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08 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate

question of when life begins.” You Might Also Like: How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap? Feedback or View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “It is just about the greatest thrill there is in the world, that feeling of living in a little universe in which all you have is your eyes and your head... View Details

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

from Latin America, Africa, Turkey, and South Asia exuded this idea of stability, which assured employees, partners, customers, and everyone else. “After the crisis of 2009, the orders increased and our growth rate over the following five... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2017
News

A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective

Tunnell recalls that “as a liberal arts undergrad, I wanted an education that drew ideas from a variety of disciplines, people, and perspectives.” Noting “it wasn’t easy to jump between schools” during his time at Harvard, Tunnell says he... View Details

06 Jul 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

ways of paying for these costs to society, their ideas and efforts may be thwarted in the voting booth in the future. How do we pay for the costs of globalization? What do YOU think? View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

23 Oct 2019
Blog Post

How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

What advice do you have for introverts? Prepare a couple bullet points of topics you could bring up when a conversation starts to lag or stagnate—it’s pretty easy to personalize these topic ideas depending on who you expect to talk to.... View Details

30 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

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

of Human Capital Creation Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/Charday Penn View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2023
News

Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots

pretty similar to what the company would normally fund,” Krieger observes. He and Nanda captured their findings in the working paper, “Are Transformational Ideas Harder to Fund? Resource Allocation to R&D Projects at a Global... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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Buy Now, Pay Later &mdash Easy Payments: The Rise of Installment Selling

The Rise of Installment Selling Home Finance Cars on Time The Secondary Credit Market The Usurer's Grip Research Links Credits “Why not rent a sewing machine to the housewife and apply the rental fee to the purchase price of the machine?” &mdash I. M. Singer & Co.’s... View Details

31 May 2023
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

economics or an accounting course, and I told Bill Donaldson, ‘I don’t have any idea what you do at DLJ, but watching all these young men and women on a mission they’re so excited. Whatever they’re doing, I want to do it.’ ” Tough start:... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

05 Feb 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

litigation." He added that it "is helpful in two ways: it quantifies what value the company puts on each function (and) it allows employees to get a clear idea about where they are within their compensation band." Those... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

11 Apr 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy

entrepreneur and Stanford/UC Berkeley lecturer Steve Blank. The "lean" in lean startup has its roots in the Toyota Production System; hence, the lean startup methodology is all about avoiding waste, in terms of both time and money. For starters, it nixes the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Computer

17 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach

Keywords: by Malcolm Baker & Jeffrey Wurgler

January – February 2012
Article

How Managers Use Multiple Media: Discrepant Events, Power, and Timing in Redundant Communication

By: Paul Leonardi, Tsedal Neeley and Elizabeth M. Gerber

Several recent studies have found that managers engage in redundant communication; that is, they send the same message to the same recipient through two or more unique media sequentially. Given how busy most managers are, and how much information their subordinates... View Details

Keywords: Communication; Media; Information; Groups and Teams; Projects; Management Style; Power and Influence; Motivation and Incentives; Technology

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03 Apr 2025
HBS Seminar

Ziad Obermeyer, UC Berkeley School of Public Health

The Founder's Dilemmas

Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: should they go it alone, or bring in... View Details

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

group wrote response using their natural conversational style. “When we discuss each other’s ideas and perspectives, we learn from them and our decisions improve.” Another set of participants was assigned to respond to those pieces of... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Dec 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

was ever-present. I always thought, wouldn’t it be better to be the landlord than the tenant? And real estate is hyper-tangible; I love the idea of providing shelter in return for income.” PD cities to date: Detroit, Memphis, Miami, the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

28 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Making an Impact on the Media Industry with my MBA

academic fundamentals while putting them to work through case discussion. I wanted to learn through the case method because it uniquely places us in a setting to exchange ideas and debate the various options that a leader could make in an... View Details

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