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  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

which actions support progress—such as setting clear goals, providing sufficient time and resources, and offering recognition—and which have the opposite effect. Even small wins can boost inner work life tremendously. On the flip side,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

August. The program provides an overview of Harvard Business School and a window into research and research support at the School, the case method, and the classroom experience. Teaching faculty join study groups and practice preparing... View Details
  • 06 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 6

workers, the middle class, and the nonpolitical rich, jeopardizing the nation's security in the process. The authors contend that this usurpation is the source of America's economic decline and fading international power and provide an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

of Harvard Business School and a window into research and research support at the School, the case method, and the classroom experience. Teaching faculty join study groups and practice preparing and opening a case, and then receive... View Details
  • 06 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 6, 2008

DVDs in one order and return them in the reverse order when should DVDs (e.g., documentaries) are rented before want DVDs (e.g., action films). This effect is sizeable in magnitude, with a 2% increase in the probability of a reversal in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Alumni - Global

Bulletin Turning Point: Eternal Returns Re: Louisa Wong (MBA 1981); Leonard A. Schlesinger (Baker Foundation Professor Chair, Practice Faculty) 22 Feb 2024 HBS Clubs GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Thinking Ahead

intermediate fix—even more pressing. “An open problem is whether you can train a generative AI model from scratch on your own data, preserve privacy, and still have good utility,” says Neel. Differential privacy—the practice of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 12 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

Working Papers Dirty Work, Clean Hands: The Moral Psychology of Indirect Agency Authors: Paharia, Karim S. Kassam, Joshua D. Greene, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract When powerful people cause harm, they often do so indirectly through other people. Are harmful View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change

group of people around a mutual desire for change. “Effective agitators are able to draw attention to a problem and convince others that it requires both some corrective action and collective work to bring it about,” Battilana writes in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

recognizes that communication with and motivation of an organization's managers, employees, and partners is extremely difficult. What this means in practice is that if we tell all participants in an organization that its sole purpose is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
  • 13 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?

Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • Web

Mid-US - Global

United States Mid-US Harvard Business School (HBS) established the Mid-US Research Center (MRC) in 2021 to build a deeper understanding of business practice and innovation in the region. The MRC plays an important role in helping HBS... View Details
  • 08 Oct 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

four-drive ecosystem Acquire/Achieve On the organizational level this drive is usually met through the compensation and rewards system. Best practices include: Pay as well as competitors. There can be exceptions; the need to acquire... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • 31 Oct 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

leader’s role should involve reducing fear among associates to a minimum. Beatriz commented that, “quite often, team members paralyze due to fear and start delegating upward New KPIs, action plans, and strategies that don’t decipher the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Skydeck - Alumni

button, post-COVID—and offers practical advice for moving forward on an even keel at home and in the office Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age Susan Wilner Golden (PMD 59, 1990) on the promise of the new longevity economy Wired to be Inspired... View Details
  • 24 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

directly estimate the practical capacity of the resources supplied as a percentage of the theoretical capacity. There are various ways to do this. As a rule of thumb, you could simply assume that practical... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson
  • 30 Nov 2021
  • In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

“the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” At that gathering, we examined whether and how various institutions and practices in the U.S.—capitalism, gender, companies’ diversity-equity-and-inclusion initiatives, and... View Details
  • 21 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

"shameful," especially for companies in need of federal bailouts. Such pay, he said, is "exactly the kind of disregard for the costs and consequences of their actions that brought about this crisis—a culture of narrow... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • 22 Feb 2024
  • Blog Post

It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

something tangible. Second, I cannot emphasize the power of the community enough! The first-year curriculum ensures you have some academic experiences unique to the MS/MBA cohort: starting classes a month early for Design Theory and View Details