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  • More lessons

    Lesson 13: Accounting can’t really capture economic reality. Lesson 14: In many cases good or proper accounting procedures are defined retroactively. Lesson 15: Adequately evaluating labor productivity requires one to disentangle it from capital productivity, which can be extremely difficult….

  • Rational exuberance

    The first full week of classes has come to a close, with a ludic and ludicrous Skydeck presented by the members of Old F. Replete with the requisite Facebook incriminations, prank calls, and a bizarre yet convincing ersatz Career Services…

  • Ovations

    The norm with which a new HBS student most quickly becomes familiar is probably that of applause. We clap. A lot. At the beginning of class, when a visitor is introduced, at the end of every class, at key moments…

  • Lessons, continued

    Lesson 9: When pricing, keep in mind that the inherent tension between market share and profitability affects the viability of a new product or business, and these effects are unpredictable in the long-term. Lesson 10: Brands can be highly irrational,…

  • Lessons learned…

    … in a nutshell: 1. Don’t seek out short-term solutions if the problems are long-term. 2. Don’t let those who are indifferent or destructive linger in hopes that they will eventually come around. 3. You really have to trust the…

  • Showtime

    Friday marked the start of our first official classes with a three-case day. Each session is one of the fastest 80 minute time periods of my life. In these first few days everyone tries to get a word in edgewise,…

  • Case two

    Our second case discussion was most remarkable for the amount of preparation put in by a professor who was teaching most of us for the first and last time. The vast majority of us will never take a class with…

  • First case

    On Wednesday morning we met in our sections for the first time to review our first case. Our professor opened with a gentle cold call and skilfully wove a number of threads through the ensuing conversation. At the very end…

  • Day one

    The first day was fairly filled with activities, and in a good way. The introductory speeches this morning were substantive, and the speakers came across as people who had done this many times before. That’s one of the things that…

  • New moves

    So far things have been relatively quiet, although everyone should be moved in by now. The largeness of the campus means that even with several hundred students it still feels sparsely populated. I remember eight years ago when I started…