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- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
they will be able to withdraw their funds at a later date—and at what exchange rate. This happened in Brazil in the early 1990s and in Argentina in the early part of this century, when similar desperate policies were enacted. The View Details
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
bankruptcy reorganization on June 1, 2009. What are some of the key issues the company faces? Three Harvard Business School faculty members--Joseph Bower, an authority on general management; Vineet Kumar, a marketing expert; and Dante Roscini, who brings to the School... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
condition, a senior leader at Wipro spent 15 minutes discussing ways in which working at the company would enable the newcomers to express their individuality. Next, the new call agents completed an exercise ranking the individual strengths they would exhibit if... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
faculty and alums who have experience with corporate boards. It will provide a uniquely HBS perspective on the future of boards. Management Practices across Firms and Countries Authors:Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
climate change, and economic resource nationalism. Readers will learn how risk management is being transformed from a business prevention function to a values-based framework for thriving in increasingly perilous times. Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being... View Details
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
realize that the time is not unlimited and the book helps you start much earlier in life of balancing those two things—not to be broke, but also not to starve yourself of experiences and relationships... View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
between broad foreign experiences and immoral behavior was robust across a variety of cultural populations (anglophone, francophone), life stages (high school students, university students, MBA students,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?
things done in real life or not. The authors of a recently published book, Execution, perhaps unintentionally suggest the nature of the challenge. Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan converse about a treatise based on their many years of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
spent the money to fly the New Zealanders to Boston to transfer their tacit knowledge in person. John Seely Brown, former head of Xerox's famous Palo Alto Research Center, describes much of this phenomenon in his book, The Social Life of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
Participants in both trips came back energized and full of excitement about opportunities in the region. "When in your life will you have the chance to visit the biggest high-tech companies in the Valley?" asked one student upon returning... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
et al. Publication: British Journal of Social Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract Income inequality undermines societies: the more inequality, the more health problems, social tensions, and the lower social mobility, trust, and life... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Authentic Leader Development - Course Catalog
experimenting with a different kind of learning. This is the bare minimum for joining ALD. Those who are not fully committed to investing in this course end up wasting their time. More importantly, they waste the valuable time and effort... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
research , Buell and Norton had experimented with customer satisfaction in travel and dating websites. They found that when these sites visually showed the effort being exerted by the site during searches or transactions, customers were... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
minute—and the decision of whether to ride it out and hope for a recovery or to blink and 'puke their position' (pardon the phrase but it's how actual traders describe it)—to be an extremely harrowing experience," says professor Joshua Coval. And that's the point.... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
How should men and women strike a balance between work and personal life in order to feel as happy and fulfilled as possible? In a packed auditorium, three speakers at the Möbius Leadership forum session titled "Walking the Tight... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
historic high of 94 percent. And the numbers in the years since—hovering between the high 80s and low 90s—account for the top five spots in execution percentages since the Naval Capital Fund was created. “The experience with NAVSEA... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
who have decades of experience in both organic and conventional farming, directly manage the farmland they convert. The organization uses a profit-sharing model, giving all participants––partners, operators, and management alike––a stake... View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
years ago, the organization added a distinctive network of elevated walkways, known as Wild Walk, that gives visitors the unique opportunity to experience nature at treetop level. “Everybody loves Wild Walk,” Clifford says. “It’s been a... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Workout: The Complete Guide to Asking Better Questions to Get Better Answers for Running Your Business or Your Life by Bennett McClellan (MBA 1981) XLibris McClellan outlines several stages to answering important questions: fully... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
product categories the frantic effort to keep up with the competition by adding features and gimmicks can paradoxically result in a “sea of sameness.” In a personal narrative voice, and drawing extensively on the experiences of family and... View Details