Living Standards - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1999
News

Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business

"As different cultural traditions meet in the marketplace and inside organizations, managers face tough choices about the values that they and their organizations will live by," HBS professor Lynn Sharp Paine told participants at an HBS... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

23 Jan 2008
Op-Ed

A House Divided: Investment or Shelter?

live and take root, the home in recent times has been elevated to Investment Opportunity, a place where you stayed for awhile, made a lot of money, then moved on to the next home-investment. Is the definition of home about to change once... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Banking; Construction; Real Estate

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U.S. Competitiveness Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the U.S. are able to compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for the average American. Although the U.S. retains profound competitive strengths—for... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Competitiveness at Risk

about the project. Why did HBS launch the project? Rivkin: Many of us at the School have come to believe that the ability of firms in the United States to be competitive in the world economy and to support living View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

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

that are compatible with Zoom backgrounds, could be sharing living space with limited private quiet areas, or managing multiple responsibilities including child or elder care. None of these factors impact how well a candidate could do the... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Dec 2014
News

These Walls Can Talk

when energy use is lowest; companies will begin to use data to predict and prevent home maintenance issues. Soon: New homes will be wired for connectivity just as they are wired for electricity. “Think about a world where, instead of these sensors you have to install... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2014
News

Groundswells

remembered always,” the distinguished financier and philanthropist asserted, “that the standard of excellence which must be maintained comes not simply from the outside of the buildings, but from the work and training on the inside.”... View Details

Keywords: George F. Baker III; Read Estate Development

01 Dec 2002
News

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Advises New MBA Students on Business Values

Dean Kim B. Clark for founding the Leadership and Values Initiative, an effort that for the last two years has sought to more fully integrate the School's community standards of integrity and honesty, respect for others, and personal... View Details

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

backgrounds, could be sharing living space with limited private quiet areas, or managing multiple responsibilities including child or elder care. None of these factors impact how well a candidate could do the job. Being aware of how... View Details

Profile

Hiroshi Mikitani

the more remarkable. But his deeds have been noticed by a new generation and the rumblings of a startup culture are already being felt across Japan where a revival of entrepreneurism is underway. Granted, Mikitani had a significant advantage. Having View Details

19 Jul 2011
News

Brightening the Future

efforts to improve living standards and open new possibilities for the 20 million (one in four) Filipinos who live in remote areas and lack reliable access to electricity. In... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

13 Nov 2020
News

Realizing a Dream

Ted Ferrara (MBA 1990) “I give back to express my gratitude,” says Ted Ferrara (MBA 1990). “The School is in the business of changing lives and it certainly changed mine.” Before coming to HBS, Ferrara had never View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Cracks in the Foundation

HBS alumni. A few highlights: Some 71 percent of respondents expect US competitiveness to decline over the next three years, with workers' living standards under greater pressure than firms. The United... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

Sharing News That Might Be Bad

day face this dilemma: How do you deal with developments that are utterly and wholly…ambiguous? Living Up To Your Standards When you get right down to it, what choice do you have? You've made a... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Leading Change

Setting the Standard for Commercial Success As chairman of Esquel Group, Marjorie Yang (MBA 1976) oversees one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-end cotton shirts. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Hong Kong, Esquel employs... View Details

20 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability

The development of corporate integrated reporting (IR) standards has the promise to be one of the great business innovations of the 21st century, and could be pivotal in restoring public trust in business institutions, Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting

01 Jun 2012
News

Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for the average American.” Calling that definition “spot-on,” Fields says Ford must look beyond its bottom line and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Production Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Production: A Cooperative Enterprise What the industrial worker wants is . . . a method of living in social relationship with other people and . . .... View Details

25 May 2023
Blog Post

Interview Strategies to Connect with a Wider Range of Candidates

interviews, it’s important to note that candidates may not have access to the latest technology at home or could be sharing living spaces with limited private or quiet areas. These factors do not impact how well a candidate could do the... View Details