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Paula C. Rettl

Paula Rettl is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. Her primary areas of expertise are comparative politics, political economy and political behavior, with a focus on Latin America and... View Details

08 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

Ten years before Harvard Business School published its first case study, activists across Europe celebrated the first International Women’s Day. They demanded, among other things, the right for women to hold... View Details

Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

25 Aug 2016
News

Announcing the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

University President Drew Faust explained, “Issues that people care deeply about—their safety, their job prospects, their health, their schools, and their pocketbooks—are often shaped largely by local policies. As more and more people... View Details

Keywords: Government

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Unpacking the US-China Rivalry - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Unpacking the US-China Rivalry Course Number 1515 Senior Lecturer Andy Zelleke Fall; Q1; 1.5 credits 14 Sessions Paper or Project Enrollment: Limited to 50 students Course Content and Objectives View Details

10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

handful of overarching ideas about breakthrough negotiation. The seven principles that follow represent an overview of how breakthrough negotiators operate. Principle 1: Breakthrough Negotiators Shape View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

24 Apr 2014
News

MBAs take their business acumen on the road

entrepreneurs. “Cases are a great start, but we learned countless lessons by making the leap from paper to practice,” Alaoui says. What started as an seven-city, eight-week road trip logging 8,000 miles is now a movement taking View Details

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

Business.” How have religion, politics and business intertwined during this period to shape development? Jones: My HBS colleague Kristin Fabbe and her co-authors show that in Turkey Islamic actors have used a pragmatic political and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2

suppose, attract that new wave of talent that you're seeing? JI: Yeah. Look. I think in two ways you've got to sell the mission harder. You know? And, and I think that's where big companies still have great... View Details

03 May 2022
News

12 Books for a Smarter, Less Stressed, More Successful Summer, Recommended

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

consider the extent to which the evolution of these financial services have shaped personal opportunities and lifecycle planning—from the... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

streams that track performance feedback and organizational culture; and analyses of digital trace data to map and shape organizational networks. “As managers and employees work through these challenges and tradeoffs, View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Exhibition Homepage Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography... View Details

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Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog

stock structure. They can also be 100 percent family-owned or have outside investors; value is certainly affected not only by management quality, but also by the level of Family control and ownership. Family businesses come in all View Details

March 2020
Article

Is This My Group or Not? The Role of Ensemble Coding of Emotional Expressions in Group Categorization

By: Amit Goldenberg, Timothy D. Sweeny, Emmanuel Shpigel and James J. Gross

When exposed to others’ emotional responses, people often make rapid decisions as to whether these others are members of their group or not. These group categorization decisions have been shown to be extremely important to understanding group behavior. Yet, despite... View Details

Keywords: Categorization; Ensemble Coding; Summary Statistical Perception; Social Cognition; Emotions; Perception; Groups and Teams

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01 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

you can do to shape this idea of your responsibilities within the firm.” At the end of the day, companies need to consider whether strong... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

an "invisible hand" that was largely beyond the control of individual firms. Competitive theory has been advanced at Harvard Business School, shown here under construction. The scope for strategy... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1

Teaching you to deal with a problem when it's small. That fair is fair. Unless you're early, you're late. But how do you think your upbringing shaped the way that you managed and led? JI: Yeah, look, I mean,... View Details

30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

early on I joined grassroots efforts to increase female employee representation in the workforce. Looking back, I can see how this experience ultimately informed why I’ve shaped my career around women’s... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms

“partner-level” executives. They wear three hats: as producers they generate revenue, as managers they guide teams, and as leaders they help shape the destiny of the... View Details

Keywords: professional service firms; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

training and curriculum offered; create space to ensure that Black colleagues, alumni, and partners feel a sense of belonging and have a prominent role in shaping the organization’s work; increase racial... View Details

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