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- 07 Feb 2020
- News
Women less inclined to self-promote than men, even for a job
- 04 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What’s it Like to be an HBS Partner?
participate in things. We are equal in every way and that has been amazing. I sort of thought this would be two years on the back burner but instead it’s been a truly transformation experience for both of us. Plus, I actually think being... View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them
Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details
- 12 Jun 2017
- News
Jeff Immelt to Retire as GE CEO
headquarters—a move spurred in part by the CEO’s professed desire to shake up the corporate mindset: Immelt, 61, also wanted a big culture shift. He asked employees to think more like they View Details
- 02 Dec 2020
- News
Nine Ways to Have a Better 2021
illustrations by Rose Wong Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness Invest in the New Abnormal Bounce Back from a Blunder Hit Pause Kill Groupthink Up Your Time Affluence Advance Racial Equity in the Office Embrace the Corona-Blur Take Time... View Details
- 05 Nov 2024
Harvard Business School Visit to Imperial College
Wondering where an MBA can take you? Explore the flexible career opportunities at HBS, including the 2+2 Program, which lets current students gain two years of work experience before starting their MBA. Join us View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
of companies operate, investors can give helpful insight around people and culture. You can ask how to work through team challenges, enhance your company culture, or even how View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Robert Kraft Launches Campaign to Combat Antisemitism
Americans to stand up against Jewish hate." CBS also notes the ongoing work of the foundation, which monitors online antisemitism from a command center in Gillette Stadium. "It's going on constantly, and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From a ‘blank slate’ to ‘Mr. China’
Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Embracing Commitment and Performance: CEOs and Practices Used to Manage Paradox
By: Tobias Fredberg, Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote and Flemming Norrgren
We tend to assume that great leaders must make difficult choices between two or more conflicting outcomes. In an interview study with 26 CEOs of top American and European companies (incl. IKEA, Campbell Soups, Nokia, H&M), we find that instead of choosing between... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Managerial Roles; Performance; Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Decision Choices and Conditions
Fredberg, Tobias, Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, and Flemming Norrgren. "Embracing Commitment and Performance: CEOs and Practices Used to Manage Paradox." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-052, January 2008.
- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
Fellow Marco Piovesan, whose research on how temptation influences work productivity included field experiments with children tempted by soda and candy at an Italian summer camp. "Understanding where these preferences and their behavior... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
roast beans—becoming one of only a small group of people in Starbucks' history to be judged qualified to do so. As a teenager, Michael Dell enjoyed taking complex computers apart, repairing or upgrading... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
better leaders, and the practical steps to kicking an addiction to success. Dan Morrell: There’s been increasing academic interest in the topic of happiness in recent years. We’ve seen it at HBS with the... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
while creating new jobs more or less commensurate with the skills of the displaced workers. But things have changed since the technology is now able to think as well as perform tasks It is not easy to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior
organizations schedule time for workers to reflect on their workdays. (Previous research has shown that taking time out to reflect on work improves job performance in the long... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Bringing New Life to an Iconic Magazine
it’s work he finds himself well suited to, especially when it comes to courting and hiring the talent that sets a publication apart in today’s noisy world. “Journalists are wired View Details
- 06 Jun 2018
- News
How to Make Sure Good Ideas Don’t Get Lost in the Shuffle
- 10 May 2019
- News
Bringing Art to the People It Depicts
weeks ago. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on view through July 19. The Dean Collection showcases Parks’ work from his days taking portraits in early 1940s Chicago View Details