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- 07 Jul 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?
global economy and the Internet were cited by some as being responsible for the current dilemma. John van Heteren paraphrased several respondents when he opined that "I believe that the existing definition in your article was not...
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by James Heskett
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
so everyone knows not to expect an immediate response during certain chunks of the day. And, if a manager starts sending out emails on Sunday mornings because that’s her own best time to work, she should make it clear that her...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Harvard Business School
assistant buyer and rose to overseeing buying in Europe and Asia. He was one of the first Black executives at Macy's. Wilkinson later moved to the New York City Transit Authority, becoming executive officer for surface transit with operating View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
Capitalism's moral logic was perhaps most famously articulated by free market champion Milton Friedman when he said that "the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits." That sentiment puts faith in the market...
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by Michael Blanding
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
neighborhood-development strategy of mixed-income housing, a cradle-to-college education pipeline, and community wellness programs that have helped to revitalize Atlanta’s troubled East Lake neighborhood. Funded by philanthropists, Purpose Built’s consultants work with...
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Deborah Blagg
- Web
the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products
century, J. Walter Thompson, E. C. Allen, N. W. Ayer & Son, and others eventually developed into full-service agencies taking on the responsibilities for copy, art, design, layout, and advertising campaigns previously done by companies...
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- 04 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Real Cost of Bribery
headaches it causes. Rather, bribery's most significant impact is its negative effect on employee morale. Initiation, Detection, And Response Serafeim aimed to find out how bribery affected a firm's operations across four dimensions of...
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by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions - Research Computing Services
the best way to contact RCS? The research inbox ( research@hbs.edu ) is the most prevalent method of contacting RCS and is recommended as it facilitates matching the request to the person on the team best suited to address the inquiry. View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
“Early wins might help depolarize the national discourse on climate change and kickstart more investment into the transition.” He thinks there are specific opportunities for his clients and the larger industry: “The proposed power plant...
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- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
question: The data and analysis in the latest IPCC report amplified the reality that climate change is widespread, rapidly intensifying, and attributable to human activity. It also signaled both a responsibility and a real opportunity to...
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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
have encouraged our clients to take substantial portions of their U.S. equity portfolios and buy international stocks.” Views on investing in emerging markets: “Those markets are enticing but can be unbelievably volatile. We think the...
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- 04 Jun 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?
that forces us to consider a follow-on question. When #METOO asked her boss to help her avoid a client who had raped someone from another organization, instead of helping her, the boss began behaving inappropriately toward her. Rejecting...
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by James Heskett
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
Westinghouse, and AT&T), and Telefunken (a joint venture of the two European leaders, Siemens and AEG). After World War II knocked out Telefunken, RCA took the lead in commercializing television worldwide. It was then solely View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
latter had bosses who drafted them to help clean up the mess. Despite the stress, working closely with one’s boss and colleagues on the response was more containing and informative. It reassured those who did it about the company’s...
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- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
were often severely outmanned by firms with overwhelming resources. Fighting over money and doing the right thing by your clients isn’t easy. However, I was able to sleep at night knowing that I had done everything I could to preserve...
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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
technology industries. His doctoral research assessed the newspaper industry's response to the Internet by looking at the new-media ventures of one hundred U.S. newspapers. He found that many newspapers perceived the Internet as a threat...
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- 29 Aug 2024
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12 months. They wanted to support...
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- 18 Oct 2021
- News
Alumnae-founded Fintech Startup Secures $29M in New Financing
easily gain access to capital. “What we find is when a small business starts using NowAccount and they start getting paid in just a couple of days, it completely changes the way they do business. And it accelerates their growth,” Hodgson tells Yahoo Finance. “So in...
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- 03 Mar 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?
Summing Up Responses to this month's column lead one to conclude that we can expect that more major accounting scandals are in our future. Causes, according to these thoughtful comments, range from the consolidation of the major global...
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Jocelyn Goldberg-Schaible
professional estrogen. I've built a career using market research as the legwork for the strategic planning process, with 28 years' worth of clients across the technicolor spectrum of global corporate and not-for-profit organizations. Why...
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