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02 Aug 2016
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Shark Footage With Ominous Music

04 Oct 2024
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On the Vineyard, Black Alumni Reconnect With Friends and HBS

getting together.” Moore says the gathering was a powerful reminder of the value of staying connected with each other and with the School. “Whether you had a great experience at HBS, a challenging one, or... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Oct 2008
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Consequences of Voluntary and Mandatory Fair Value Accounting: Evidence Surrounding IFRS Adoption in the EU Real Estate Industry

Keywords: by Karl A. Muller III, Edward J. Riedl & Thorsten Sellhorn; Construction; Real Estate

02 Aug 2016
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Shark Footage with Uplifting Music

01 Dec 1997
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Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution

have been left without one of the most powerful tools to boost trade and enhance productivity. Consider Century Wear, a knitted garment joint venture between Israel's Dov Lautman (Delta Galil) View Details

Keywords: Michael Porter, Yagil Weinberg, and Noreena Hertz

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Signaling When Nobody Is Watching: A Reputation Heuristics Account of Outrage and Punishment in One-shot Anonymous Interactions

By: Jillian J. Jordan and David G. Rand

Moralistic punishment can confer reputation benefits by signaling trustworthiness to observers. However, why do people punish even when nobody is watching? We argue that people often rely on the heuristic that reputation is typically at stake, such that reputation... View Details

Keywords: Signaling; Morality; Trustworthiness; Anger; Third-party Punishment; Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Trust; Reputation

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December 2016 (Revised May 2018)
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Strategy Execution Module 15: Using the Levers of Control to Implement Strategy

By: Robert Simons

This module reading pulls together key concepts and techniques from the Strategy Execution series into an integrated model—the levers of control. The four levers are: (1) belief systems, (2) boundary systems, (3) diagnostic control systems, and (4) interactive control... View Details

Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Levers Of Control; Balancing Innovation And Control; Managing Growing Businesses; Turn Around Management; Human Behavior; Organizational Life Cycle; Strategy; Management Systems; Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Behavior

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14 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

The Network Effect: Why Companies Should Care About Employees’ LinkedIn Connections

In today’s high-tech economy, it’s not just quant skills and R&D know-how that confer competitive advantage. Relationships still matter—maybe more than ever, as social media turbocharges old-fashioned networking. A new study mapped... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

07 Nov 2017
Blog Post

Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program

and influence of the WSA is a huge support system in itself. I wanted to become more involved in WSA primarily because I wanted to meet all the incredible women here at HBS. In terms of HBS culture, I feel... View Details

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

Silicon Valley. We focused our research on these two regions because they're both technologically dynamic and because of previous research on the influence of networks on regional innovation. As we expected,... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

as a powerful source of well-being, increasing dopamine levels and boosting productivity, says Gino. “I’ve gotten into the habit of calling or writing a note to people I haven’t talked to in a while to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

09 Sep 2024
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McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

behemoth’s corporate culture as it collided with the #MeToo movement’s spotlight on sexual relationships and power in the workplace. And as new information about Easterbrook’s... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

01 Mar 2016
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HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences

A. Eugene Kohn explained how an idea moves from drawing board to skyscraper, after which students toured the site. They also met with US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power and Sir James Wolfensohn (MBA... View Details

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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Journal (UK) “Mr Porter and Ms Teisberg have written a profound and powerful critique of America's health-care system. It deserves to be read widely. View Details

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Photography and Print Advertising - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

the vast array of manufactured goods. As Elspeth Brown notes in The Corporate Eye: Photography and the Rationalization of American Commercial Culture 1884–1929 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005), at that time “the View Details

08 Jun 2023
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Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

Clubs News Clubs News New York Alumni Honor Outstanding Leaders at Annual Dinner The HBS Club of New York held its 54th Annual Leadership Dinner on April 24, honoring three alumni who embody the HBS mission to "educate leaders who make a difference in the world," and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

powerful economic incentive to lend to companies in Chapter 11. (Although American did not need such debtor-in-possession financing, United and Delta together raised almost $3.5 billion in DIP financing in... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

18 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

otherwise emerge from group discussions and making the teams less productive. “Even subtle ways of making people feel powerful have powerful effects on behavior.” The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

pool. Be aware of how video background and noise out of a candidate’s control influence your perception and offer alternatives. Standardize your interview process so that each... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Remote Work Extends to Factories and Farmlands | Working Knowledge

and desk-less workers in factories, warehouses, farms, hospitals, airports, and power plants, among other settings. Implementing digital twins requires a strategic plan focused... View Details

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