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Does the reputation/history of my undergraduate institution or company affect my chances of being accepted? When I print the application in PDF format, parts of the application appear truncated, unclear and/or do not appear at all. Are... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

I Gave at the Office

donations you’ve made—and the fact that you’re getting something for this supposedly altruistic act makes it seem like a worse version of a charitable act. So the difference in framing can affect both whether people want to engage in that... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

19 Mar 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy

29 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?

trading block in the world. Financial markets had been complacent and were caught off guard by an early morning earthquake that affected most traded asset classes around the globe. Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation,... View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini

28 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

What Can We Expect in the Other War?

In light of the outset of the war on terrorism, how does this affect what has been called the war for talent? A book by the same name 1 has recently characterized this as an "endless journey" to address the enduring challenge to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Profile

Andrew Baxter

business practices and reimagining capitalism. How do we use business to affect society and seed change, even where policies are lacking?" "One of my big surprises here: the number of niche, targeted interests in positive... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Tech

01 Mar 2025
News

Venture: Time Heals All

Assembling a nursing schedule for a hospital ward can be surprisingly difficult—a little like playing three-dimensional Tetris, says Ilana Springer Borkenstein (MBA 2022). “It is a really challenging, tedious task.” Nurse managers must take into consideration a host of... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford; Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2012
News

In Brief

global strategy, a new position. More Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the developing world, affecting nearly 250 million people. Yet most can't afford... View Details

Keywords: meta; contests; awards

02 Aug 2016
First Look

August 2, 2016

interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence of fund closures resulting from interest rate policy is the relocation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

Vayanos Abstract We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in which clienteles with strong preferences... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

curve in which the central bank can provide market participants with forward guidance on both future short rates and on future Quantitative Easing (QE) operations, which affect bond supply. Forward guidance on short rates works through... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

engagement? To answer these questions, we utilized self-determination theory to examine whether reward satisfaction predicted employee well-being, job satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, and affective commitment, as well as valuable... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 May 2020
Blog Post

Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust

has enduring consequences. “In good times, it feels okay to take a risk on who you get behind as a leader. But when things go wrong, it’s important to think about who you trust. The impact of our leadership, for good or ill, will remain after the crisis, View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Social Enterprise

12 Apr 2017
Blog Post

2+2er Pursues HBS/HKS Joint Degree

Kennedy School. As much as I enjoyed my time working for city government, I was concerned with how a lower salary would affect my ability to pay for the joint HBS/HKS degree program, let alone HBS. As a first-generation American growing... View Details

Student-Profile

Fanele Mashwama

exercised over sovereigns,” Fanele says. He is investigating how the limits of sovereign immunity affect the workings of financial markets for sovereign liabilities. “The circumstances under which you can enforce findings against... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Sheila Lirio Marcelo

also heaped another thirty hours per week onto her schedule working in community activities. At HBS, for example, she was a representative and chair of the Education Committee, helping classmates and faculty maintain communication on a host of issues View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Jun 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over

deep into the tournament a team will go, because that will affect the number of over-the-air impressions that are generated for the brand. They must consider many other factors such as the global appeal of an opponent or of a particular... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

11 Mar 2009
HBS Case

The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine

domestic and internecine dynamics affect the management of a state-controlled company. "Reinserting itself in the energy sector, the Russian state has installed a world-class, market-oriented management team to run Gazprom, the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Energy; Utilities

21 Dec 2018
Blog Post

Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship

information technology, government, and the public. Focused on how policies affect government information flows and the availability of government information; the use of technology to create and provide innovative government services;... View Details

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