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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

intention in mind when she... Once in a Lifetime Opportunities Kasia Stochniol MBA 2014 In 2011, at 26 years of age, Kasia Stochniol (MBA 2014) packed her bag... “It’s like a pie-eating contest” Josh Latson MBA 2015 One night during his... View Details

30 Aug 2023
Blog Post

I’m From the South and Going Back: Why HBS Was the Best School for Me

peers not in spite of, but as a direct result of my personal and professional background. HBS is quite intentional about designing the experience to highlight the voice of the individual to serve to the benefit of the collective, whether... View Details

22 Nov 2023
News

So You Want to Join a Startup

uncomfortable because, your job may not be that well defined. DM: Gus, so many of the things that you recommend due diligence, being really intentional about how you think about your career trajectory. It seems like such a counter to what... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

led to huge costs that would even intensify the problems they were trying to solve. As with the case with the client, he had overestimated his ability to contribute and reconstruct an entire country. How should Berman emphasize that philanthropy initiatives should be... View Details

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Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting

particular structure that may or may not have been right for them,” she said. Be Intentional About Your Interviews When building out an interview process, employers need to consider the what, the how, and the who. What they will be... View Details

18 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works

industries (computing, telecommunications, and health care) by shadowing them at their jobs. The team recorded every activity in the managers' workday, collecting a total of 256 hours' worth of observations. "As we analyzed data we started to see differences in... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

going on at HBS, it’s easy to go with the flow and put your time towards what is in front of you in the moment, only to later realize that those activities took a lot of your time and you were not pursuing your priorities. Learning to be proactive and View Details

2012
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Evidence for the Pinocchio Effect: Linguistic Differences Between Lies, Deception by Omissions, and Truths

By: Lyn M. Van Swol, Michael T. Braun and Deepak Malhotra

The study used Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count and Coh-Metrix software to examine linguistic differences with deception in an ultimatum game. In the game, the Allocator was given an amount of money to divide with the Receiver. The Receiver did not know the precise... View Details

Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Cognition and Thinking

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

athletic apparel into accessories and then beauty. Making small, connected steps along the way has allowed me to grow and evolve my career in both intentional and often just serendipitous ways.” With each small, connected step to the next... View Details

26 Jan 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Behavioral Ethics: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Moral Judgment and Dishonesty

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Francesca Gino

13 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles

intentions can provide good governance for a business, family, and ownership group. But unitary leaders, like the rest of us, only have so many hours in a day, and they can only focus on so many individual concerns before losing... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis

09 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

more intent than the other—and that intent might contribute to feelings of being selfish." Putting The Hypotheses To The Test The researchers conducted a series of experimental and field studies to test the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Past Issues - Alumni

worldwide managing director teamed up to show nonprofits and foundations how to bridge the gap between good intentions and real, measurable impact. This Is What I Do The roles are different, the passion is the same. Meet three HBS alumni... View Details

20 Oct 2020
News

Steps to Get Out of Your Own Way

17 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

‘Chick Beer’ for Women? Why Gender Marketing Repels More Than Sells

from gender-based strategies, for instance by no longer targeting only women in ads about household cleaning products, according to a recent Kantar study. Unilever and UN Women partnered in 2017 to fight gender stereotypes in ads. Some brands say they are View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

01 Sep 2021
Op-Ed

How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback

relationship. Assume positive intent For many people, asking questions feels uncomfortable or seems risky. They worry that the feedback giver will construe the questions as challenges to him or her. Women tend to become more willing to... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

15 Feb 2024
Blog Post

How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Carol Wright

The HBS 2+2 program is a deferred admission process for current students in their final year of study, either in college or a full-time master’s degree program. If you are admitted through 2+2, you work for two to four years in a field of your choice before enrolling... View Details

09 Jun 2022
HBS Case

From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

hit the company took in 2020, Satriano has been intent on expanding the company’s CHEF’STORE brand, a chain of cash-and-carry food stores that provide an alternative way for restauranteurs to make last-minute purchases. With supply chain... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

fold it into a paper airplane and toss it from a city window or into the sea. Instead of writing, you could also use natural objects to represent things (e.g., an acorn to represent your tough outer shell or a dried leaf to represent being fragile in certain... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

18 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions

should at least know what is going on. The number one thing to do is audit your algorithms and check if you have outcomes that are systematically different. And then based on whatever the objective is, whatever your business intentions... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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