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10 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 10

employment in the corporate staff per se. Results suggest that once people receive the "corporate imprimatur" on their network structures, they retain it even when they move back to the line organization. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

Careers Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work Careers Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work Taking a step back is common, but there are plenty of avenues to help you return to the workforce. Explore some of the reasons for wanting to take a step... View Details

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

government no longer needed Yamato’s help. Soon after visiting the Tohoku area and seeing the devastation, Kigawa felt it was time to give back to an area that had previously boosted his business with the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

to provide some explanation and give a measured response justifying the pay disparity.” Connections between wage disparity and company performance are detailed in Rouen’s recent working paper, Rethinking Measurement of Pay Disparity and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

The seeming randomness by which spontaneous thoughts arise might give people good reason to dismiss them as meaningless. We suggest that it is precisely the lack of control over and access to the processes by which they arise that leads... View Details

09 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

price decreases segmented by customer and channel. Another hallmark of stressful situations is that they can lead to paralysis and inaction, what Nathan Furr calls “unproductive uncertainty.” He recommends three strategies for decision-making in such circumstances:... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

taking time to reflect on the reasoning behind your decisions can help you neutralize the influence of such biases. Give sufficient time and feedback. While it's natural to gravitate primarily or exclusively toward people similar to you,... View Details

08 Sep 2022
Book

Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

But, frustrated Gen Xers and Millennials need not give up—their time will come, and they need to prepare now. “We desperately need this generation to learn how to manage diverse people, and manage through our crises.” In the new book True... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

gaming industry Back to School Sharpen your pencils and get ready to learn something new as alumni share their passions (and some pointers) to help us expand our skill sets Complete Table of Contents June 2024 Alumni Achievement Awards... View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

experience. Notes Keller: “The most important thing we are all facing is really the confidence and comfort that our guests are going to have when they come back to our restaurants. That’s going to be our biggest hurdle, regardless of the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

York back to her home state of Massachusetts to attend Harvard Business School. “HBS opened up my global perspective,” said Leahy. “It allowed me to see the world through the international platform HBS provides, but also opened my way of... View Details

27 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

distinct, and enduring elements that give meaning and provide purpose to an organization (“who we are”). “A good match between an organization’s design and its identity is often seen as a prerequisite for strong performance,” the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Zoe Bhargava - MBA

and give it a try. After researching HBS and exploring its entrepreneurial opportunities, including those at the Rock Center , iLab , and in the entrepreneurship curriculum itself, I realized that pursuing an MBA still aligned with my... View Details

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Katie Sadler

art scene. Above all, the community is unparalleled; I still go back to my high school, Forest Hills Northern, to visit my old teachers. What has changed about your understanding of leadership? While it’s important to have an opinion,... View Details

23 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Taking the Risk to Start a Company at Business School

gives back to the HBS community and is involved in the entrepreneurial “Field X” class, which allows students to receive course credit while developing and growing their start-ups. “HBS is an ecosystem and a... View Details

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

describe their views and arguments. Consider referring back to the norms set at the beginning of the course and drawing on examples of previous successful discussions. During class discussion When a challenging moment arises in a class... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Again and Again

exercise more and have perfect habits. But at a certain point, if you lived a life of perfect habits, you’d almost be like an automaton. It would be a cold, dry life. Would you look back at a life of perfect habits and say it was a life... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 Feb 2023
HBS Case

ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?

The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Financial Services

06 Sep 2016
First Look

September 6, 2016

Final-Offer Arbitration Challenge Gives Negotiators a Valuable New Tool By: Bazerman, Max H., and Daniel Kahneman Abstract—In legal disputes, contested insurance claims, and similarly adversarial negotiations, one party is likely to open... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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