Place Making - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

about 90 percent of them were women. "I wanted to make it clear that we really are taking an intersectional approach to gender," said Robin Ely, Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at HBS, who co-organized the event... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Apr 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

cybersecurity and breach and also, people are making a lot of money on use of information. So it became a very hot topic and that's why I wrote the case. Kenny: Do you use Facebook? George: I do. I have about 30,000 followers on Facebook.... View Details

07 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

and the environment will make the relevance of microprocess research findings to broader organizational questions easier to discern and therefore more likely to disseminate to the larger field of organizational research. We empirically... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 May 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

Sadun Abstract—Many senior executives struggle to describe how they make strategic decisions. That’s a serious problem since the process for making strategic decisions can shape the strategy itself. To... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2012
News

Get Creative

First and foremost, innovators are good at associational thinking, or simply associating. They make connections between seemingly unrelated problems and ideas and synthesize new ideas. I would frame associational thinking by asking this... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

Guide to Changes 10 Years after the 1995 Bank Crisis Authors:Gustavo A. Del Angel, Stephen Haber, and Aldo Musacchio Abstract After the 1995 crisis, the Mexican banking system experienced significant changes in bank accounting standards. Most of these changes took... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

century--the Electronic Century. Halfway through my research, however, I decided to concentrate completely on the latter topic and make chemicals and pharmaceuticals the subject of a separate volume. The rise of Japan in consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

04 May 2018
News

How to Win the Kentucky Derby

shares in those horses, making ownership much more accessible. As an investment manager, Finley’s got a strong track record, with four of his horses making it to the Kentucky Derby, including a win by Always... View Details

Keywords: horse racing

09 Jun 2015
Blog Post

Pursuing Meaning through an HBS/HKS Joint Degree

great professors orchestrating the conversation. This is one of the things I’m most thankful of as I leave HBS – the conversation I had with my section. What’s your favorite hobby? Dancing. There’s a great place in Central Square, close... View Details

15 Sep 2015
Blog Post

On the Road: HBS in Israel

school, and get to truly understand what an amazing place HBS is. In Israel, I continue in the same manner, and hope to see enthusiastic, unique individuals make their way to Boston to enrich the HBS program... View Details

27 Aug 2019
News

Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland

an HBS grad. “I love SLT,“ he says, “and I just thought Amanda’s experience in the fitness industry, and how she took on private equity to expand her business, would make an interesting discussion.” In addition to SLT, Freeman is the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman

change; be resilient; and make every decision based on whether or not it's good for the business." If you take the extra time to staff the best people rather than operate in the interests of expediency, you'll save yourself trouble... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Recruiting in the U.S. for International Students: 101

amazingly powerful forces of supply and demand) ended up placing me in the right job. When I applied to HBS, I had to figure out my career plans after graduation, as part of the application process. I thought I was sure of what I wanted.... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

new technology . Is (it) irrational (to) place a higher value on their current solution than they do on a future uncertain benefit(?)" What about the impact on management? Nicola Stevens concluded that "It (irrational behavior)... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Apr 1998
News

World Class Learning

MBA elective curriculum and teaches Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations. Salter believes that "all great courses at HBS communicate performance hypotheses - notions about what makes for good business practice - for... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

11 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Saying “Race” Out Loud: Leading Conversations on Diversity in HBS Classrooms

campus-wide conversations about diversity, Hammond is determined to increase the School’s sensitivity and competence around thorny issues. “We're trying to make people feel included and that their lived experiences matter—we want to View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

HBS Addresses Racial Equity

community because of the persistent inequities they face, but ultimately, this work will be helpful for all underrepresented and marginalized communities. What we’re trying to do is make HBS a place that is... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

economies where this shift has taken place before — such as the Asian Tigers — it was generally associated with lower growth since relying on endogenous progression of domestic demand is not as powerful as relying on an exogenous inflow... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

politics, and a business landscape dominated by yesterday’s champions. Murphy places these troubles in a broad historical context, combining analyses of Japanese culture and society over the centuries with accounts of Japan's numerous... View Details

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

insurance crisis of 2002-2003. The study tracks the promotion and use of a set of accounting and risk controls put in place to control the troubled insurance division and discusses how and why particular management control systems shift... View Details