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16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

Sucher: Dust off that COVID playbook After the June 27 debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, 64 percent of 1,024 US workers surveyed reported suffering—or seeing others suffer—poor treatment at work for their political views, according... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

17 Jun 2021
News

Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

Eisenmann analyze, methodically and with a very practical framework, why startups fail, was both convincing and enlightening,” says Etienne Deffarges (MBA 1985), cofounder and partner at Chicago Pacific Founders. “Starting the conference... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

than from others' successes. We also find that individuals' prior successes and others' failures can help individuals overcome their inability to learn from their own failures. Together, these findings offer both theoretical and practical... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2024
News

INK: Taking Care

“Your first step should be to take a deep breath,” writes Giusti, who is cofounder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), where she was CEO and president for nearly two decades. She also co-chaired the HBS Kraft Precision... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom and Beyond

leaders, and to inspire new ideas and practical, effective solutions that will benefit managers everywhere. In practical terms, that translates to the BEI team, led by Faculty Chair and Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental... View Details

05 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

Using Competition to Reform Healthcare

Knowledge next month.How can providers compete on value? To do so, they must embrace a series of strategic and organizational imperatives, shown in Figure 5-1. We describe the imperatives in the context of hospitals and physician groups. However, they apply even to the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

research model, we go out in the field to develop and test hypotheses about the managerial challenges identified and shared by the nine PELP districts, write cases and notes that are relevant to addressing the challenges, and then deliver... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

17 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 17

individuals are prompted to consider the question "What could I do?" in place of their intuitive approach of considering "What should I do?" Together, these studies point toward a theory of moral insight and important View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

rank or status. Although some may not immediately associate Harvard Business School as an exemplar of humility, everything we do is rooted in that quality. In our classrooms, we encourage students to talk more than the faculty. Our View Details

21 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

theories of how social activists inspire changes in organizational norms, beliefs, and practices, we hypothesize that shareholder actions and regulatory threats are likely to prime firms to adopt practices consistent with the aims of a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)

2015 as an Associate. Since that time, she has been recognized for her exceptional work with promotions to Engagement Manager and Associate Partner, and in 2021, she became the first Business Analyst to make Partner at the firm. As a Partner at McKinsey, Kuyoro leads a... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

It's not always going to work out.—Lynda Clarizio, America Online You can work full time and be a good mom, she insists—it just depends on whose rules you choose to play by. "Women in the workforce are still being asked to play by men's rules," she said.... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

07 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

a path to the future.” Lassiter, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, has spent several years studying the intersection between entrepreneurial finance and environmental concerns. He... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

reliance on non-renewable or non-recyclable resources a sustainable economy will not emerge until graduate schools research and teach how to identify and manage the existential risks referred to above.” Nick C teed up the appropriate... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 1999
News

The View from the Pit

and an interest in health-care management. She currently teaches the required course General Management and the Foundations module Leadership, Values, and Decision Making. Twenty-five years after her own graduation, Barrett notes that today's crop of students is armed... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

all the others." Calls for sacrifice and self-discipline are met with cynicism, skepticism, and knee-jerk resistance. Our research into organizational transformation has involved settings as diverse as multinational corporations,... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

29 Jul 2020
Blog Post

To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS

student as a military veteran, and I was about to become even more so. In the same month as my separation, my husband and I were thrilled to discover that we were about to become first time parents! As I’m sure you know from your own View Details

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

have already failed, the next most important step is to present a fully articulated case to their government. Vague complaints about "unfair" practices will not mobilize the resources of the government. But presenting a... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

In the high-tech industry, it's common practice for a governing body to develop technical standards for any given technology. The goal is to promote widespread adoption and compatibility among various devices. The Bluetooth standard lets... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

Press, 2007), and a recent op-ed in the Financial Times, "The World Bank Must Fix its Business Model," Ebrahim has focused his research and teaching on the challenges of accountability, performance, and organizational learning... View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

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