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20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

capabilities approach and postulates that "legal astuteness"—defined here as the ability of the top management team to communicate effectively with counsel and to work together to solve complex... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

employers and policymakers do? Pacelli plans to probe further into the effectiveness of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. For example, he’s teaming with Rennekamp and HBS Associate Professor Aiyesha Dey to ask HBS alumni to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Bobby Tuohy

A native of Kentucky, Bobby Tuohy “always worked with my hands and built things growing up.” He was naturally attracted to engineering, and like many young people, he dreamed of becoming an astronaut: unlike most young people, however, he... View Details

01 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

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

Everyone Earns Less? Nominal and Opportunity Effects of Managerial Discretion Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

03 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

Bias Disaster? When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/VioletaStoimenova View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

This Mother’s Day, we celebrated progress and possibility on the HBS campus! HBS first accepted women into the MBA Program in 1963. Fast forward six decades and now classrooms are 44% female and most sections have 1-2 mothers. Across the RC (first-year) and EC... View Details

18 Dec 2013
HBS Case

Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal

its emphasis on individual heroes, cycling is very much a team sport, one where the team supports the leader and works for his success. Riders help shield their leader from... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

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2.4 Disciplinary Process - MBA

provide a sounding board as the student considers and develops their response MBA Student and Academic Services The MBA Student and Academic Services team provides support and advising to HBS students facing a wide range of challenges,... View Details

11 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

celestial, or sky. “It also means a shade of the color blue and can be easily translated and understood in languages as different as English, Spanish, Greek ( /Seleste) and Arabic ( /Seylest)." The universality of the name is important for a company hoping to View Details

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Capitalism as a System of Governance

My research interest is in further exploration of the analytic utility of an original conception of capitalism as an indirect, three level system of governance for the economic relationships within political entities, and mostly within nation states. This three level... View Details

18 Mar 2016
Blog Post

What is an IFC?

sector and this was a chance to dive deep into challenges and opportunities facing the governments of Lima and Buenos Aires (with implications for cities across the world as well). The experience was similar to FIELD 2 in the RC year in that we had small View Details

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Doug Marsan

hard work and decisions my parents undertook when immigrating to the U.S. to make that moment a reality for me. What is your favorite childhood memory? One summer in grade school, my friends and I built a treehouse in a forest by our... View Details

26 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 26, 2008

Working PapersApplicant and Examiner Citations in U.S. Patents: An Overview and Analysis Authors:Juan Alcacer Abstract Researchers studying innovation increasingly use indicators based on patent citations. However, it is well known that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

breaks throughout the day. “Managers should yield to the expertise and knowledge of their subordinates and let them decide the best times and ways for them to work right now,” Neeley says. If the team is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Maxwell Appliance Controls

By: Robert S. Kaplan

A profitable manufacturing division of a large company is looking for new ways to identify sources of productivity improvements. Led by its senior finance officer, an activity-based cost system is developed to identify activities performed for its highly varied product... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Management Teams; Quality; Performance Improvement; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Production; Manufacturing Industry

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17 Jan 2023
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Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

controlled. You Might Also Like: The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both? Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work Corruption: New Insights for Fighting an Age-Old Business Problem Feedback or ideas... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

13 May 2021
Blog Post

HBS Got Talent

In January 2020, I (Lori Ossip, MBA 2021) alongside MBA 2020 grads Russell Citron, Melanie Sperling, and Billy Tabrizi were working on a new charity event: HBS Got Talent, a massive talent show with live acts and celebrity judges to be... View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

purpose-driven leader by learning how to influence key stakeholders and integrate values into your work to catalyze system-level change. 3 weeks 7-9 hours per week 3 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a... View Details

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

Because people with ASD often don’t sell themselves well, the SAP program begins with a less intimidating hangout, during which candidates work individually on Lego Mindstorms projects escalating in difficulty. They then move on to View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

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