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25 Apr 2024
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Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

For the past six months, there has been a lot of handwringing about the market downturn. Most everyone has been advising entrepreneurs to marshal their capital, cut costs, and extend their runway. In essence, play defense. Many investors... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

do this other thing that they find important," he says. In the book, Davidson's critic began to warm toward the network as he saw signs of morale improving in his own group and the posting View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

30 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

their actions as being more in line with their values than they actually were. In recollecting how the talks went after the fact, Bazerman says negotiators often fail to see things from the other side’s perspective. Take the example... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

flounders in the early-stage firm. Those people didn’t suddenly get stupid or lose individual capabilities. In business, there’s no such thing as performance in the abstract. There is only performance in a given context—here, not... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

Blog

Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

knowledge-intensive work relies on integrating the ideas and expertise of multiple people, which requires a willingness to speak candidly. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS LEADERS CAN DO TO CREATE A MORE PSYCHOLOGICALLY... View Details

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

shop may be a harbinger of things to come,” says Luca. The study didn’t specifically track the fate of existing shops or services after new businesses started opening in the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Dec 2016
HBS Seminar

Siobhan O'Mahony and Rebecca Karp, Boston University

01 Mar 2024
News

The Internet's Next Frontier

While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

31 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

tell you that the world of business is not so different. “It really was all about the recognition of and comparison with their peers, and many of them were willing to pay for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Dec 2023
News

New School

In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, Curriculum Associates, a Massachusetts-based company that creates research-based print and online instructional and assessment tools, made the decision to make its products free to teachers and students who suddenly found... View Details

23 May 2019
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Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

Parthenon Group 2008 Named Managing Director, Parthenon Group 2011 Cofounds Social Finance 2011 Named Board Chair, Facing History and Ourselves 2013 Social Finance launches first Social Impact Bond 2017 Named Vice Chair, Harvard Board of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Sep 2023
News

3-Minute Briefing: Frances Haugen: (MBA 2011)

I went to a Montessori preschool. My parents were very big on the idea that children are people and treated me with great seriousness. If they asked me to do something, I was allowed to ask why. Debate was a big part of my high school experience. Coaching debate... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; whistle blower; Facebook; leadership; social media

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Ernesto Sterling

the garage and came back with a big box. He placed it on the grass and out rushed our first puppy, a golden labrador. What is the best thing about your hometown? I love its colonial downtown. It is very picturesque, full View Details

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Hawes Hall | About

facilitates the fusion of interactive technologies with teaching techniques grounded in the case method. Innovations such as wireless Internet access and built-in video, webcast, and broadcast capabilities... View Details

02 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes

have no impact on their income. “The proponents of corporate tax cuts have argued that it will increase wages for workers, but a lot of things have to go right for that to... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

situations that challenge his loyalties, conscience, and sense of duty. The book, which will be made into a movie, took Kim 20 years to write. Kim sees no conflict between the business and literary parts of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

05 May 2020
Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “There is a demand shock from consumers buying less, and a supply chain disruption in addition to the tariffs, which only makes things worse.”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 May 2023
News

Finding PRIDE

clubs that existed in Cambridge. The meetings were a chance to talk about classes, talk about our professors—the kinds of things I thought would happen in the section. I’ve never been to any class reunions;... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

predicting outcomes instead of explaining events with hindsight. An Organization Designed For Four-drive People What is the most basic thing employees at all levels must come to terms with at work? The... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

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