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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Happy New Year: The HBS Alumni Board's Newest Members Look to the Future
Board? I encourage alumni interested in our work to contact any board member. We would love to hear ideas about ways we can further our alumni engagement and continue to find ways to give back to HBS.
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Complements to the Case Method
Learning by Doing: Stock Pitching When it comes to getting an edge in a stock trade, HBS finance professors Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy urge students to go straight to the source. “We encourage them to get out in the field and...
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- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
Sharing-economy Companies Thus far, Airbnb has declined the researchers' offer to visit the company and discuss possible mechanisms to facilitate trust without encouraging unintentional discrimination. But they do have recommendations,...
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- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
the research did not reflect his experience—that they found open office spaces encouraged dynamic interactions and collective behaviors. His colleague then piped up and pointed out that all of the “noise” (as an indication of...
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- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
also encourage innovation to solve problems that people haven’t solved before.” Regulations that are too loose can lead to confusion. This was the case in Brazil, where the government chose not to establish specific mobile money...
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- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
circles. Q: What makes technology transfer happen? Is it entrepreneurial opportunity in the home country, a loyalty to the home country, or government policies that encourage or require people to come home? A: It's all of those. Surveys...
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- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
effectively ward off a predictable surprise." What's a veil of ignorance and how can it help executives avoid predictable surprises? A: American philosopher John Rawls developed the concept of a veil of ignorance to encourage us to...
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by Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
conclusions, I am largely encouraged by what I see. Simply based on numerous snapshots from the front—conveniently captured and transmitted by embedded correspondents—I sense an organization and leaders largely comfortable with their...
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by Martha Lagace
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
HOW PART OF YOUR IDENTITY SEEMS TO GO AWAY AS YOU GO THROUGH THE ORIENTATION PROCESS.” Previous studies have shown that employees are especially productive and happy when employers encourage them to use their individual signature...
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- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
important narratives around the world that encourages students to more fully inhabit the story's hero—leads to fuller engagement and more active learning. We report results using this approach with undergraduate and graduate students in...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
REALLY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACE IS HELPING EMPLOYEES FEEL APPRECIATED.” Rewards that signal to employees that they did a good job and that their manager cares about them will encourage employees to want to work even harder, the research...
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Commencement 2016 Address | About
nurtured you, encouraged you, and believed in you. So members of the Class of 2016, stand up and turn towards your guests. Please join me in honoring them by giving them a hand. The faculty and I join your families in congratulating you...
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- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system...
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- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
happiness and well-being and how a government could go about encouraging happiness. The UAE in effect implemented a complex incentive scheme with the aim of coordinating attempts to increase happiness and well-being. The connection...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
"Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" As you think about business 31 years after that article appeared, do you see changes in the roles you described back then? What have you learned about leaders and managersin business today that View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 27 Oct 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits
support. Internally, it is important so that people working within the nonprofit have a clear idea of concrete goals that the organization is saying it will achieve, because this will help them figure out what actions to take, motivate them to make greater effort, and...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
addition, OLPC had to determine the right mix of attributes and features that would appeal to the target users, children. Design could not be an afterthought; the laptop had to be attractive enough so a young person would feel proud to own it. The XO also required...
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- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
unique ways that multinational corporations (MNCs) and local businesses are serving the previously invisible BOP market: Nestlé, with its "milk-district model" that encourages supporting businesses to spring up around its...
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by Garry Emmons
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
but going without formal organizational membership also has its challenges. I am also looking forward to opening new fields on organizational gray zones. Gray zones operate at the intersection of the legal and illegal boundary. I welcome suggestions from readers as to...
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- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship
for questions. For their internship program specifically, Murph recommends onboarding with check-ins at a regular cadence, up to several times a day in the ramp-up period, to replicate an in-person experience. You can also set up an “always-on” video meeting room to...
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