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Value Creation Through Effective Boards
Design an optimal board structure and select the right directors Improve board dynamics and the board's interaction with management Lead constructive, consensus-building board meetings with time-efficient agendas Strengthen corporate...
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- 18 Jul 2023
- News
The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
saw two street musicians playing their instruments while reclined on benches in Central Park. Into my head popped The Apathetic Busker. It went right into the pinned Snippets note on my iPhone. I think along the dimension of “what if”...
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Robert Bochnak
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
Payne’s downtown office, Rodakis laid out the rationale for a nonprofit. He also shared the concern that he might not have the right skill set to run it and wondered whether he should try to hire someone. “You’re the perfect person for...
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Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governing the Family-Run Business
right people in a timely way to discuss and decide the big issues facing your organization—then your governance system is flawed, should be improved, and probably needs to be made more formal. Given how difficult it is for most people to...
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- 15 Aug 2023
- HBS Case
(Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?
says. “The timeline is perpetually pushed back. And so, for businesses thinking about making a commitment to the metaverse, it’s still unclear if this is the right moment. We've still got a long way to go on the metaverse, but the...
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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About
management of real or perceived conflicts relating to Conflict of Interest, Relationships with Third Parties / Gift Policy, & Conflict of Commitment. Demonstration Policy Harvard Business School endorses the principles embodied in the Resolution on View Details
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My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back - MBA
while planning their own wedding and shopping for the bride’s wedding gown, discovered that a city in China produces more than 75 percent of the world’s wedding dresses. The bride sees a drastic difference in factory and bridal boutique...
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Faculty & Research - Global
or not to push forward with his latest development in the Faena District, a planned 63-unit luxury condominium project called Faena Mar. The case asks students to consider the opportunities and risks posed by the development. September...
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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
incentive plans because they felt they would be competing against people whose good will and companionship they valued. To take another example of the broader conception of human beings uncovered by the researchers, consider, for...
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- 08 Mar 2021
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COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees
creating a work environment where people feel free to speak up and be proactive, the organization is creating the right place for introverted leaders to be successful” "Scientific research now shows that behaving in an extraverted...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Quiet Leaderand How to Be One
Guide to Doing the Right Thing (HBS Press, 2002), he describes what quiet leaders do and how they make their workplace, and their world, a better place. Badaracco recently sat down with HBS Working Knowledge Senior Editor Martha Lagace to...
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by Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Bernie Madoff Explains Himself
between right and wrong is not sufficient to avoid falling into the behavioral traps people can face when under pressure to succeed. Answering a single question, Madoff exhibits several all-too-familiar cognitive biases, psychological...
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- 24 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?
company you may start yourself. Which comes first in your journey? For those doing early career path planning and knowing they want to do both a startup and a mature company at some point, there’s always the question of which should come...
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by Julia B. Austin
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HBS - The year in Review
HBS. RISE Fellows As part of the School’s Action Plan for Advancing Racial Equity , 20 MBA students were selected as the inaugural recipients of the Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity (RISE) Fellowship. The fellows were chosen for...
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- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
deflate,” Miller recalled in a recent Harvard Business School case. The partner had a job offer in his pocket that he had planned to hand Miller, but the prison time changed everything. View VideoVideo: Larry Miller looks back at the...
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
The case concludes in 2016, when facing a market slowdown, Faena considered whether or not to push forward with his latest development in the Faena District, a planned 63-unit luxury condominium project called Faena Mar. The case asks...
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U.S. Competitiveness
clouds hanging over US businesses Re: Jan Rivkin 24 Sep 2016 YAHOO! FINANCE External Revitalizing small businesses is key to drive America's economic growth Re: Karen Mills 21 Oct 2016 YAHOO! FINANCE External There's a big problem with Clinton's View Details
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
holding group], for example, runs his companies closely and is planning to pass the leadership of his firms to his two sons. Similarly, the heads of some of America's largest firms, both publicly held and private, are the scions of the...
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by D. Quinn Mills
- 20 Aug 2020
- Book
From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives
For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,...
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by Dina Gerdeman