Weakness Of Will - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2009
What Do You Think?

Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?

it as a question, Dianne Jacobs challenged us to think about whether "the experience and consequences of practicing leadership (and the use of masks) will be different for... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

19 Jul 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Helping You Help Me: The Role of Diagnostic (In)Congruence in the Helping Process within Organizations

Keywords: by Colin M. Fisher, Julianna Pillemer & Teresa M. Amabile

17 Feb 2022
Blog Post

The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

a moment, and ask ourselves ‘What does it all mean?’” For some people the answer comes from thinking about spirituality and faith and religion. My hope is that this course will allow people to get at the fundamental questions View Details

29 Jul 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Who Is Governing Whom? Senior Managers, Governance and the Structure of Generosity in Large U.S. Firms

Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Matthew Lee

31 Jul 2019
News

Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens

all of us know that person who will never decide on anything and strings us all along and those people are toxic. That's the second hand effect of the FOBO just like smoking.... View Details

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Field Course: Business of the Arts - Course Catalog

institutions both in the United States and abroad (e.g. the Louvre, Jazz @ Lincoln Center, the Los Angeles Philharmonic). Guest Talks: Students will hear firsthand from a number of case protagonists who... View Details

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

said: Julie Battilana: Put people and the planet at economy's core My hope is that President Biden and his team will help all of us rebuild strong democratic foundations, and place human beings and the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Summer 2014
Article

When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Halaburda

We present a theory for why it might be rational for a platform to limit the number of applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there... View Details

Keywords: Platform Governance; Direct Network Effects; Indirect Network Effects; Complements; Tragedy Of The Commons; Equilibrium Selection; Coordination; Foresight; Strategy; Value Creation; Digital Platforms; Balance and Stability; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Applications and Software; Network Effects

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01 Apr 1998
News

Spangler, Former UNC President, Candidate for Board of Overseers

C.D. ("Dick") Spangler, Jr. (MBA '56), is the only HBS alumnus among the eight candidates running in this year's election for the Harvard University Board of Overseers. Spangler, a prominent leader in both business and higher education,... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Apr 2002
News

Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club

Alumni Conference, Loughran is already looking forward to being part of the planning team required to put together a successful event. And if preparing for the conference is anything like his tenure as club president, he expects the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?

ubingruo New research finds that large pharmaceutical companies, typically conservative in their pursuit of novel drug development, are more willing to undertake radical innovation after receiving an... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health; Pharmaceutical

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

of Colts fans. Their initial hypotheses correlated quite a bit with where everybody was from and what teams they liked, but I have to say, at the end of the day, the truth prevailed.” That truth View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

June 2011
Article

Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor

By: Christina Fong and Felix Oberholzer-Gee

It is often difficult for donors to predict the value of charitable giving because they know little about the persons who receive their help. This concern is particularly acute when making contributions to organizations that serve heterogeneous populations. While we... View Details

Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Policy; Information; Knowledge Acquisition; Game Theory; Prejudice and Bias; Poverty; Welfare

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Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Related Collections Site Credits The access to the tea and silk district will enable us to be sure that we can produce at fair prices; and the navigation of the Yangtze and other rivers View Details

21 Jun 2023

Top Business Schools Discuss: The Value of an MBA

Graduate School of Business, Tuck School of Business, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to learn about their MBA programs... View Details

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Finding a Time Series of Financial Data in Compustat

How do I find time series of financial data using Compustat in WRDS? You can search for financial data using Compustat in View Details

08 Nov 2018

HBS Information Session at the University of Southern California

Join us to learn more about Harvard Business School and the 2+2 admissions process to the MBA at HBS. The event will include a presentation about our college programs and an opportunity to ask questions with a member View Details

06 Sep 2017
News

Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio on the ‘Principles’ of Tough Love

In 2011, Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), chairman of Bridgewater Associates, published his “principles” for business online. The document distilled Dalio’s belief in the power of “radical transparency” into 210... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

17 Nov 2022

Life at HBS Chat with MBA Women of Color

Join us for a Life at HBS Chat that focuses on women of color at HBS. This event is a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students in the Women’s Student Association regarding their MBA experience. These current students... View Details

04 Jun 2020
Blog Post

What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives

programming and communications. The goal is to shift systems and cultures informed by centuries of racial injustice, an effort which will require sustained collective action beyond this moment. Finally,... View Details

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