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- 04 Oct 2023
- HBS Seminar
Ithai Stern, INSEAD
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I am an ethnographer and field researcher studying how people experience and interpret their work and cultural contexts, as well as how this shapes inequality and organizational outcomes like normative control. I specialize in utilizing in-depth, inductive field... View Details
The Challenge of Maintaining Passion for Work over Time: A Daily Perspective on Passion and Emotional Exhaustion
Passion for work is highly coveted, but many employees report struggling to maintain their passion over time. In the current research, we explain the challenge of pursuing passion by conceptualizing passion as an attribute with temporal variation. Viewed through... View Details
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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy - MBA
of alcohol. Responsible Social Events Harvard Business School expects students, faculty, and staff in leadership roles (e.g., club presidents or program chairs) to create safe and responsible social environments. Those hosting events must... View Details
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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni
stability. Funding How much do you need – and what will it cost you? Like the legal structure of your enterprise, your choice (or choices) of funding options has an enduring impact on both your business and your role within it. In the... View Details
- 17 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers
Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
differences present some formidable challenges for companies and their managers. In my next project, I hope to shed some light on this murky area and also to help fill a gap in our curriculum. Historically, cultural issues have not had a central place in management... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
silent animated video above: Learner reviews team feedback and peer comments Apply your learning through a capstone project specific to your role or organization. Description of silent animated video above: Learner presents findings from... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
unfamiliar ways, it is explained as if it were behaving in traditional ways. Nowhere is the change in the players in the market recognized. The change in the means by which large players seek to profit and the greater role of the hedge... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
consumer in the world, exceeding the wine-producing European countries such as France and Italy, which had long dominated world markets. The paper identifies the late 1960s and 1970s as the major turning point by analyzing the role of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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AASU50 - Alumni
multi-disciplinary event that celebrated the vibrant and important role that African Americans have played in shaping our institution, the business world, and society at large. This website has been designed to provide you with... View Details
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
completion rate. Adding to the challenge, 65 percent of Black college students are also juggling full-time jobs or families. "Most Americans know that who you are and where you grew up plays a significant role in your success as an... View Details
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FAQs - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Frequently Asked Questions Do you offer services for students as well as faculty?The Christensen Center is primarily for faculty teaching development. However, we understand the critical role played by students in the case method. We take... View Details
- 23 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 23, 2016
February 2016 Review of Financial Studies Industry Window Dressing By: Chen, Huaizhi, Lauren Cohen, and Dong Lou Abstract— We explore a new mechanism by which investors take correlated shortcuts and present evidence that managers undertake actions—in the form of sales... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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The Supply Chain Economy: A New Industry Categorization for Understanding Innovation in Services
By: Karen Mills
An active debate has centered on the importance of manufacturing for driving innovation in the U.S. economy. This paper offers an alternative framework that focuses on the role of suppliers of goods and services (the “supply chain economy”) in national performance. We... View Details
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Dissertation: Speaking Up on Boards
My dissertation examines individual and group behavior in corporate boards of directors. I focus on individual traits and group traits that can foster or inhibit the act of speaking up when an individuals views go against the general consensus in the room. Research and... View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
Hidden Software and Veiled Value Creation: Illustrations from Server Software Usage
By: Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Ran Zhuo and Shane Greenstein
How do you measure the value of a commodity that transacts at a price of zero from an economic standpoint? This study examines the potential for and extent of omission and misattribution in standard approaches to economic accounting with regards to open source... View Details
Keywords: Server Software; Open Source Distribution; Applications and Software; Analytics and Data Science; Economics; Value Creation; Measurement and Metrics
Murciano-Goroff, Raviv, Ran Zhuo, and Shane Greenstein. "Hidden Software and Veiled Value Creation: Illustrations from Server Software Usage." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28738, April 2021.
- July 2020 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Oxygen Esports
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
On May 4, 2020, a press release from Boston, Massachusetts, announced the launch of Oxygen Esports (Oxygen), a new organization that hoped to dominate the rising esports scene in New England. Oxygen was created from a merger between Helix eSports (Helix), an owner and... View Details
Keywords: Esports; Sports; Online Technology; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Strategy
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Oxygen Esports." Harvard Business School Case 721-351, July 2020. (Revised May 2021.)
- November 2019
- Case
Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Tanvi Deshpande and Shreya Ramachandran
In May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was having a hard time... View Details
Keywords: Turnarounds; Operations; Management; Financial Condition; Problems and Challenges; Communication; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Narayanan, V.G., Tanvi Deshpande, and Shreya Ramachandran. "Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-053, November 2019.
- November 2018
- Article
Worthy of Swift Trust? How Brief Interpersonal Contact Affects Trust Accuracy
By: Oliver Schilke and Laura Huang
Organizational scholars have long underscored the positive consequences of trust, yet trust can also have dysfunctional effects if it is not placed wisely. Though much research has examined conditions that increase individuals’ tendencies to trust others, we know very... View Details
Schilke, Oliver, and Laura Huang. "Worthy of Swift Trust? How Brief Interpersonal Contact Affects Trust Accuracy." Journal of Applied Psychology 103, no. 11 (November 2018): 1181–1197.