Human Rights First - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2011
News

On the Outside at HBS

legal nonprofit. I quickly learned, however, that my accomplishments did not shield me from feeling like an outsider during my RC year. HBS Dean Nitin Nohria was right when he recently said that even in a community that can pride itself... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Local Hero

farm system, good scouting, shrewd free agent signings, and human judgment are as critical to a team’s success as fat contract offers. “ ‘Money ball’ is in vogue right now,” he adds, “and being here in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

business for China," Greyser says. It achieved mixed results. When first awarded the Games, the country promised improvements in human rights and media access, on which it... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

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SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics - Course Catalog

the Market Class session 12: Planetary Resources: Property Rights in Space Summary: The founders of Planetary Resources wanted to give humanity access to the entire solar system’s resources and energy, not... View Details

22 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs

positive effects. This may be because the laws that surround skilled visas don't allow companies to pay much less than the prevailing wage. "The most extreme studies find a differential of 20 percent or thereabouts, but even that difference is not as substantial as it... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Computer; Financial Services

01 Mar 2011
News

Faculty Books

Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It by Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel (Princeton University Press) Max Bazerman, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, and his coauthor examine... View Details

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

Profile

Janina Motter

says, “were skeptical about my mixed background – start-ups were more open.” Her first company collapsed after a year. But she found a more enduring – and rewarding – path forward at Heliotrope Technologies, a smart windows startup. Hired... View Details

William Steere, Jr.

Steere was strongly devoted to making Pfizer the number one pharmaceutical company in the United States. His first task at the pharmaceutical company was to cut the 40% of its business that was unrelated to what was considered its core... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

positively by Visa cardholders became the basis for a cause-related marketing collaboration in which Visa donates to RIF a percentage of charges during certain periods when the reading program is promoted. Another unexpected fit is that between the View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

Profile

Jon Schechter

anywhere else.” Building leadership through relationships Asked to reflect on what leadership means at HBS, Jon says, “We place it in a very human context. There is no one procedure or prescriptive answer for any problem; resolutions... View Details

Keywords: Tech

01 Jun 2023
News

The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope

demonstrates, these issues will continue, given the way the digital economy is moving. What other tools can this case teach students, the Tim Cooks of tomorrow? Hsieh: One of the key things is for students to develop a view of individual rights. What are the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Jun 2005
News

When No News Isn’t Good News

happen,” she observes. “When you’re doing something for the first time and are unsure if you’re on the right track, resist the tendency to put your head down and just keep going.” The sooner you open a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; career consulting; career advice

January 1992 (Revised December 1994)
Background Note

Note on E-Mail and Privacy: U.S. Law and Company Policies

By: Lynn S. Paine

Describes the legal landscape of employee privacy as it applies to e-mail interception: the various legal theories on which a privacy claim might be based and proposed federal legislation relevant to the subject. Also describes the policies companies like UPS,... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Information; Rights; Government Legislation; Internet and the Web; Interpersonal Communication; Ethics; Theory; Policy; Employees

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Find at Harvard

07 Jan 2016
News

Helping Property Owners Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

pass along to their tenants—and provide a better working environment as well. “California is where it all started. That’s not surprising, given the nature of California. It is where the largest opportunity is right now from a business... View Details

23 Aug 2017
News

Developing Leaders Behind Bars

Pelican Bay maximum security state prison and asked me to come along to document the event. What were your goals going into the prison? My objective as a photographer was to help humanize these incarcerated entrepreneurs-in-training and... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

Portrait Project

Umaimah Mendhro

Saudi Arabia... is where I first felt alone. And thus appreciated the need to form, rather than absorb, beliefs. It's where I first dreamt of leaving a mark on this world. And living a life that tens of... View Details

01 Jun 1996
News

Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course

consideration: the first (1760-1840), second (1840-1950), or third (1950-present). The mix presented fundamental business problems involving marketing, finance, operations, and human resource management.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 2021
News

Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region

management skills and pitch in on disaster clean-up—to both learn and grow as human beings,” he recalls. “But my first concern was how to keep everyone safe from radiation poisoning.” Toward that end, MIT... View Details

September 2015
Technical Note

The On-Demand Economy

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery, James Weber and Elizabeth Anne Watkins

This note describes the emerging on-demand economy, also referred to as the sharing economy. The note highlights several companies including Uber and Airbnb that exemplify this new mode of competition, a model that threatens to disrupt traditional firms. Uber provides... View Details

Keywords: Regulation; Reform; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Labor; Employment; Working Conditions; Human Capital; Rights; Organizational Design; Social and Collaborative Networks; Service Industry