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26 Sep 2014
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CEOs Get Paid A Lot More Than People Think--And No One Is Happy About It

10 Mar 2022
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How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Vika Wasyliw

deep engineering knowledge with minimal regard for business requirements. As an engineer who loves working with people even more than circuit boards, I saw an opportunity to bridge these gaps and help others communicate more effectively... View Details

12 Mar 2014
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An Alternative to Graduate School Built by a Powerhouse Pair of HBS Alums

17 Sep 2021
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AI Can Help Address Inequity — If Companies Earn Users’ Trust

25 Sep 2015
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Why Are Women More Cautious About Promotions?

30 Mar 2025
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Aidra Health: Sacerdote Runner-Up Prize Winner Social Enterprise Track 2025 New Venture Competition

23 Jul 2010
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N.J. nonprofit restaurant in Orange shows social entrepreneurship trend

September 1998 (Revised April 2001)
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Sealed Air Taiwan (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Robert J. Crawford

The general manager for U.S.-based Sealed Air Corp.'s Taiwan subsidiary must decide whether he's hired the right person to bridge the gap between Sealed Air's corporate culture and Taiwan's business culture. This case details Bob Kayser's experiences in trying to... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Relationships; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Management Skills; Compensation and Benefits; Taiwan; United States

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08 Mar 2012
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Demographics Could Give the U.S. Competitive Edge

March 2020
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Girls Who Code

By: Brian Trelstad, Amy Klopfenstein and Olivia Hull

In 2012, Reshma Saujani founded Girls Who Code (GWC) with the mission of closing the technology (tech) industry’s gender gap. While GWC offered coding education programs to middle- and high-school-aged girls, the organization also sought to alter cultural stereotypes... View Details

Keywords: Coding; Gender Stereotypes; Information Technology; Gender; Education; Programs; Performance Effectiveness; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry

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26 Apr 2016
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giant IBM? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316143-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 416-019 Gap Inc.: Refashioning Performance Management In 2014, clothing retailer Gap Inc.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2021
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Do You Know How Your Teams Get Work Done?

2011
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Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It

By: Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel

When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Failure; Performance Evaluation; Sales; Consumer Products Industry

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