human capital - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

combinations of herbs and synthetic compounds that were less similar to the prior art and apt to be less contestable. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46704 Different Strokes for Different Folks: Experimental Evidence on... View Details

27 May 2014
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First Look: May 27

Jones, G. Abstract—This article highlights the role of business enterprises as influences on ideals of human beauty. The homogenization of such ideals has been one of the most noteworthy features of globalization over the last two... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jun 2021
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June 2021 Books and Podcasts

Alumni Books Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965–1969 by John Fredrickson and John Andrew (MBA 1959) Schiffer Military History Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace gambles, and myriad human... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

February 2014 (Revised May 2016)
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The Rawlinsons: Facing Life and Career Decisions as a Couple

By: Boris Groysberg and Kerry Herman

The Rawlinsons, a young, ambitious, career-minded couple, are considering their life and career goals. They are both successful, have aspirations to serve in public office, and are negotiating important career choices as a couple. View Details

Keywords: Talent Management; Career Management; Career Planning; Organizational Behavior; Work/life Balance; Work/family Balance; Careers; Talent and Talent Management; Human Capital; Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career; United States

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01 Oct 1998
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A Zest to Invest

A young currency trader knocks politely on a conference room door at Kingdon Capital Management Corp. (KCMC), a Manhattan-based hedge fund. Her boss, KCMC's founder and president Mark Kingdon, invites her in with a friendly nod. "The... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Q4 - Course Catalog

around former Professor Clayton Christensen’s globally applied decision-making frameworks. Early sessions will introduce models about the key jobs of the general manager, who must integrate the marketing, product development, operations, strategic planning, financial,... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Up from the Ashes

Schumpeter (pronounced “SHOOMpayter”) to the study of economic behavior was to humanize it. In part because of his own turbulent life, he came to understand that mathematical certitude could not always prevail where “indeterminate View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1999
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Four Promoted to Full Professor

His research focuses on venture capital organizations and their role in transforming scientific discoveries into commercial products. Much of this research is collected in The Venture Capital Cycle, a... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

what it takes to build intellectual and human capital and prepared me for the processes we are now engaged in with our own faculty. What are some of the cultural differences between doing business in the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

16 Sep 2015
Op-Ed

The Real Duty of the Board of Directors

financial results are material. But if employees are also a significant audience, then human capital issues become material as well. The Statement, a simple one-page annual declaration by the board, is... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans

01 Oct 2000
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Three Promoted to Full Professor

and performance of private firms; and long-run performance evaluation for newly public companies. He has written numerous journal articles and is the coauthor of The Venture Capital Cycle, published in 1999 by The MIT Press. Forest L.... View Details

2014
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Multinational Firms, Labor Market Discrimination, and the Capture of Competitive Advantage by Exploiting the Social Divide

By: Jordan I. Siegel, Lynn Pyun and B.Y. Cheon

The organizational theory of the multinational firm holds that foreignness is a liability, and specifically that lack of embeddedness in host-country social networks is a source of competitive disadvantage; meanwhile the literature on labor market discrimination... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Human Capital; Selection and Staffing; Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Advantage; Markets; Profit; Gender; South Korea

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17 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities

several major financial journals as well as two books, Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists and Fault Lines: How Hidden Cracks Still Threaten the World Economy. Indeed, India is in the midst of a financial losing streak, and industry... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 1998
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Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges

responsible human being. A standing ovation at the conclusion of his remarks made it clear that in the eyes of his audience, Feurstein had certainly attained that goal. CEO Jon Corzine of Goldman Sachs A farm boy raised in a tiny Midwest... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Dec 2013
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Climate Change as Must-See TV

scientists to investigate human causation of climate change. Video Embed Dan Abbasi (MBA 1998) hopes to enlist the HBS alumni community in the political movement for climate change. He calls his fellow alumni "probably the most powerful... View Details

Keywords: videos; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information; Arts, Entertainment

22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

Murphy, and Jorg L. Spenkuch Abstract—We develop a model of intergenerational resource transmission that emphasizes the link between cross-sectional inequality and intergenerational mobility. By drawing on first principles of human View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-096.pdf Is a VC Partnership Greater Than the Sum of Its Partners? Authors:Michael Ewens and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract Venture capital firms' ability to repeatedly make top performing investments... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 2001
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Books

Work, by Don Cohen and Laurence Prusak, is the first book to examine and explain the role that social capital — the value inherent in human connections, including trust, personal networks, and a sense of... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2018
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Lighting the Way

follow.” —Ceena Beall (MBA 2019), President, Leadership and Human Capital Club Photos by (left to right) Stuart Cahill, Stu Rosner, John Deputy, Neal Hamberg Photos by (left to right) Stuart Cahill, Stu... View Details

15 Apr 2011
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Students Hear Wall St. Critics

did not enroll, appeared on Wednesday at the invitation of HBS students as part of the Leadership and Values Initiative. With HBS lecturer Nicolas Retsinas, an old friend, moderating the discussion, Angelides declared that the crisis was foreseeable, avoidable, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

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