Giving And Philanthropy - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

now emerge as managers in hedge funds. But investors who lost their shirts in the Internet and telecom funds managed by these people no longer give them their money. So how can the money managers (once of... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

20 Feb 2024

SVMP Webinar

This webinar will give college students the opportunity to learn more about the Summer Venture in Management Program and hear from former participants currently at HBS. SVMP is a residential educational... View Details

12 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?

customer’s relative position in it when there is someone behind them. For example, they could not only say, “You are the fifth caller,” but “You are the fifth caller out of seven,” to give them a downward comparison. “Not knowing that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service

01 Feb 2023
What Do You Think?

Will Hybrid Work Strategies Pull Down Long-Term Performance?

that has emptied their offices and destroyed much of the daily face-to-face give and take coupled with pride in the organization that they enjoyed over the years? Will hybrid... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Jul 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

decision was announced captures the despair and anger of the workers to be displaced. It also captures a management team trying to act reasonably by giving workers a rare one-year notice of the move—but... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

does one lead at your company? How do you give feedback? How do you establish an inclusive culture, develop employees, and create a great place to work? Your job is to answer these questions View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business

Herndon returned to Atlanta to oversee the growth of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company (today the Atlanta Life Financial Group), founded by his father Alonzo. Herndon continued his family's tradition of philanthropy with major financial... View Details

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

and know-it-all, they won’t get anywhere,” Beer says. “People at the top have more decision rights, and that gives them a sense of distance and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

who instilled in his son a deep appreciation for public service and the importance of giving back. Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies works to improve lives by focusing on the... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Leadership Transition for External Relations

goal. In the years since, her work with the ER team to strengthen our fundraising enterprise and grow annual giving through the HBS Fund has built a strong foundation to support the School’s core activities... View Details

21 Mar 2019
HBS Case

The Ferrari Way

“If you drive a Ferrari, you put premium petrol in the tank, you hit the motorway, and you step on the gas.” —Soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic That purring engine. The buttery soft leather. Those sleek curves. The essence of a Ferrari... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto

21 Sep 2023
HBS Seminar

Pinar Ozcan, Saïd Business School

31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

not appropriate for the team member); not providing enough clarity about an assignment; changing assignments or objectives too frequently; giving assignments that conflict with other management instructions); View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Better by the Bundle?

Nintendo, this gives the company a way to separate out segments of consumers—we call this dynamic customer segmentation." Some consumers don't care much about the specific game and will go for the bundle,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

all of us. DeLollis: When it comes to race, technology, and tomorrow’s business outcomes, what advice would you give to CEOs, CMOs, and other top decision makers? Turner: I... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

application/exploitation; and evolution/adaptation. Inside Microsoft and other successful firms we've studied, managers give careful consideration to how each of these... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Doing Business with China: Early American Trading Houses - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details

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Interviewing - Alumni

skills to the role. Give examples to demonstrate each of those selling points. Frame whatever you say positively, even if asked negatively ("What did you like least about your previous work as a ____?"). Be honest with yourself View Details

15 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

most from our way of life can afford to give back a little bit more." Like FDR, Obama wants us to see taxes not as a burden to be lamented but as a fair payment for benefits received. And as our society... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

01 Dec 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

a continuation of my efforts at National Grid Partners with private capital backing that gives me the resources to have an impact beyond the mandate of a single company. It’s perfect timing as companies and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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