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- 08 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
would find out. It was mental and emotional overload. While that relationship ended, the fear of someone discovering ‘what’ I was did not. It took another five years before I finally got the courage needed to click that ‘approve’ button.... View Details
- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
for prediction and for forecasting something that is unknown.” The rise of big data and machine learning offers infinitely more fuel to churn out probability forecasts, which can serve as an entry point for businesses looking to harness... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh
each other for longer than five years. First, the participants rated jokes on a scale from “extremely funny” to “not funny at all.” Then, after seeing their partners’ ratings for four of the jokes, they predicted their partners’ ratings... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
his office isn't as big as Jenny's. And he blames others when he screws up. Joe is an HNAP, or a high-need-for-achievement professional, according to Harvard Business School professor Thomas J. DeLong, who explores Joe's world of driven,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 15 Mar 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business
This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
choice,” Chang says. “People do seem to think there are strategic benefits to doing this, but there's also plenty of research showing the negative effects.” Chang, who joined HBS in July, has spent the past five years studying how... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 31 Jul 2017
- HBS Case
It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family
“It’s focused on a segment—and not an insignificant one—that is a big driver of the economy.” Related Reading: Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success Five Steps to Better... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
company like India's Infosys illustrates both trends. Another big change is that companies are finally recognizing that being global is not just about entering incremental overseas markets. It is also about accessing scarce resources. And... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 03 Dec 2014
- What Do You Think?
Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?
"make sure he is upsetting things for the wrong reason rather than for the right reason." Joseph Seiler recalled that in growing companies where he worked, "I came across a few of these Type 4 people. What seemed to help was to load them up with View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Sep 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Lady Gaga
Celebrated for both her outré style and musical prowess, the recording artist known as Lady Gaga is not only one of the world's biggest pop stars, but also one of the most recognized brands. She's garnered five Grammys, holds two spots in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
students, alumni, and affiliates in which winners in five tracks get a $75,000 prize and runners-up a $25,000 prize thanks to more than $500,000 in prize money provided by the Bertarelli Foundation, cofounded by Ernesto Bertarelli (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 20 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism
of history, there are five powerful forces working on the system of global capitalism in this moment, propelling it along the broad path that Gates sketched out at Davos. The first is the issue of resources. Who has what to deal with the... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy Koehn
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
at Kwinters, the hot-dog stand in my local mall, where I learned how to cook five varieties of hot dogs, managed cash, cleaned the oily fryers and greasy hot-dog containers, and earned minimum wage. It was a great initial lesson in how,... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
still works out with former and current world champions at least five days a week at one of the martial arts academies he owns in Singapore. Sityodtong launched Evolve Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in 2009 as a response to an unanswered... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
finding the will to start implementing at-scale technologies that are already working,” Carty observes. Here, we take a look at alumni who are pursuing those opportunities, working to make tomorrow’s cities more sustainable across five... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 21 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style
expressions of chief executives to see if leadership style can be correlated with a firm’s performance. The researchers believe their work could open new directions in big data analysis, combining image and textual analysis to create a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
John H. McArthur | About
HBS,” said Nitin Nohria, Dean of Harvard Business School. “He cared deeply about every member of the HBS community and believed in the School’s ability to transform lives. By encouraging us all to dream big dreams—in effect, spurring our... View Details
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
worries, their personal finances may be in shambles. Most entrepreneurs cut their own salaries as their venture goes into decline, and many have invested their life savings in the startup—along with funds from friends and family. If entrepreneurs reach the acceptance... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
other colleagues, including HBS professor V. Kasturi Rangan, have arrived at some answers for designing, developing, and managing long-term customer relationships. And this area is big business with a capital B: U.S. firms buy over $600... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
American Big Three and many other auto companies had done major benchmarking studies, and they and other companies had tried to implement their own forms of the Toyota Production System. There is the Ford Production System, the Chrysler... View Details