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    What You Don't Know About Making Decisions

    Most executives think of decision making as a singular event that occurs at a particular point in time. In reality, though, decision making is a process fraught with power plays, politics, personal nuances, and institutional history. Leaders who recognize this make... View Details

    • June 2010
    • Article

    The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic

    By: Lynn S. Paine
    To achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership--but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most... View Details
    Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; China
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    MBA Experience - Leadership

    developed in the Required Curriculum. This portion of the program enables students to integrate the functional skills learned in the first year into an understanding of the firm as a total enterprise. Authentic Leadership Development... View Details
    • 02 Feb 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 2

      Working PapersThe Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and Exceptions Authors:Lyra Colfer and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract The mirroring hypothesis asserts that the organizational patterns of a development project (e.g., communication links, geographic collocation,... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

    (21) Entrepreneurship (288) Environmental Accounting (8) Environmental Sustainability (179) Equality and Inequality (44) Equity (25) Ethics (170) Ethnicity (8) Executive Compensation (13) Executive Education... View Details
    • 08 Mar 2018
    • Video

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    General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    Lehman Brothers Timeline Sept-Oct 2008 Video-Coverage of the Financial Crisis Download the Exhibition Catalog (PDF) Lehman Brothers Archives Lehman Brothers Deal Books Search Exhibition Lehman Brothers - Introduction 1840s – 1880s General... View Details
    • 11 Oct 2016
    • First Look

    October 11, 2016

    to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't improve. To fix these problems, senior executives and their HR departments should change the way they think about learning and development, and because context is crucial,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 26 Jul 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: July 26

    firms must understand how changes in service affect customer demand. Supplier reliability tracking is a process whereby customers use past supplier performance to build beliefs about supplier capabilities and hence about future supplier... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 19 Jun 2012
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    First Look: June 19

    making complex decisions. Under some circumstances, unconscious thought improves decisions even more than conscious thought. Executive functioning depends on energy provided by glucose, and we know from previous research that the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 04 Mar 2009
    • Op-Ed

    Credit is Not the Bogey

    In this recession, we seek the bogey. If we can identify a villain, the recourse is simple: slay (or neutralize, or bail out) it. The search harks back to a management primer: identify the problem; find the solution. The View Details
    Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas & Eric S. Belsky; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services
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    Tools & Training - Alumni

    important aspects of work or life that need to be attended to, in order to feel fulfilled and truly successful. Key Job Search Worksheet In coaching appointments and surveys, alumni report they consider many key features when developing... View Details
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    Europe - Global

    the House of Thurn und Taxis? What was the risk for Gloria of trying to internationalize too extensively? And the risk of not doing so? See more research Paris Staff Vincent Dessain Executive Director Biography Vincent Dessain View Details
    • 28 Feb 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior

    activities that followed. In other words, inducing a prevention focus may lead to more ethical behavior than inducing a promotion focus. Company executives may want to take note. "The default tendency is for companies to frame goals... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 2019
    • Article

    Industrie-Holding: Creating a Community of Interest among Swiss 'Multinationals'

    By: Sabine Pitteloud
    This article focuses on the genesis and evolution of Industrie-Holding, a federation of Swiss multinationals, from 1942 onwards. Thanks to recent donations from the Alusuisse and Hero archives, historians now have access to the minutes of the Industrie-Holding... View Details
    Keywords: Business ＆ Government Relations; Multinationals; Lobbying; Business and Government Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Switzerland
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    • 24 Oct 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Bernie Madoff Explains Himself

    anybody.” Soltes now plays the recording for students in his MBA and Executive Education courses. His goal is not to garner a discussion of Madoff’s massive crime, but rather to help students realize something important about themselves.... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
    • 25 Jan 2021
    • Book

    In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

    How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
    • 28 Oct 2009
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance

    financial service firms that serve them, including traditional banks, insurance companies, credit card issuers, and brokers, as well as a host of entrepreneurial ventures in this space. Q: When did you get the idea to develop such a... View Details
    Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Financial Services; Education
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    Ways to Give Today - Alumni

    412275 MA5-527-02-07 2 Morrissey Boulevard Dorchester, MA 02125 Maximize Your Gift Employer Matching To find out if your company matches employee gifts, use our online search tool. Upon receipt, all matching gifts count toward a donor’s... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2023
    • News

    Solving for Z

    With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
    Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government