototype designs, as well as high upfront cost and uncertain timeliness of the regulatory process, that are the primary barriers to raising private capital today....
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
them—and that’s what she was looking for. “We wanted to create a new field that’s grounded in quantitative, predictive science, and the only way to get there is to think broadly and boldly,” she says. Scientists at Stanford University are building a “digital athlete,”...
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- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
increase the reliance on FDI flows and alter the decision to deploy technology through FDI as opposed to arm's length licensing. Several distinctive predictions for the impact of weak investor protection on MNC activity and FDI flows are View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Horrible Boss Workarounds
stresses the importance of zooming—the ability to view the world through an adjustable lens as the situation demands, examining particular details in certain situations and maintaining a broad view of the mission in others. Talented...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2016
- News
The Seeds of Learning
“I think that kids these days are spending way too much time taking tests and doing rote memorization when they need to be outside and learning from experience. It reduces stress and improves behavior; it...
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- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
test and development facilities in multiple countries. We can re-engineer regulatory processes to radically lower costs and shorten approval times by testing full-scale prototypes before licensing. We can...
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- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
stigmatization and dysfunctional finger-pointing being the result." Stress Or Mental Illness? A culture of 3 a.m. emails and competition in the conference rooms can contribute to workplace stress. A 2013 survey by the American Psychiatric...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
understand about the current system—like how to best measure credit standards—that makes it harder to advance.” Accounting for Human Nature Sam Hanson, Marvin Bower Associate Professor Changes in financial regulation since the 2008 crisis—such as the Federal Reserve’s...
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- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
testing the idea with an experiment. Cook felt bad about his initial response not because the idea ended up succeeding—it didn't—but because he believes strongly in cultivating and maintaining a culture of experimentation. Of the...
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- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
world in a way that fits the new realities of the global economy, fosters leadership, and uses citizen-diplomats to befriend moderates in troubled regions and business networks to ensure success in the major emerging economies; and (6) building community by View Details
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Sean Silverthorne