Tolerance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

everywhere, those in small towns and rural communities must be nimble and have a high tolerance for failure. HBS senior fellow Allen Grossman, who worked with Marietta at PELP, sees social enterprises like Pine Mountain as laboratories... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know

direct lesson about economic policy from that period for a couple of reasons. For one thing, as the country has grown richer and our capacity to deal with some of these problems has increased, our tolerance for loss of life is lower—as it... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Your Own Medicine

tolerate it. The night of the first dose, he asked for sushi—not a typical choice for someone feeling nauseated. Halfway into a third order of edamame, he froze. "Oh my God," pointing to a maggot in the food, "I'm going to throw up, and... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; biomedicine; biopharmaceutical company; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

leadership, unsure of its direction. By the early afternoon of May Day, with the noise of the parade starting to die down, Gordon sits in the courtyard of a casa particular—a private-home-turned-hotel—and traces her tolerance for... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur

grateful. —Nique Fajors (MBA 1993) I arrived at HBS in 1969, one year after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Frankly, I arrived with doubts regarding whether, as an African American, I would be welcomed or merely tolerated... View Details

Keywords: Dean

01 Oct 2001
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Making a World of Difference

also learn that another person has feelings and wants to be seen, acknowledged, appreciated, and respected," adds Slifka, who accepted a Medal of Honor from Israel's Knesset last year. The Abraham Fund's unique contribution, says Slifka, is the "discovery that enhanced... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Oct 2002
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View from the Top

a culture in business that does not tolerate “nodders” and “yes men,” neither in management nor in the boardroom. We need a culture that is willing, when necessary, to ask awkward and embarrassing questions and that insists on believable... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

as you get closer to the office.” Those millennials: “This is a generation that has its head in the right place. They’re much more tolerant and open—they don’t see the same sort of barriers or gradations when it comes to communication,... View Details

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