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HBS Launches Major New Podcast on Founder Decision-Making, Featuring Reese Witherspoon As First Guest

HBS announces the launch of The Founder Mindset with Reza Satchu, a new podcast examining what it actually takes to become a founder—not in hindsight, but in the moments before outcomes are known.
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To Thrive in the AI Era, Companies Need Agent Managers

As autonomous AI agents move from experimentation to execution, companies are discovering they need a new kind of leader to manage them. Drawing on examples from Salesforce and other large ...
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Most AI Initiatives Fail. This 5-Part Framework Can Help.

Most AI initiatives fail not because the models are weak, but because organizations aren’t built to sustain them. A large Latin American conglomerate developed a simple management system that aligns ...
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Strategy in an Era of Abundant Expertise: How to Thrive When AI Makes Knowledge and Know-How Cheaper and Easier to Access

The AI era is in its early stages, and the technology is evolving extremely quickly. Providers are rapidly introducing AI "copilots," "bots," and "assistants" into applications to augment employees' ...
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New MBA Course Uses AI Tools to Help Students Stay on the Pulse of AI

The next generation of business leaders won’t just use AI—they’ll collaborate with it. That’s the driving philosophy behind the new Data Science and AI for Leaders (DSAIL) course, which equips MBA ...
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Public Disclosure of Private Meetings: Does Observing Peers’ Information Acquisition Affect Analysts’ Attention Allocation?

We investigate the impact of observing peers’ information acquisition on financial analysts’ allocation of attention. Using the timely disclosure mandate by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as a setting, ...
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Markups and Cost Pass-through Along the Supply Chain

Alvarez-Blaser, Santiago, Alberto Cavallo, Alexander MacKay, and Paolo Mengano. "Markups and Cost Pass-through Along the Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-009, August 2024. ...
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Angel City Football Club: A New Business Model for Women’s Sports

Angel City Football Club (ACFC) was founded in 2020 by venture capitalist Kara Nortman, entrepreneur Julie Uhrman, and actor and activist Natalie Portman. As outsiders to professional sports, the ...
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Lina Khan at the FTC: Redefining Antitrust in the Age of Big Tech

In 2023 and 2024, the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice sued Google, Amazon, and Apple claiming antitrust violations. These lawsuits marked a shift in U.S. antitrust enforcement ...
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How to Build a Life: Why the Most Successful Marriages Are Start-Ups, Not Mergers

Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Why the Most Successful Marriages Are Start-Ups, Not Mergers." The Atlantic (October 12, 2023).
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What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You?: A Guide to the Four Main Types

Business leaders are being urged to adopt a multistakeholder approach to governance in place of the shareholder-centered approach that has guided their work for several decades. But through hundreds ...
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How to Build a Life: Parasocial Relationships Are Just Imaginary Friends for Adults

Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Parasocial Relationships Are Just Imaginary Friends for Adults." The Atlantic (April 6, 2023).