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Ian studies extrinsic rewards -- monetary incentives from formal compensation systems, as well as other formal and informal external rewards-- in order to help businesses understand the tensions and tradeoffs inherent in motivating employees. His research takes a... View Details

22 Feb 2023
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Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

and job opportunities with leading companies. My disability advocacy stems from my time at Cornell University, where I was recognized as a Truman Scholar for my work on disability initiatives with students on campus, youth across the... View Details

27 Nov 2013
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Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms

Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln

30 Aug 2018
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My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

opportunity to solve the real issues faced by case protagonists through hundreds of repetitions. Debating these issues as a section—and noting that my “great” analysis often fell short—helped me recognize personal blind spots. It also trained me to seek out and rely on... View Details

12 Oct 2022
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11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

you will have the strength to lift you up when you can’t do it yourself. Just like how Jenny did for me, and how I will do for Jenny infinite times over. Teresa Danso-Danquah (she/they), Class of 2024 My earliest memory of questioning my identity View Details

14 Sep 2018
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10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

learn this past month? Regarding my classmates: 1. There’s a variety of STEM backgrounds I came in expecting everyone to be a software engineer, but fortunately, I was wrong. There’s a mix of different types of engineers, as well as... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

revolutionizes manufacturing Space shuttle Influence: Medium-High 90 1990 s Boom in connectivity Cloning, stem cell research DVDs Influence: Medium 1900 s 19 Progressivism The Jungle sparks food and work safety movement Influence: Low 10... View Details

01 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

production pressures that left workers too busy to suggest innovations, nor did it come from supervisors—predominantly on fixed-pay contracts—stuffing the box with ideas. Rather, the dearth of bigger-picture innovation on the part of rank-and-file workers appeared to... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

STEM majors or from women’s colleges, Peek Weekend was designed to give current college sophomores, juniors, and seniors insight into the MBA program. August 2015 HBX Live Classroom Renamed Harvard Business School Live Online Classrooms... View Details

28 Apr 2015
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3 Reasons Engineers Thrive at Business School

goals involved doing something more strategic, so I chose to come to b-school to learn business skills that complemented my technical background. I believe that people with STEM backgrounds already have a strong foundation in critical... View Details

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

senior research fellow Laura L. Nash are conducting for a forthcoming book on the meaning and choices behind the success of high contributors. Success that endures, they are discovering, stems from four particular sources that are often... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women

tackle different sorts of markets or different sorts of problems.” How to boost patents by women In recent years, progress has been made toward gender parity in science, as more women enter STEM fields and enroll in technical degree... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

passed white rates in mid-1942. It stayed that way until the US ended voluntary enlistment, the authors write. "Our point is not that African Americans did not participate. In fact, they did volunteer—and did so at high rates." A large part of the change View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

listen to each other's perspective and to learn about each other's interests and constraints. But this isn't the norm for several reasons. First, relatives tend to be less curious and inquiring about their relatives than they are of others they know less well. This... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

Portrait Project

Karen Sein

tragedies of difference often stemmed from the absence of opportunity. My education showed me new juxtapositions wherein abject poverty coexisted with opulent wealth. But the saddest image I saw was the disparities in health care, a... View Details

05 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

of the business. I help her with MAYU’s financials, commercials, fund raising, etc. A lot of what I do for MAYU stems from my learnings from classes like TEM, FMSF, and the more generic finance classes from the RC year. It is indeed very... View Details

31 May 2023
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

joy that working on Trikafta has given me.” My hero: “Barbara McClintock discovered what’s referred to as ‘jumping genes.’ She has commented how that discovery was enabled by her different outlook as a female scientist. I’m selfishly motivated to bring diverse people... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

Unilever proved flexible enough to retain them, fostered by its belief that ultimately consumers worldwide would want its products. Moreover the oil price rises resulted in an extraordinary growth of profitability of the UAC [United Africa Company] View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

25 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?

He spoke with the Harvard Gazette about MLB’s finances and prospects. Interview has been edited for clarity and length. Harvard Gazette: How healthy is the business of Major League Baseball today? Stephen Greyser: They have stemmed some... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Media & Broadcasting; Sports

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Research - Health Care

more patient-centric therapeutic development by generating evidence that captures how patients feel and function, enabling decentralized trial designs that increase participant inclusivity and convenience, and collecting... April 29, 2024 Article View Details

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