Last Place Aversion - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2023
News

Wheel Change

values.” The NCL Cup’s concluding race took place on August 20 at the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta. “I didn’t think I’d be working 80- to 100-hour weeks so soon after exiting my last company,” Wallace... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; cycling; entrepreneurship; leadership; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

13 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Outrage Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets

unclear to what extent social media has exacerbated such divisions. “People's emotions toward their own group have stayed constant over the last 50 years, whereas people's negative emotions toward the other side have increased,”... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Media & Broadcasting

05 Jul 2023
News

GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center

Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council recently marked the grand opening of "The House"—a new permanent club headquarters and collaborative space located in Dubai and open to all HBS alumni living in or visiting the Gulf region. According to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Brand a Next-Generation Product

from 2300W to 2900W. For the second group, the first four models were named sequentially—2300W to 2600W, but the last three models reflected a brand name change—MagiColor, MagiColor II, and MagiColor III. Based on the names alone, on a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

succession plan is in place for your position? Is the organization engaged in any significant legal action? What is your leadership style, and how is the organization managed? Were there any significant accounting adjustments resulting... View Details

20 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

to discuss some of the ideas behind the book. A book excerpt follows. Sean Silverthorne: Why did you write this book, and who should read it? Max Bazerman: Research over the last two decades has documented that good people do bad things... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2022
HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

people with college degrees, also known as degree inflation or credentialing, has been particularly detrimental for workers of color who, due to historic inequities, proportionately don’t obtain college degrees at the same rate as whites, Groysberg says. Several... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

16 Jun 2021
HBS Case

Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm

industries, including bars and restaurants, retailers, and hotels, forcing many to close their doors for good. But while many service-oriented companies were permitted to gradually reopen with precautions in place, the cruise industry had to come to a screeching halt... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Travel

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

problems—although nothing approaching a crisis—a small group of senior managers decided to investigate. This effort, which took place off-site and lasted several weeks, uncovered a serious flaw in the... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

01 Mar 2023
What Do You Think?

How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?

by thinking about how it might have changed an important decision, had we had it in place when we made the decision. My experiences in researching and putting a value on an effective culture tell me that if notions concerning deep purpose... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Events - Business & Environment

MAR 2025 | HBS Campus Open to the Harvard Community The theme of SECON this year is "A New Roadmap for Impact", exploring innovative solutions for creating lasting change in the world. It’s a must-attend event for anyone passionate about... View Details

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Overview

Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course) The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

it’s ending a relationship, changing a job or transitioning from a household of kids to an empty nest. When it comes to our employment, we have our last day at an old job on a Friday and start our new job on Monday, perhaps taking a week... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

22 Feb 2024
News

Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996, she was overwhelmed. It was the pre-Internet era, with limited available information, but... View Details

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Varnika Menghnani

resonate with your own value system and persist to create a lasting change. It does not matter if that comes from a place of being a gregarious leader or a quiet one. View Details

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

some of my closest friends. What is your biggest takeaway from the last two years that will help you in your future endeavors?Before I started at HBS, I had this misconception that business school—especially HBS—would be “all business,... View Details

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Hiring International Students

employer to first test the US labor market through a variety of standard recruitment methods (see below). The recruitment period lasts from 1 to 6 months and, once complete, the employer submits the labor certification application to the... View Details

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

there was the ever-feuding Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, who transformed beauty salons from places considered the moral equivalent of brothels to palaces of opulence and style. And in our own time, Luiz Seabra stands out as the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

29 Sep 2022
Op-Ed

Inclusive Leadership Advice: Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable

we can come to prefer difference, with time—to become comfortable with being uncomfortable. We took on this idea while teaching Inclusive Leadership to first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School last academic year. I teach the... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

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Dean Srikant Datar Statements & Speeches | About

more information about the working groups we announced late last year. They now have had an opportunity to identify and prioritize the issues they expect to understand and address (see below); to identify how they might engage members of... View Details

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