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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Campaign Passes Goal, Continues
to the School at least once during the campaign. “While this is heartening,” noted Salter, “we have a long way to go to increase the level of annual support.” HBS, Salter pointed out, is a global enterprise committed to training men and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
Medical Center” (CCHMC) details how one institution has implemented its own version of health-care reform, taking overall perfor-mance levels from well below average to the top 10 percent in the industry. Coauthored by HBS assistant... View Details
- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
inventory at various levels—retailing, wholesale, and manufacturing—in a distribution channel. One objective was to demonstrate the wide swings in inventory levels that resulted when student “managers” over-adjusted to stockouts or... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Creativity Maze
wished. Creative people are rarely superstars like Michael Jordan. Indeed, most of the creative work done in the business world today gets done by people whose names will never be recorded in history books. They are people with expertise, good creative-thinking skills,... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa Amabile
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Frances Dixon
say. But I'm fascinated by what my peers say and the experiences they bring to class. They’re brilliant. The level of discourse here forces you to be on your toes. You’re engaged—you have to be. You can’t sit back and just listen.” For... View Details
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Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences Course Number 1777 Senior Lecturer Satish Tadikonda Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 sessions Paper Career Focus Life Sciences ventures face high levels of scientific, clinical and commercial... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Addressing Gender Equity In Business And Society
families, their companies, and their communities.” HBS research on gender has indeed upended conventional wisdom. A recent study by Kathleen McGinn, Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, links working mothers to high levels... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The End of Cows?
today: It may have unpredictable economic outcomes, but that shouldn’t mean we reject innovation. “We need to be aware from a public policy perspective what all the ramifications are going to be for the economy,” he says, “but at a basic View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet
Finding your passions. What tasks do your really enjoy? Which activities bring out your best? It is difficult to perform at a high level without having a passion for key elements of the job. Understanding yourself. What is your life... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
filled with peacekeeping, nation building, and a whole range of what we call "operations other than war." Not surprisingly, such confusion over roles and missions at the institutional level resulted in serious identity... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
low for financial defaults. So when someone asks whether we are going to have problems with increasing levels of defaults, I think it’s almost self-evident. Of course there will be higher levels of defaults... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
urban neighborhoods," says Poorvu. He also notes that it is very difficult to build sound but less costly housing because of constricting regulations, building codes, and bureaucracy. "When all the various levels of subsidiary costs are... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
to be taken for granted, regardless of their efficiency implications. However, the institutional perspective does not address the fundamental issue of business strategy necessary to explain the persistence of substantially different strategies among firms that are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
UNC's “Accidental” Dean
figured that his impressive business credentials and international perspective would serve the school well. “They were as open to a practitioner for the role as they were for an academic,” Jones told the Herald-Sun. Thrilled to be back home, Jones aims to lead the... View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
people's likelihood to cross ethical boundaries. A promotion focus leads individuals to be more likely to act unethically than a prevention focus (Studies 1, 2, and 3). These higher levels of dishonesty are explained by the influence of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
really leveled off, and has been stuck for at least 10 years."—Robin Ely But even with increasing representation, women still fill less than 15 percent of executive officer positions at Fortune 500 companies and make up just 3.6... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
of the University of Michigan. The researchers set out to quantify the impact of changes in annual H-1B admission levels from 1995 to 2008, when national caps fluctuated from a low of 65,000 workers a year to a high of 195,000. (The... View Details
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
Summing Up Is "identity" a victim of competitiveness? A recent study of organizational behavior published by Timothy Kieningham and Lerzan Toksoy shows that employees' perceptions of their employers' levels of commitment to them... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
Tucker notes that these systems have their place, as they provide the opportunity for workers to anonymously report safety violations being made by physicians and other health-care workers. But her research shows that they can also be counterproductive on many View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
this issue. Their studies focus mainly on the organizational and organizational field levels of analysis. In this paper, I aim to complement their work by examining under what conditions individuals are more likely to engage in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne