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Jennifer DeWhitt

You usually find things that are unexpected. When you put so many analytical minds together in one room, you can go more deeply into the problem and the potential solutions.” “HBS has changed my perspective on leadership,” says Jennifer. “Now, I see that it’s more... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

Driven

the result of conscious choices that are influenced by four fundamental drives: the drive to acquire objects and experiences that improve our status relative to others; the drive to bond with others in long-term relationships of mutual... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?

learn Kahn’s study on the effect of managerial quality on baseball team performance and Belichick’s example in practice offer valuable lessons that support the hype generated when coaches are hired. First, all other things being equal, managerial quality strongly View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Group Therapy

emerging markets has been part of a larger effort to understand how local business environments influence company strategy. Thus far, strategy scholars have emphasized the importance of industry and firm-specific characteristics in... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

03 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

refers to as “the engine of our business.” As the company continues to grow, both Surette and Peters reflect back on how their HBS experience has influenced their work as leaders. “Over the course of six years at the company it’s been a... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

05 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact

the spectrum, which was part of what drove me to enroll in the MBA program. What influenced your decision to go into clean tech? I’m definitely passionate about the environment and interested in finding ways to contribute to solutions to... View Details

25 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry

corporate world, Diamond recognized an opportunity “to add to the texture of a village of creative artists who have the power to influence a huge global audience.” A year later, with Blackhouse cofounders Ryan Tarpley and Carol Ann Shine,... View Details

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

on that potential pricing structure. At the same time, US businesses now wield more and more political power to influence such policy, thanks in part to Supreme Court rulings like Citizens United that enable them to spend unlimited sums... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Energy; Utilities

15 Jul 2025
Blog Post

Outrage at the Death of a Tree

also ends up influencing local climate patterns and then some. Trees constitute part of what I’d refer to as natural capital, with attendant economic benefits, even beyond their pleasing demeanor, shady succor and sheer majesty. A full... View Details

25 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist

effectively to influence federal and state legislation.” Tom conceded that water has its own idiosyncratic complexities that make it harder to provide market-based support in the same way that energy and other elements of the... View Details

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Clarence Kennedy and the Art of Photography | Baker Library

affection and stimulating conversations about the technical and artistic aspects of instant photography. Peter Buse, author of The Camera Does the Rest: How Polaroid Changed Photography , writes that “Kennedy’s influence on Polaroid... View Details

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“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Accountable Care Organization.” “Doing the analysis was part of my work,” says Josh, “but the most important part of the job was getting people on board, influencing them, speaking across boundaries – getting them to understand why this... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

Entrepreneurship at HBS

Nonetheless, in this series of articles we hope to convey a sense of the pervasive influence the School's entrepreneurs have had on our daily lives. This anniversary is also a time to turn our eyes to the future and to the promise of new... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

The Protagonist Goes Prime Time

the interviewee and the viewer,” says Page. A trip to the Bay Area in April captured the concepting phase, and a second trip to Peru in May, the prototyping phase. On this final trip, the video crew carried only a GoPro and a handheld video camera, so that their... View Details

Keywords: April White

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

Breaks in Interaction Improve Collective Intelligence By: Bernstein, Ethan, Jesse Shore, and David Lazer Abstract— People influence each other when they interact to solve problems. Such social influence... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 21

study at two UK-based banks, documents and analyzes the practices used by risk managers as they aim to gather and establish influence in their organizations. Specifically, we examine how influence-seeking risk managers (1) establish and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

influence on the family's portfolio decisions. Consistent with this, we find that family trustees significantly overweight their 401(k) client firm's stock. Trustee overweighting is more pronounced when the conflict of interest of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Gender & Work research symposium. This year's event, "Research to Change the World: Translating Ideas, Transforming Practice," will bring together scholars and practitioners to explore how research can effectively reach and influence... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Leaders must be strategists first

behavioral aspects of leading a firm—building organizations and influencing people. Montgomery wants to change that approach, teaching leaders to ask the question, What will this firm be, and why will it matter? Although a company may... View Details

29 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

likelihood of implementation, while traditional governance indicators do not seem to play a key role. In particular, the likelihood of implementation is increasing in the percentage of votes cast in favor of the proposal and in the ownership and View Details