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looking to build a business that can keep its bounce In Harmony Born in Korea, Michael Kim spent his formative years in the US. As his novel ‘Offerings’ heads for the big screen, Asia’s “godfather of private equity” reflects on time,... View Details
- 03 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers
skills, might spend more time checking the accuracy of their teams’ work instead of devising budgets. Women scientists might focus more on interacting with students and staff instead of writing grants or working with donors. In essence, the task bind View Details
- 25 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Collaborating Across Cultures
of survey and experimental research to focus on a key measure psychologists have dubbed "cultural metacognition." The term refers to a person's reflective thinking about his or her cultural assumptions. It seems to have a strong View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
innovation has gained currency among managers even while core concepts remain misunderstood. Likewise, foundational research on disruption has produced extensive citations and provoked vibrant debates, but empirical research in management has not kept pace. Such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About
flights; the purpose of this policy is to help clarify acceptable use and safety of UAS on or above the HBS campus. Drug & Alcohol Policy Harvard Business School’s policy on drugs and alcohol reflects our concern for the health and... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20
the U.S. Department of Agriculture's approval of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), we find that product assessments by powerful stakeholders and peer agencies influence product approval and that their effects vary under different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.
terms, but issues are rarely so clear-cut, Takeuchi says. “This intellectual tradition,” Takeuchi and Nonaka write, “is reflected in the debates over dualism—such as mind versus body, subject versus object, rationality versus empiricism,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3
Working PapersContracting in the Self-reporting Economy (revised) Authors:Romana L. Autrey and Richard Sansing Abstract This paper examines the effect of accounting on the use of intellectual property. We analyze the licensing of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
minimizes a convex approximation of this metric. We further develop an exponential penalty approach and show that its computational performance is far superior and its trade-off between delay and fairness compares favorably. In our results, we demonstrate the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
companies, where decision rights and incentives can be murky, and the effects of any given choice can be tough to pin down. So the authors chose a “lab rat” with fewer barriers to understanding—the venture capital industry. VC firms are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
What Makes a Good Leader?
up as a manager. HBS professor David Thomas points out that "increasingly, the people who are the most effective are those who essentially are both managers and leaders." Communication Is Key "Communication is the real work... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young
- 24 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 24
field experiment in which we send encouraging text messages to students. Our initial results show that these simple text messages reduce the proportion of students that stop attending by 36% and lead to a 7% increase in average attendance relative to the control group.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2024
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Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching
reflect and focus on what really mattered. That journaling lasted 26 years, tracking Giusti’s successful battle with multiple myeloma. Those entries and Giusti’s reflections on them are at the heart of her... View Details
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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
effectiveness Create a diagram of your professional network in order to visualize, reflect on, and better utilize professional relationships Reflect on what you’ve learned... View Details
- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
"Is it better to be loved or feared?" Machiavelli asked. At Harvard Business School, Professor Scott Snook uses this classic quote to help students become more effective leaders. Using two of the most successful college... View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
that implicitly activating the construct of time, rather than money, leads individuals to behave more ethically by cheating less. We further found that priming time reduces cheating by making people reflect on who they are. Implications... View Details
- 11 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups
Startups that use A/B testing scale more quickly, launch more products, and attract more venture capital, according to recent research. But not all startups enjoy these benefits. Early-stage startups using experimentation strategies usually flame out faster, perhaps... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
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Course Overview - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
personal reflection on the challenges they face and how to address them. Process The Workshop is built around in-depth, frank discussion among peers about their companies and experiences. The faculty participates actively in these... View Details
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Thomaz Galvao
Brazilians that would reflect well on me as an effective professional,” but mostly for its resources “ HBS resources and excellence would empower me with the hard and soft skills I will need to succeed.”... View Details
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Team - Case Method Project
which received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. In 2013, David launched a case-based course on the history of American democracy for Harvard undergraduates and MBA students. The success of this course inspired... View Details