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19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

Evaluation, a paper published in 2011. “We know racism and sexism exist. The question is what can we do about it?” Parsons has made a habit of asking surprising questions about economic issues, looking at situations where small factors have an unexpected View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

21 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know

McGinn says their results suggest that gender effects around competition are contextual and that the results depend on the sorts of tasks men and women are asked to complete and the gender of those with whom they are interacting.... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

05 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2006

Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsCreating Meaning for the Customer: The Case of GMACI Harvard Business School Case 106-073 Excellence in exploiting customer information and leveraging its affiliation to the GM group are among the strategic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

difference between stealth positioning and deceit. The difference is both ethical and economic. When used thoughtfully, stealth positioning is a legitimate way to diffuse prejudice about a product or company, encourage acceptance, and deliver View Details

Keywords: by Youngme Moon

10 Jan 2005
What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

spent." Jerome Golden even raised the question of whether a new system should provide a defined benefit (as it essentially does now) as opposed to basing individual returns on a defined contribution. As he put it, "The debate around 'private investment... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

11 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

over the world participating in short-term consulting projects that add value to our global company partners and help students build skills in teamwork, international business, leadership, and market analysis. G – GO: Africa. Beginning... View Details

11 Jan 2024
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

studios. I had been convinced that this internship was an exciting opportunity, but it still felt like my side passion project, versus my “career search.” Long story short, I ended up receiving the offer. I wouldn’t know what park I would be placed at until after... View Details

16 Mar 2023
Blog Post

HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

incentivized to lean harder into the “dirty” refinery business to recoup investment value before ultimately selling the business in a typical fund cycle. A hopeful view on their capital choice is that private equity has agility... View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big

of how it affects decision-making. At almost every stage of a start-up’s evolution, founders face a tension between attracting the resources needed to maximize the venture’s value and maintaining control of the enterprise—what I call the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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2025 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

session with practical guidelines concerning effective sales hiring, training, and performance management practices. Strategy in the Wild: Why Today’s CEOs Must Master Systems Thinking Senior Lecturer Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) + More... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade

Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
Supplement

Student Success at Georgia State University (B)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley

This is a supplement to the Student Success at Georgia State University (A) case. The (B) case includes the results of a randomized control trial that Georgia State conducted to test education technology start-up AdmitHub’s chatbot solution as a strategy for improving... View Details

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01 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

found that when a star switched companies, not only did his performance plunge, so did the effectiveness of the group he joined and the market value of his new company. But further analysis of the data... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21

Publications October 2014 Harvard Business Review Press Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors That Drive Effective Selling By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract—There are many books that provide strategy advice and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2022
News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

caregiving, and the hearts of caregivers. The Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain By Kate E. Bingham (MBA 1991) and Tim Hames Oneworld Publications As chair of the UK’s task force charged with developing an View Details

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

leaders that 'buck' the now orthodox definition of the balanced, emotionally intelligent, people-focused leader the likes of Gates and Jobs may have highly effective leaders below them and they are the true heroes of these large... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

01 Mar 2015
News

A Boomtown's Echo

on the macro and micro effects of this boom—on the markets, the environment, and the future of small-town North Dakota. Read on for thoughts from Senior Lecturer John Macomber, Wade Myers (MBA 1994), Barbara George (MBA 1980), Professor... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Dec 2020
News

Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness

Goodness, draws on research from the fields of philosophy, psychology, behavioral research, and the concepts of effective altruism to outline a set of actions that we can embark on immediately to make next year better than last. Start... View Details

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

companies their firms are issuing securities for—or hope to do business with. The research, "Playing Favorites: Financing Options Sway Analysts' Thinking," was published in the June 2004 edition of Investor Relations Quarterly.... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

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