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  • 16 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

In India’s rural villages, social norms dictate that women are to remain in the home, not out and about—and definitely not working. If a woman is seen working outside the home, her neighbors might think she’s a bad mother. They might also think that her husband is a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 28 Jan 2020
  • Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

person can do it all. What do your discussions with leaders teach us about putting together a coalition? Kanter: I urge leaders to live by the Change Agent Rule of Three. In every situation, leaders must deal with three groups of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of Conversational Leadership

more than 11,000 people, so it took years to complete the workshops. But by the end of the process, "almost every person felt that the company vision was his or her own vision," Groysberg says. INTERACTIVITY: Once some intimacy is... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Jan 2024
  • News

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

to solve for: Are other people willing to be guided by you? That's the fundamental question of leadership. It's a yes or no answer. Your probability of getting to yes is significantly higher if you give us a compelling change story. DM: Anne, who do you think does this... View Details
  • 2009
  • Book

The Adventures of an IT Leader

By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell
Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges-from anticipating emerging technology to managing relationships with vendors, employees, and other managers. Ultimately, a good IT manager must be a strong business leader, not just a technical... View Details
Keywords: Books; Leadership; Crisis Management; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Safety; Information Technology
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  • Web

Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

to make time for both. You Have More Choices than You Think Ambitious people tend to pursue demanding careers. As they advance, many professionals cannot help but wonder about the state of their personal lives. What do they owe, and want... View Details
  • January–February 2024
  • Article

Shared Service Delivery Can Increase Client Engagement: A Study of Shared Medical Appointments

By: Ryan W. Buell, Kamalini Ramdas, Nazlı Sönmez, Kavitha Srinivasan and Rengaraj Venkatesh
Problem Definition: Clients and service providers alike often consider one-on-one service delivery to be ideal, assuming – perhaps unquestioningly – that devoting individualized attention best improves client outcomes. In contrast, in shared service delivery, clients... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Customer Satisfaction; Outcome or Result; Performance Improvement
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  • Research Summary

Experience and description-based decision making.

Prof. Barron and his co-authors study the effect of the economic environment on decision making. One example involves the effect of rare (low probability) events. People behave as if they overweight these events in some settings (e.g., when buying insurance and... View Details
  • 06 Aug 2021
  • Book

Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

that he was the father of Lisa Brennan-Jobs, although the mixture of cruelty and kindness with which he treated her would have driven a less innately well-grounded person crazy. Pixar was a screaming success. Those who viewed Toy Story... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

my job in finance before HBS, I saw the professional and personal struggles that women, and particularly women of color, face. I’ve strived to help recruit more women into male-dominated places. I am passionate about helping advance... View Details
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen Abstract—Assessing the productivity gains from multinational production has been a vital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2019 (Revised December 2020)
  • Case

Grupo Éxito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry

By: José B. Alvarez, Carla Larangeira, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Miguel Diaz Moreno
Grupo Éxito, a leading South American retailer, faced declining market shares in Colombia in 2019 with the arrival of low-cost competitors and emerging digital trends. Originally founded in Medellín, Éxito had over the course of its seventy-year history evolved from a... View Details
Keywords: Grocery; Market Share; Information Technology; Trends; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Colombia; Latin America
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  • 01 Jul 2020
  • Blog Post

How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself

discovered my passion for striving for equity and sustainability within organizations and systems. I've broken down emotionally and begun the long, rewarding journey of personal growth. I have gained confidence in my own perspective and... View Details
  • June 2008 (Revised January 2010)
  • Case

Name Your Price: Compensation Negotiation at Whole Health Management (A)

By: Brian J. Hall, Deepak Malhotra and Nicole Bennett
MBA student Monroe Davies is asked by a potential employer to determine his own compensation package. This case follows Jim Hummer, President and CEO of Whole Health Management and Davies through a unique recruitment process that raises questions of compensation and... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Job Interviews; Negotiation Process; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Value
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Eligibility | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

especially those that may be forgiven upon resumption of employment Personal loans from family or friends Bank loans not certified or verified by MBA Financial Aid Home equity loans or lines of credit Applicants who have previously... View Details
  • Profile

Brandon Graves

both professional and personal aspects. The HBS experience encourages deep reflection and has allowed me to take early steps at shaping my life post b-school. I am pleasantly surprised by how many takeaways extend to everyday life beyond... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Happier-ness at Work

striving simply to squeeze by financially is stressful under the best of circumstances. But for most people, when they learn that getting happier starts within, they can make work less stressful, more joyful, and a source of personal... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 1996
  • Book

Creativity in Context

By: T. M. Amabile
Keywords: Creativity; Theory; Research; Motivation and Incentives; Situation or Environment; Organizational Culture; Measurement and Metrics; Personal Characteristics; Cognition and Thinking; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Social Psychology
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Rachel H Chung

competition, I could get a dog. Given my competitive nature and love for dogs, I was determined to win. And so that’s how we got Chopin, our little Yorkie, which I named after the composer of the piece I played. Who is one person from... View Details
  • 30 Jun 2022
  • News

Scaling Hope

learning platform, Just Five, which was marketed to major corporations. The program provides five-minute, online lessons that offer the most essential information about addiction, including the crucial understanding that addiction is a brain disease, rather than a... View Details