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  • Portrait Project

JJ Singh

ballooning national debt and a financial system in disarray. *** I want to change attitudes and the way we imagine our future. I want to influence policy so that we invest in tomorrow. But most of all, I want to rebuild an America that... View Details
  • 01 Aug 2014
  • News

A closer look at the industry of beauty

long-term interest in globalization, consumer products, and entrepreneurship. Using the lens of history, he traces the industry's growth from disrepute to worldwide influence and chronicles the entrepreneurs—often social "outsiders"—who... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Making TV Look Like America

college. She is now a management development executive at Warner Brothers. Burgos’s heritage (she emigrated from the Dominican Republic) and her love of acting have inspired her interest in a career in media and entertainment. “I want to run a television network where... View Details
  • 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 13 Nov 2019
  • HBS Online

HBS Online Sustainable Business Strategy

Learn how to become a purpose-centered business leader while examining the critical role that businesses play in solving the world's big problems, including climate change, income inequality, and social injustice. Program Dates: November 13, 2019 - December 4, 2019 View Details
  • Web

Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details
  • 03 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn

societal issues and at the same time enhance business success, yielding a "double bottom line." And there's no time like the present, he adds. "Effective programs that serve the community in a compelling way, and that also demonstrate a strong potential... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 17 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)

management issues, form an opinion, and engage in discussions more actively and substantially. How has the summer influenced your thinking on future involvement in social enterprise? My post-MBA goal has always been to pursue a career in... View Details
  • Web

The Arts of Communication - Course Catalog

public speaking, I designed it to also explore speaking beyond the formal podium: disagreeing with the boss, holding an employee accountable, giving a peer critical feedback, speaking on your feet, influencing someone to change their... View Details
  • June 1999 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

Basil "Buzz" Hargrove and de Havilland, Inc. (A)

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Angela Keros
Buzz Hargrove, national president of the Canadian Auto Workers, needs to find a way to secure an agreement from a negotiated contract with de Havilland, Inc. Local union leaders feel the deal is not good enough, but Hargrove is convinced management will close the plant... View Details
Keywords: Media; Power and Influence; Negotiation Deal; Leadership; Agreements and Arrangements; Business Exit or Shutdown; Labor Unions; Negotiation Types; Management Teams; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Canada
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  • January 2021 (Revised July 2022)
  • Case

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case describes the rise of Dwight (Ike) Eisenhower from a small town in Kansas to the pinnacle of power on the world stage. During his life, Eisenhower was leader of the Allied Forces in World War II, president of Columbia University, head of NATO, and president... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Leadership; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Success; Work-Life Balance; Power and Influence
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  • February 2006
  • Article

Wealth and Executive Compensation

Using new data on the wealth of Swedish CEOs, I show that higher wealth CEOs receive stronger incentives. Since high wealth (excluding own-firm holdings) implies low absolute risk aversion, this is consistent with a risk aversion explanation. To examine whether wealth... View Details
Keywords: Wealth; Executive Compensation; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Risk Management; Competency and Skills; Wages; Sweden
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  • 29 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 29

influence in their organizations. Specifically, we examine how influence-seeking risk managers (1) establish and maintain interpersonal connections with decision makers and how they (2) adopt, deploy, and reconfigure tools-practices that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Portrait Project

Ade' Lawal

I hope to accomplish great things. Family is the core means by which I can influence human existence in this world, therefore I'll start by being a great husband and father. I want my wife to feel that she could not have found a better... View Details
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003)

took Nitin Nohria’s Power and Influence course my second year, and it really stuck with me. The importance of understanding people and organizational dynamics has never been so clear, especially as you move into more senior roles. I love... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 02 Dec 2018
  • News

A Chance to Thrive

be part of the HBS community. I want to do my part to help them.” She is also keen on supporting the School. “HBS is in a unique position to influence business leaders around the world. We can really be agents for change.” Zollar notes... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

HBS Campaign Impact

members. Realizing the HBS mission means constantly adapting: to master new pedagogies, to meet the changing needs of society, and to reach new audiences. HBS faculty members pursue research that serves as the foundation of the School’s educational programs and View Details
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Coming Full Circle

“Mutiny is a rare and extreme example, but my findings also apply to situations where it becomes necessary to manage conflict or create buy-in for organizational change,” she adds. Merryman cites HBS professor Joshua Margolis as just one of the faculty members who... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 19 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

P., and Julian Zlatev Abstract—Biases influence important decisions, but little is known about whether and how individuals try to exploit others’ biases in strategic interactions. Choice architects—that is, people who present choices to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

shareholders to get the best price." In the experience I related, the board decided that the 20 percent discount involved in the sale to the desired bidder was just too much. Influenced in part by large shareholders, the board... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 17 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

How do real-world conditions and shifting personal priorities influence a young MBA's early career path—those first five to ten years that executives remember as being of such critical importance? To find out, Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna