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High Potentials Leadership Program

cons of diverse leadership styles and strategies, you will expand your ability to build productive teams, champion change, lead in a crisis, and create a culture of high performance. This high potentials leadership program is presented... View Details

30 May 2018
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Reader in Gender, Work, and Organization

This reader uses an alternative approach to gender at work to provoke new thinking about traditional management topics, such as leadership and negotiation.

Presents students with an alternative conceptual approach to gender in the... View Details

June 14, 2023
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Research: Your Love for Work May Alienate Your Colleagues

By: Mijeong Kwon, Julia Lee Cunningham and Jon M. Jachimowicz

Research shows that employees who are passionate about their work are more productive, innovative, and collaborative. New research suggests that these employees also see passion for work as a moral imperative, and they’re more likely to judge colleagues who are... View Details

Keywords: Employees; Motivation and Incentives

March–April 2015
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Why We Think We Can't Dance: Theory of Mind and Children's Desire to Perform

By: Lan Nguyen Chaplin and Michael I. Norton

Theory of Mind (ToM) allows children to achieve success in the social world by understanding others' minds. A study with 3–12 year olds, however, demonstrates that gains in ToM are linked to decreases in children's desire to engage in performative behaviors associated... View Details

Keywords: Theory Of Mind; Self-Esteem; Behavior; Attitudes; Performance; Cognition and Thinking

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April 2012 (Revised June 2014)
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Capitalizing for the Future: HSBC in 2010

By: Anette Mikes and Dominique Hamel

Following the financial crisis of 2007/2008, HSBC CEO Michael Geoghegan saw a fundamental change in global opportunities and risks. With increasing regulation and fierce competition between banks, the Western hemisphere was going to be a tougher place to do business.... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Competitive Strategy; Control Systems; Finance; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Emerging Markets; Risk Management; Business Strategy; Banking Industry

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DECISION LEADERSHIP is a passionate argument that leaders are, above all, decision architects. They pursue truth over power. When they do, their decisions are more ethical, accounting for broad constituencies and diverse perspectives. Their approach to any task is... View Details

2017
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Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation

By: Paul A. Gompers, Kevin Huang and Sophie Q. Wang

We study the role of homophily in group formation. Using a unique dataset of MBA students, we observe homophily in ethnicity and gender increases the probability of forming teams by 25%. Homophily in education and past working experience increases the probability of... View Details

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Diversity; Familiarity; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Performance

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Managing Turbulence

impact in all three areas of strategic leadership. Immersed in a vibrant exchange with renowned HBS faculty and a global group of accomplished peers, you will share diverse perspectives and new industry insights. The opening and capstone... View Details

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Find Answers - MBA

start-ups as long as their positions help develop their professional and leadership skills. Historically, the variety of full-time positions admitted 2+2 students pursue have been similar to the diversity of industries and function areas... View Details

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Organizational Behavior - Doctoral

Tushman Ashley V. Whillans Letian Zhang Ting Zhang Julian J. Zlatev Current HBS Faculty & Students by Interest Decision-making Max H. Bazerman David E. Bell Alex Chan Edward H. Chang Leslie K. John Hyunjin Kim Edward McFowland III Michael I. Norton View Details

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Investment Management Workshop

with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Download Brochure Who Should Attend Executives in investment management organizations—including hedge fund firms,... View Details

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Real Estate Management Program

countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Real estate owners, operators, and private real estate... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Real Estate

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Chu's research is focused on business and low income sectors, particularly in the use of commercial platforms to deliver what has traditionally been considered public responsibilities. In the last three decades, business models have emerged to meet the underserved... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Microfinance; Base Of The Pyramid; Role Of Profit And Social Impact; Private Sector Development; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Health Care and Treatment; Management; Social Enterprise; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Health Industry; Latin America; North and Central America; Asia; Africa

March–April 2019
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A Recombination-Based Internationalization Model: Evidence from Narayana Health's Journey from India to the Cayman Islands

By: Budhaditya Gupta and Tarun Khanna

Internationalizing firms often find developing host-country resources challenging as they simultaneously attempt to replicate the resources that worked well in their home country and adapt them to fit the context of the host country. On the basis of a longitudinal... View Details

Keywords: Recombination; Internationalization; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Health Care and Treatment; India; Cayman Islands

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August 8, 2017
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Buying Time Promotes Happiness

By: A.V. Whillans, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Paul Smeets, Rene Bekkers and Michael I. Norton

Around the world, increases in wealth have produced an unintended consequence: a rising sense of time scarcity. We provide evidence that using money to buy time can provide a buffer against this time famine, thereby promoting happiness. Using large, diverse samples... View Details

Keywords: Time; Money Funds; Well-being; Money; Happiness; Satisfaction

2014
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The Language of Global Management

By: Tsedal Neeley

Over the last two decades, organizations seeking global expansion have been mandating an English lingua franca, or common language to facilitate global collaboration regardless of the country location of their headquarters. This article explains why stipulating a... View Details

Keywords: Language; Lingua Franca; Networks; Governance; Information Technology; Management; Ethics; Emerging Markets; Innovation and Invention

November 2008
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The Hong Kong & China Gas Company Ltd.: Negotiating Joint Ventures in China

By: James K. Sebenius, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Medha Samant

To deliver 5-6 major new Chinese joint ventures annually, Hong Kong China Gas executives began extracting cross-border negotiating lessons from their 80 existing Chinese JVs. Chairman Alfred Chan and CEO Peter Wong knew that HKGC's growth strategy required significant... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Negotiation Tactics; Interests; Cooperation; Expansion; Utilities Industry; Hong Kong

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