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- 23 Jul 2015
- News
Work Schedules: The False Tradeoff Between Fair and Productive
- 14 May 2012
- News
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
- 01 May 2019
- News
Boeing and the Importance of Encouraging Employees to Speak Up
- 13 May 2014
- News
Arianna Huffington's Tips on How to Feel Better and Get More Done
- 02 Nov 2023
- News
Seeding Startups
Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free, web-based email solution, and the...
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April White
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated...
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- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: What does "work-life balance" mean in today's post-pandemic world? Associate editor Julia Hanna asks this year's five recipients of HBS's Alumni Achievement Award to describe how they think...
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- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
expanded into other parts of the country, added four production facilities, and saw sales top $7 million. In 1960, Barford sold his share of the business to his partners and returned home with his family to Toronto. The following year, he...
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- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
which is why the decision to pivot Lotus to a support network for women entrepreneurs was easy to make. In partnership with local sponsors, Lotus hosts monthly breakfasts for investors and female founders—a time of day more compatible with family View Details
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entrepreneurship;
women;
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Egypt;
developing economies;
Finance
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Ads Improve Consumer Decisions
measures to be “right” for them. Anand notes that, despite the wide availability of TV schedule listings, this study showed that promotions do play a significant role in informing viewer choices. A novel aspect of the research was the...
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Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Up Your Time Affluence
wealth weakly predicts happiness. “It’s okay to be money-focused,” says Whillans. “But beyond a certain point, the amount of money you have has little bearing on happiness levels.” Finding quality time in an already hectic schedule can...
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- 06 Aug 2020
- News
Defining Flex Work
companies understand their employees’ needs and best respond to them. There is no a one-size-fits-all solution to the flexibility question, says Auerbach. Werk assesses each employee and recommends a schedule most likely to maintain View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
often rely on informal working capital loans at exorbitant interest rates. Vendors have volatile cash flows, and the one-size-fits-all microfinance repayment model is not a good fit. We are developing a loan product that matches their...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
eyeshades) to dealing with employees' mistakes ("No matter how spectacularly the project flopped, don't attack the person"). Classic productivity books often focus on time management, but Extreme View Details
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Time management
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
around the policy, such as defining company meeting hours as 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday, with an hour of meeting-free time for lunch. When there’s no choice but to schedule something for a Friday, “it’s understood by...
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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Excitement Building for HBS Global Conference in Chicago
Entrepreneurship is the focus for the 1998 Global Alumni Conference, "2000+: Global Innovation & Entrepreneurial Leadership," scheduled for June 16-19 at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago. Over one thousand alumni and guests are expected at...
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
likely to continue due to privatization, deregulation, and globalization. “In an increasingly global business environment, achieving minimum efficient scale in production requires massive capital investment,” Esty explains. In one case...
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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
situations where we have two options—do what’s right or do what’s smart. We often choose to do what’s right based on our values and selfesteem, but it requires more time from our busy schedules and possibly ruffles feathers along the way....
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