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What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization - Recruiting

top of people who are still alive.” Be Intentional with Language Another key focus of Manso-Brown’s work is being intentional about language. “Language creates worlds and we need to be as View Details

15 Feb 2022
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When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

and how to use them. Let’s break things down a bit. Cattell is telling us that the success curve is, for all intents and purposes, the fluid intelligence curve, which increases to one’s midthirties or so and then declines through the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Nayely Martinez

landlord intent on evicting tenants amidst a wave of neighborhood gentrification. “Pasito a pasito,” my Mom and I gently murmured to my Dad, as he drifted in and out of consciousness, fighting for his life for a month in the Cardiac ICU... View Details

January 2009
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The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B2)

By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane

Bear Stearns & Co burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's... View Details

Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Capital; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Banks and Banking; Governance; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; System; Valuation; New York (state, US)

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13 Feb 2020
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Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

New Video: Books@Baker Virtual Session with Michael Beer After prospering for more than 100 years, General Electric found itself in trouble in the early 2000s, facing the double wallop of a depressed energy sector and the financial crisis of 2008. CEO Jeff Immelt tried... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2023
News

Endless Possibilities

landscape.) Take the time to carefully consider the words that present you in the most compelling, authentic way. “Being yourself can feel ‘cringey,’ but Tinder is the time and place to be intentional about who you are,” says Iosotaluno.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Key Dates - Doctoral

round interviews will be with faculty mentors. March 2025 Mar 11 11 Mar 2025 PRIMO Fellows Notification All applicants will be notified by this date. Mar 14 14 Mar 2025 Deadline to Accept Offers Applicants selected for PRIMO must re-verify View Details

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FAQ - Alumni

are not legally binding. If your pledge is legally binding, the gift intention agreement will include the following language (or similar): “It is my intention that the Agreement shall create obligations that... View Details

20 Sep 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan & Vadym Volosovych

09 Nov 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Securities Litigation Risk for Foreign Companies Listed in the US

Keywords: by Beiting Cheng, Suraj Srinivasan & Gwen Yu

22 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

A Randomized Field Study of a Leadership WalkRounds™-Based Intervention

Background: Leadership WalkRounds have been widely adopted as a technique for improving patient safety and safety climate. WalkRounds involve senior managers directly observing frontline work and soliciting employees' ideas about improvement opportunities. However, the... View Details

Keywords: by Anita L. Tucker & Sara J. Singer; Health

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How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Jada Haynes - MBA

uncertain, I was very fortunate to have the knowledge that I could go back to HBS during that time if needed. Participating in the 2+2 program changed my perspective professionally, and it also allowed me to reflect more on my journey before business school and make... View Details

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FAQs - Doctoral

selected, one must re-verify their intention to participate, and commit to the schedule and activities for the full duration of PRIMO. Fellows will be given onboarding, orientation, and housing details closer to the start of programming... View Details

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Ways to Give Today - Alumni

fulfillment schedule, please contact HBS Gift Management at gifts@hbs.edu or 617.495.6207. Is my pledge legally binding? Most standard (non-bequest) pledges are not legally binding. If your pledge is legally binding, the gift intention... View Details

05 Mar 2009
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How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?

Summing Up How should context affect leaders' candor and transparency? Candor, transparency, and optimism generally trump dishonesty, deception, and pessimism as characteristics of good leaders. But is this true at all times? Conclusions about each of these... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

15 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Shaky Business: How Handshakes Win Negotiations

show an intent to achieve the best outcome for both sides, Norton says. “We find typically shaking helps,” says Norton. “And if your instinct is not to shake, that’s OK, but can you think of another signal of cooperation to send? It could... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

How to Demotivate Your Best Employees

company. Perfect attendance was defined as not having any unexcused absences or tardy shift arrivals during the month. The plant managers had all the right intentions when they implemented the award program. Absenteeism and tardiness... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Service

November, 2016
Article

Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces

By: Ray Fisman and Michael Luca

Online marketplaces such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb have the potential to reduce racial, gender, and other forms of bias that affect the off-line world. And in the early days of Internet commerce, the relative anonymity of transactions did make it harder for... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Race; Gender