Power And Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2016
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Ink

risk, causing us to perform better in job interviews, for instance, and generally configuring our brains to cope well in stressful situations, she says. Her 2012 TED Talk on power posing, with 30 million... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals

power of leadership through example, persuasion, and culture. Leadership is a complicated phenomenon that is not easily broken down through just one lens; it’s an accumulation of these perspectives, which is... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Feb 1997
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HBS Introduces Global Networking through Technology

Global Electronic Network will enable them - and all alumni - to use this powerful tool to stay connected after they graduate and to take advantage of the rich variety of... View Details

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

high-end computer power to run many different probabilistic software approaches simultaneously. They built the system so that every component produced both a proposed answer and a confidence in that answer.... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Apr 1997
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Facing the Music

go the tour route." Given the influence of radio in making or breaking an artist, cases of corruption and the "buying" of airtime are legendary in the music industry. Today, however, notes Boberg, things are... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Dec 2008
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Faculty Books

charismatic leaders and their leadership styles, Professor Emeritus Zaleznik asserts that leaders are either “hedgehogs,” who view leadership as a single-minded track driven by unwavering rules, or “foxes,” who assess View Details

01 Jun 2016
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A Roundabout Path

of generating electricity, we still need to confront the challenge of powering our vehicles. And that’s where biofuels come in: “We may never be able to eliminate fossil fuels from the equation, but we can... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Short Takes

Rewarding the Top Dog The media, institutional investors, and even government officials all seem to have an opinion about CEO compensation, often criticizing how and how much top executives are paid. But do... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

26 Sep 2018
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Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure

the Civil War era. Those trees are still home to bald eagles, dozens of species of migratory songbirds, and one of the largest blue heron nesting sites in the Chesapeake, with more than 400 blue heron couples in residence. Pat Coady (MBA... View Details

Keywords: April White

31 May 2018
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Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders

only learnings and takeaways. And if something's not working, you change your approach and you keep working and look at that as a learning to... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Seth Klarman

of his role in influencing markets. As Fed chairman, when he advised people not very many years ago to take out variable rate mortgages, he aided and abetted the housing market excesses. When he said there... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Dec 1999
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New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information

Two years ago, Thomas J. Michalak, executive director of Baker Library, got a phone call from a Boston-area HBS alumnus. The graduate was researching a management project and wanted online access to the School's extensive range of... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

photographed by Susan Young; edited by Julia Hanna and April White See full profiles and more photographs here. Recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award reflect the broad View Details

01 Feb 2000
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The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

much more connected, pervasive, and easy to use. Greater customization will result, and the consumer will call the shots. "Companies that return power to the consumer will be... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Himalayan Journey

Travel in still-developing Bhutan requires flexibility — flights may be delayed (there is only one airline and one airstrip), and the power sometimes goes out. No matter — a... View Details

Keywords: Janet Sanders; Hospitality

01 Feb 1998
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Not Your Typical Business Conference

Buttner's (HRPBA '58) informative talk on the importance of financial investing for women, to the three upbeat and entertaining panels on how to succeed in corporate, nontraditional, and entrepreneurial... View Details

17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)

who play critically important roles, in ensuring we are able to do our work, do not report directly to us, so I have to rely on influence strategies to accomplish a great deal of my job. I work with many great, dedicated people who are... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets

Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based Working Assets Funding Service, this CEO View Details