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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Decisions Get Derailed and How We Can Stick to the Plan (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013). Francesca Gino : Winner of the 2014 Giovane Promessa (‘Promising Youth’) Award, given annually by the General Consulate of Italy in recognition of outstanding achievements of... View Details

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

Kanter says. Gibson, who was not well-known in Miami when she began her startup quest, came across financial and real estate professionals who had never known someone like her. They had trouble seeing a Black woman as someone who could... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

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Harvard Business School

culminated in his role as COO, where he directed the historic merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand. After retiring from PwC, Brittain founded the executive search and consulting firm Professional Resources on Demand. A... View Details

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

at Stanford, would evolve over time; its membership and public presence did, too. Today the PRIDE group is an association of 190 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) students and partners. It serves as a social and View Details

2008
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Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model

By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis

Since the mid-1970s neoclassical economic theory has dominated business school thinking and teaching in dealing with the nature of human motivation. However valuable in understanding competitive product and financial markets, neoclassical economic theory employs an... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Ethics; Managerial Roles; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods; Behavior

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01 Apr 2020
Blog Post

The Product Design Sprint - 5 Things I Learned in Launch Lab 1

were working. We were supportive and made sure everyone felt heard, and we made decisions and moved on without protest or hard feelings. I feel so lucky to have met my teammates through the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences program, and made not only strong View Details

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

Salter, was "emotional contagion and the normalization of deviancy." Among the lessons he highlighted for other managers still shaken by the Enron debacle were the importance of humility and accurate self-assessment. The Enron executives were amateurs trying... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Building Community: Meet the HBS Latino Student Organization Leadership

encourage more Latino prospective students to apply. Lastly, we will leverage the power of the Adelante Conference, our annual Latino professional conference that brings together current and future Latino/a leaders. This will be hosted on... View Details

22 Feb 2024
News

GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit

Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact Forum, co-hosted by the HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2009
News

One Man Crime Wave

percent of his work was crime and suspense; the rest was about manners and mores. And so it was with these relatively peaceful 1950s books about the professional classes, even as he was also producing plenty of murder and mayhem in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

also attempting to raise awareness about gender inequality for early- and mid-career professionals as well as women at the senior executive level. Although significant progress has been made over the past 50 years, women still hold only a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods, published in the journal Organization Science, Nagle interviewed technology professionals and examined data from the Linux Foundation on... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

21 Jun 2024
Blog Post

What Does PRIDE Mean to You?

professional journey. When I arrived on campus last fall, I found true friendship through PRIDE at HBS. I have built lifelong friendships with people with whom I have spent every day of the past year. Even within my own section, I found a... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist

accounting at night while working days and came to HBS at the urging of his boss, who even offered to pay his application fee. Saladrigas's friendly, regular-guy demeanor belies his lengthy list of personal and professional... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

Ngoyi at the Fund for Export Development in Africa: creating sustainable development at scale. (Courtesy of Marlene Ngoyi) Born in Brussels to Congolese parents and raised in Gabon, Marlene Ngoyi (MBA 2009) has lived and worked in countries including Guatemala, the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

pretty regular basis. To have him there as the mother lode of business history, if you will, and to watch his work evolve and to see how he involved others in the creation of this work was both fascinating and inspiring, particularly for a woman finding her own View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1)

educated and be put in a position to advance my family’s socioeconomic status. Pursuing post-secondary education proved to be a rewarding challenge. This educational journey has allowed me to develop a high level of emotional intelligence and grit that have carried me... View Details

08 Sep 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)

insight into literally any industry, sector, or concept. What is the most exciting project or opportunity you’ve worked on? Co-founding a battery metals mining company, Black Mountain Metals, has been the most exciting professional... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

Gifts Create Frist Financial Aid Fund

variety of people the chance to experience what we did.” “HBS has made a significant contribution to our personal and professional lives,” noted Tommy Frist, who cites the friendships, intellectual stimulation, and inspiration to work... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

21 Nov 2022
Blog Post

HBS Student Club Spotlight: Sustainability Club

sustainability, create forums for discussions on sustainability-related cases outside of the classroom, and help curate professional opportunities for students to pursue long-term careers in climate. Erin O’Malley: I’ve spent my career... View Details

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