Psychology And Law - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jul 2019
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Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

results and interact with shareholders,” says Desai, who is also a Harvard Law School professor. “The problem is that people perceive finance to be this difficult building block. I want executives to have... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

September 2014
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Carla Ann Harris at Morgan Stanley

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan and Alex Radu

Keywords: Career Management; Authenticity; Race; Identity; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Banking Industry

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Ellen Mahoney | About

active member of a group of human resources professionals from business schools across the US and Europe. Ellen serves on a variety of non-profit boards including the Soldier’s Field Park Children’s Center Board of Directors View Details

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

Corporate budgeting is a joke, and everyone knows it. It consumes a huge amount of executives' time, forcing them into endless rounds of dull meetings and tense negotiations. It encourages managers to lie... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

11 Jan 2021
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The Political Effects of Immigration: Culture or Economics?

11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection is supposed to allow companies to shed debt and get a fresh start. Ideally, creditors recover most of what they’re owed as the restructured firm begins turning a profit. Yet, more companies are liquidated... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

for Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World (Oxford University Press, 2023). Sophus A. Reinert : Received the 2024 HBS Student Association Faculty Teaching Award for exceptional contributions to the experience of the... View Details

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

is ready for audiences, making them risky and expensive propositions. “Each one is a huge project, and the success rate is quite low,” says Hong Luo, the James Dinan and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

Gallani, an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management Unit at Harvard Business School. How much those systems spur employees, however, may depend on how fair employees perceive them to be. “We have a tendency to attribute... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

12 Nov 2019
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Corporate Innovation Increasingly Benefits from Government Research

spearheaded by University of California, Berkeley, engineering and business professor Lee Fleming, and also included University of Connecticut law professor Hillary Greene,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Feb 2021
Book

How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

think like a social scientist about what would actually lead another person, one I didn’t know well, to change his behavior. I am confident that my effort flopped and that Doug understood the psychology of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

unpacking climate solutions, coming up with your idea, leveraging tools to test the viability of your idea, and connecting with fellow climate entrepreneurs to hear their stories and build your network. For... View Details

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1929: The Great Crash - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

securities legislation of 1933–1934 and subsequent founding of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) have been regarded as a successful chapter in financial regulation. These efforts bear the stamp of Harvard Professor of View Details

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Capturing & Disseminating Video/Photography During Course Activities | About

confidential, thereby creating psychological safety needed for candid participation and risk-taking in our learning environments. Additionally, it removes distractions caused by any use of personal... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987

Cofounder and Managing Partner, Strategic Grant Partners Download Jacobson profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1960 Born, Framingham, Massachusetts 1982 Earns BA, International Relations, University of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

20 Jan 2023
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Free Spirits

Anheuser-Busch, that means a foray into the direct-to-consumer channel, which is an entirely new world for the company, notes Whitworth. Traditional beer is a tightly regulated industry, for all the right reasons, with a tangle of laws... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

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Events - Private Capital Project

Cycles September 9, 2024, “Private Capital through Political Cycles” with John Coates (John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School) View Details

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

George Floyd’s murder last year forced many people to recognize the systemic racism that pervades American institutions, from law enforcement to health care. Even so, identifying those inequities is different than fixing them. “I don’t... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Jan 2002
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Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

Founding Chairman, Egon Zehnder International, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education University of Zurich, 1949 A.B., Classics University of Zurich, 1953 Ph.D., Law (including one year at the University of... View Details

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