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- 23 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness
loneliness. But the two do tend to go hand in hand, Goldenberg says. The stars look very different To see if they could break that connection and overcome the tendency to feel lonely while alone, the researchers collaborated with Airbnb,...
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by Michael Blanding
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
deficit spending send the signal that demand will increase, and thus both aim to break the cycle of negative expectations about the economy. Q: What's a good way to think about foreign direct investment in the United States? Are we...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
familiar." The remote and hybrid work that rose up during the pandemic helped break down these boundaries. Virtual meeting and collaboration platforms helped level the playing field by increasing meeting access and giving voices equal...
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by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
History Matters
Francisco earthquake of 1906 qualifies as the major disruptor leading to the Panic of 1907. Wars, bad harvests, other natural disasters, and, yes, pandemics, would also deliver crisis-triggering shocks. Third, crises tend to break out in...
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- 25 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse
reality. Just continuing with our usual approaches to problem-solving will not help us break through. Impasse means that we need to change our whole approach to the problem. We need to change our understanding of the problem. We have to...
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by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Drew Keller
attend HBS to better understand how firms operate, what systems and assumptions underpin their decisions, and how we can rethink those assumptions to create a more equal and sustainable world. Coming to HBS is like... ...taking a break to...
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- 22 May 2018
- Blog Post
How to Engage a Search Firm
percentage of available positions are filled in this manner. Here are some ways you can break through the barrier. If a firm has contacted you in the past, begin with them—they at least know about you. It is always a good idea to have a...
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- 28 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Making an Impact on the Media Industry with my MBA
experiential learning experiences by taking the Short Intensive Program (SIP), Personal Branding and Business Storytelling, taught by Francesca Gino. I had previously read her book, Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and...
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- 07 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
to engage with unfamiliar topics and start conversations on how to learn from even those who they may disagree with." The day provided many different chances for the attendees to network, including coffee breaks in between panels and...
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- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
marketplace. Mikitani takes a break between conference calls. Mikitani himself learned to speak English at the age of seven when his family spent two years in Connecticut while his father taught economics at Yale. After earning a degree...
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- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
in, and thus quicker to jump on novel knowledge when it appears. For academic researchers, the finding implies that perhaps hyper-specialization isn’t always the way to get ahead. “You see lots of universities encouraging cross-disciplinarity and View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
has no business interfering with products that aren’t breaking laws and, more importantly, are clearly meeting a real consumer need. “It was a powerful argument that played out strongly,” Deshpandé says of the discussion among the...
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- 18 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing
recently, it has allowed companies to reap creative ideas on product improvements directly from their customers (Lay's flavored potato chips). And it has also managed to get brands into trouble (United Breaks Guitars). The smash hit Old...
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- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Simple Economics of Open Source
contemplate in the future, say Lerner and Tirole. How, for instance, will the breaking of projects into modules help or hurt open source? The success of an open source project seems dependent on the ability to View Details
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
conference call. One laid-off worker turned to Twitter to vent. “Sephora ruined our lives. Lol. Point blank period. Great conference call guys! Thanks for hanging up and not letting anyone speak. Thanks for breaking all our hearts. But...
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by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- Web
4.2 Student/Faculty Ventures - MBA
of this policy, a student on summer break or who has withdrawn from an HBS program within the last year (e.g., is on leave) is considered a currently enrolled student. Students are no longer enrolled in an HBS program after they graduate....
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- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
Rabbiya (not Carlos, who has the social graces of a pre-marriage Prince Harry and the jaw-dropping good looks of a young Jon Hamm see photo). After breaking through the proverbial ice, we quickly realized we’d become the best of friends....
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- 04 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted
has,” says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Zoe B. Cullen, who coauthored the paper with Ricardo Perez-Truglia of the University of California, Anderson. Some companies have taken steps to break down barriers for women in the...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
to the people who work for you? That doesn’t mean leaders are superfluous, however. In order to reap the benefits of experimentation, Thomke says leaders must set out a roadmap to determine a company’s strategic objectives and break those...
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by Michael Blanding