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20 Feb 2018
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L.L. Bean Will Regret Ending Its Lifetime Product Guarantee

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Big Ideas Feature: Time for Happiness: Why the Pursuit of Money Isn't Bringing You Joy—and What Will

Adam (real story, fake name) was a good employee who was given a plum project he believed could get him a promotion and a raise. Taking it seemed like the proverbial no-brainer: Work hard, nail the assignment, get more pay. He knew he’d have to put in long days and... View Details

Keywords: Time; Privilege; Guilt; Money; Happiness; Work-Life Balance

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01 Dec 1998
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Chalsty Fellowship Will Help Black South Africans Attend HBS

the new fellowship, Chalsty notes, "No gift from my colleagues at DLJ could have been more appropriate, or more appreciated by Jennifer and me, than this fellowship in our names. We hope it will help many young black South Africans to... View Details

19 Jul 2016
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$14.7 Billion Volkswagen Settlement Will Not Deter Future White Collar Corporate Crime

18 Mar 2021
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Will Domestic Production Solve U.S. Medical Supply Woes? Experts Say No

01 May 2006
What Do You Think?

Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?

Summing Up Like all good discussion topics, this month's issue split respondents nearly equally, with a slight nod to the notion that Milton Friedman's views will have a bigger impact on us in the twenty-first century than those View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

August–September 2012
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The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the 21st Century

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Predicting the challenges boards will face in the years ahead requires an understanding of how they and the governance they have provided has evolved in past years, as well as the challenges they face in the years ahead. Since I have been serving on and doing research... View Details

Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Governance; Succession; Compensation; Governing and Advisory Boards

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13 Sep 2016
News

That Scandal on Your Résumé Will Cost You—Even if It Isn’t Yours

04 Oct 2022
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What Would You Do If You Were Suddenly Debt-Free? Millions of Student Borrowers Will Find Out

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

Pressure to increase gender diversity in C-suites is so intense that companies are trying to draw women candidates with higher salary offers, a phenomenon that is closing the gender pay gap among senior executives, research shows. Female executives still don’t earn as... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

06 Jul 2020
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The UK Says It Loves Immigrants. Will Immigrants Believe It?

20 Mar 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Leaning into Meta’s ‘Year of Efficiency’ the Wrong Way, and Multiple Rounds of Layoffs Will Be Damaging

09 Nov 2023
HBS Case

What Will It Take to Confront the Invisible Mental Health Crisis in Business?

firm recognize is an important part of people’s lives. We’re giving you all the slack. Those of you who want to take it, great. If you don’t, great. It’s totally up to you.” I think that View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Health

03 Mar 2022
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Data Reveals Where Russia Chip Sanctions Will Sting the Most

07 Apr 2020
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What Will U.S. Health Care Look Like After the Pandemic?

19 Aug 2021
News

Harvard’s Neeley on Mistakes Bosses Will Make Returning to Offices

May 2010
Article

Managing the New Primary Care: The New Skills That Will Be Needed

By: Richard Bohmer

Developing new models of primary care will demand a level of managerial expertise that few of today's primary care physicians possess. Yet medical schools continue to focus on the basic sciences, to the exclusion of such managerial topics as running effective teams.... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Health Care and Treatment; Management Skills; Managerial Roles; Service Delivery; Practice; Health Industry

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