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- 26 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)
with how employees are motivated than the actual consequences they receive. Motivation is important in business for one reason: In the contract between employers and employees, it’s simply not possible to spell out how employees’ roles will need to expand to View Details
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When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS - MBA
our second year. Josh and I meet in the iLab every morning before class. At times, it’s hard to juggle school, work, and everything else in life, but the iLab is our startup sanctuary that keeps us motivated and accountable. The space...
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- 20 Jan 2022
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic
feedback is meaningful, consider asking employees these three questions: What was your experience with COVID? What grade would you give us for managing COVID, and why? What is the most important challenge we face in meeting your needs in...
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by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- Portrait Project
Auden Laurence
The kitchen was bright and bustling, filled with the smells of my dad’s cooking and the booming voice of my grandfather, a lifelong public servant. The bassinet was in the corner. I walked over to see this new “bundle of joy” for myself. And so my life began, with the...
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- 24 Feb 2022
- Op-Ed
Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC
During the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, many US hospitals could not provide enough beds to meet demand. Solving the problem of inadequate capacity is of utmost importance in the “new normal,” which requires recognizing the...
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- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
time or date. They make what may seem like a logical suggestion but which, if accepted, will make the project miss its window of opportunity. Death-by-delay tactics can force so many meetings or so many straw polls that momentum is lost,...
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by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 23 Oct 2023
MBA Program Open House
Join MBA Admissions staff and current HBS students for a campus tour, student-led Q&A, and Admissions information session. We look forward to meeting you!
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- 02 Nov 2023
MBA Program Open House
Join MBA Admissions staff and current HBS students for a campus tour, student-led Q&A, and Admissions information session. We look forward to meeting you!
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- 07 Jun 2021
- Book
9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'
ever larger the longer you worry about them. Get started and let your technique improve through practice. The longer you wait, the bigger the hurdles will seem in your mind until they become insurmountable and you never get started. 9. Develop a short customized pitch...
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by Danielle Kost
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Socioeconomic Inclusion - MBA
voices of our students. How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet The Cost Of Your MBA By: Katie Kelsall 21 JAN 2020 | MBA Voices Blog MY HBS Financial AID Story: Why I Chose TO Invest In My Future By: Tim Purdie 06 AUG 2020 | MBA Voices...
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- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad
products from development to market at an ever more rapid pace." In the following excerpt, Kuemmerle examines two foreign R&D sites created to meet those two needs: a home-base-augmenting site, in which information flows from the...
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by Walter Kuemmerle
- 06 Nov 2023
MBA Program Open House
Join MBA Admissions staff and current HBS students for a campus tour, student-led Q&A, and Admissions information session. We look forward to meeting you!
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- 13 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely
their performance or their ability to receive job offers? In the experiment, involving 1,370 summer interns in 16 cities where the company has offices, the researchers looked at three types of remote interactions: interns jumping on “virtual watercooler” Zoom View Details
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by Lane Lambert
- Portrait Project
Arielle Anderson
predominantly white swim team for a decade. I felt like an outsider. Navigating adulthood as an outsider was lonely but a few genuine people changed things for me. I don’t know the recipe of a good friend, but I can describe the feeling of View Details
- 13 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores
cab or you could park in a lot that’s more expensive and closer (to the venue). You’re not walking far. You’re not rushed. You enjoy a glass of wine before your friend meets you there. With that free time, you’ll enjoy your experience...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India
year) offers optimism. If individuals in rich countries contribute USD 700 each, we could potentially meet the funding needs. 2) Where is the Current Funding Going? 80% of the allocated funds are directed towards energy and mobility,...
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- 14 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022
to spend the day outside on a tree tour. I went expecting to meet other people, but no one else showed up. I couldn’t care less about the trees, but the person giving the tour was captivating. She wanted me to look at the trees, but all I...
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- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
colleagues or bosses why I regularly took time to meet with him. On this particular morning I was telling Howard about my friend Michelle, whose boss had unexpectedly announced her retirement. Michelle is an extraordinarily creative and...
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- 5 Sep 2013
- Conference Presentation
The Color of Taste: Selling Food in Clear Packages in the Early-Twentieth-Century United States
By: Ai Hisano
This paper examines the role of color in the marketing and retailing of food products by focusing on the increasingly popular presentation of food in clear packages in the early-twentieth-century United States. In the 1910s, a candy company began using cellophane to...
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Hisano, Ai. "The Color of Taste: Selling Food in Clear Packages in the Early-Twentieth-Century United States." Paper presented at the CHORD Conference, Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution (CHORD), Leeds, UK, September 5, 2013.
- Portrait Project
Milly Wang
that I remembered most—my second-grade teacher encouraging me to speak up in class despite my poor English, my friend staying by my side overnight in the emergency room after I broke my ankle despite having an early work meeting the next...
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