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Ruzwana Bashir
knew I wanted to work with smart people and learn about how to build a business.” After graduating, Bashir moved to London, joined Goldman Sachs and later the Blackstone Group with the intention of a career in finance. But the... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
those who came to HBS looking for a career change? Careers in business & environment are definitely a field for career switchers (students who are coming to HBS with the intention of changing industry, function, or both). Because of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
many cases drifting from their original intent of making management a profession, with a commitment to using a body of knowledge for the good of society. “The university-based business school of today is a troubled institution, one that... View Details
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
about how it’s designed,” Soltes says. “The intention for revising the legislation is well past due, but I think it can be done in a bit more balanced way—to protect shareholders while at the same time making sure that people who make... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
capture. We review the research on when people expect too little and or too much self-interest in the intentions of others, as contrasted with rational behavior. We also discuss the antecedents and consequences of these naïve and cynical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
people to mentally simulate events more extensively. People who considered situations with their eyes closed rather than open judged immoral behaviors as more unethical and moral behaviors as more ethical. In addition, considering potential decisions with closed eyes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
current proposals as well as to consider other options. We believe that the current responses are inadequate, since they do not attack the root causes of the recent problems. Our intention is to encourage further discussion and debate in... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
learn more and to watch the final four teams compete for the grand prize. The 2022 finale will take place virtually on March 31. Visit www.hbs.edu/nvc to learn more and to watch the final four teams compete for the grand prize. Codifying Culture If you aren’t View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
they know that they all have the same goal in mind. Talk about how to work together. Set norms that guide communication patterns for an inclusive, psychologically safe, and connected team. Know realities and fill the roles. Be intentional... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
organized crime component is about 30 to 35 percent. A whopping 60 to 65 percent is due to the private sector’s illegal and intentional manipulation of taxes and commercial transactions. How can this be? Because the global system lacks... View Details
- January 2024
- Case
BWX Technologies
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Yuan Zou and Aldo Sesia
Rex Geveden and Robb LeMasters, CEO and CFO of BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT), were concerned that investors and analysts did not fully appreciate the company's transformation from a nuclear reactor provider to the US Navy and Canadian utilities to a multi-product line... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Communication Intention and Meaning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Diversification; United States; Canada
Srinivasan, Suraj, Yuan Zou, and Aldo Sesia. "BWX Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 124-071, January 2024.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Managers' Cultural Background and Disclosure Attributes
By: Francois Brochet, Gregory S. Miller, Patricia Naranjo and Gwen Yu
We examine how a manager’s ethnic cultural background affects managers’ communication with investors. Using a sample of earnings conference calls transcripts with 26,430 executives from 42 countries, we find that managers from ethnic groups that have a more... View Details
Keywords: Disclosure Tone; Individualism; Conference Calls; Ethnic Group; Management Style; Communication Intention and Meaning; Ethnicity; Corporate Disclosure; Financial Reporting
Brochet, Francois, Gregory S. Miller, Patricia Naranjo, and Gwen Yu. "Managers' Cultural Background and Disclosure Attributes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-027, October 2016.
- September 1991
- Background Note
Persuasion
Examines the principles that apply in any persuasive business situation. Describes how to analyze the goals and audience; how to devise a persuasive message; and how to execute a persuasive strategy in writing, presentations, and larger corporate communication tasks. View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Communication Intention and Meaning; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Strategy
Hattersley, Michael E. "Persuasion." Harvard Business School Background Note 392-012, September 1991.
- 12 Jul 2023
- News
The Simple Power of Communicating with Kindness
- 14 Jul 2023
- News
LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman on Innovating Amid Volatility
- 03 Jun 2021
- News
What It Takes to Run a Great Hybrid Meeting
- 27 Nov 2020
- News
Managing Someone Whose Life Has Been Upended
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
introduction of stretch goals was also accompanied by both positive and negative incentives. The message to the frontline, whether intentional or not, was hit the goal; don’t necessarily tell us how you did it. The result, as we know,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
but I didn’t have an appreciation of all the ethnicities that exist in the world — Italian, Russian, Polish, the differences between various Hispanic cultures. That was fascinating.” Harris says she came to Harvard with the intention of... View Details