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17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

feet up, and coast through their Golden Years. Like a boiling kettle removed from the burner, most retirees initially feel a blissful release from intense pressure when 40 or more hours are no longer dedicated to a job each week. An empty... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

them. You might anticipate resistance, but remember, the things left unspoken do not vanish, but can remain present in our thoughts for years. It’s better to seize the initiative to speak that to allow silence to foment resentment. Apply... View Details

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

depends on it. Laura Morgan Roberts is a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School’s Leadership Initiative and a professor of organization studies at Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change. Robin Ely is the Diane... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

Which is why we have committed to you that no one at Aon is going to lose their job because of this COVID-19 outbreak.” Alternatives to salary cuts In addition to salary cuts, firms announced other initiatives to reduce payroll expenses... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

not initially interested in a role because it is not quite big enough or broad enough for her, they’ll often say, ‘OK, OK. You can have this other division of the company as well.’ They will absolutely happily pay more for women. There is... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Terrill L. Drake | About

management; marketing; and operational management. Prior to joining HBS, Terrill was Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Head Diversity Officer at the Villanova School of Business where he was responsible for developing and... View Details

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

obvious that we must tax the hell out of vacant properties and/or urban land speculation?" Others suggested non-tax solutions. One such proposal was put forth by Mok Tuck Sung: "(The wealthy) should be encouraged to participate actively in socially... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Fast Answer

Companies: social responsibility

positive impacts in communities around the world. The following databases provide companies' own (self-reported) social responsibility reports: Sustainability Disclosure Database: a free database from the Global Social Reporting View Details

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A Letter from Michael Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative A Letter from Michael Porter A Letter from Michael... View Details

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

sophisticated, and substantive conversation. Throughout both days, we will strive to create opportunities for attendees to make meaningful connections, with the aim of generating new collaborations and initiating mutually beneficial... View Details

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Resources - Advancing Racial Equity

Creary, Wharton Events We are committed to convening events that discuss diversity and inclusion, and work toward advancing racial equality. Race, Gender & Equity Initiative The Race, Gender & Equity View Details

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

Initially Snapple had very little supermarket coverage. Instead, it flowed through the so-called cold channel: small distributors serving hundreds of thousands of lunch counters and delis, which sold single-serving refrigerated beverages... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment

on-campus applications. Applications due in October. Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details

09 Aug 2016
First Look

August 9, 2016

that covers 1992–2008 and many states. We describe differences in the types of businesses initially formed by immigrants and their medium-term growth patterns. We also consider the relationship of these outcomes to the immigrants’ age at... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 May 2012
Research & Ideas

The Art of Haggling

behavior and protracted disputes. Integrative bargaining is the process that is emphasized in most professional schools. Rightly so, says Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice Michael A. Wheeler, who notes that many situations that View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

24 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

has been following up his initial research to determine how review sites can do just that. He notes that consistency of reviews were weakest when there were a low number—supporting the criticism by those restaurants that blame Yelp for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

leadership style to meet the distinct challenges of leading larger, more dispersed teams Develop strategies for planning and engineering organizational change and innovation initiatives Shape your organizational culture and architecture... View Details

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CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

to working capital Shared Value Initiative Please visit the Shared Value Initiative for more case examples and to learn how practitioners are shaping the future of shared value. Shared Value View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Later, as a student at HBS, Stavros studied ESOPs: their initial popularity among private equity firms and their dramatic decline in use in the late 1980s. Stavros concluded that... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

15 Feb 2024
News

Startup Shepherds

By their count, Catalina Daniels and Jim Sherman (both MBA 1991) listened to approximately 300 startup pitches in 2016, the first year the HBS classmates worked side by side as angel investors in New York. “You meet a lot of very smart people, with what sound like good... View Details

Keywords: April White

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