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30 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

deliberate on important decisions. Masking the gender of applicants for tech jobs before deciding whether they should be interviewed can remove bias from the process. And when selecting employees for a task, managers should compare two or... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

on what you can offer to the relationship, it might be an important mindset to have, and remove some of those feelings of inauthenticity," Gino says. In previous research, Gino has studied the effect of framing an idea in terms of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

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

conception of what their job duties were, with employment contracts focused heavily on their particular task in the manufacturing process. For these workers, things like proposing a morale-boosting monthly birthday celebration or suggesting that an awkward dividing... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

PepsiCo used a similar argument to prevent its advertising firm from working for a key competitor. PepsiCo's CEO worked closely with the CEO of its Frito-Lay unit and PepsiCo's general counsel to devise a strategy to remove trans fats... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

removed in 1980 when the exchange converted to electronic record keeping and displays. About the Names George F. Baker George F. Baker at library dedication, 1927 In 1924, Harvard Business School’s first benefactor, George F. Baker,... View Details

07 May 2024
Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

provide health and equity benefits. The remaining 0.5% is a modest investment in Frontier projects which is made up of promising, innovative, yet higher risk permanent carbon removal technologies ready to scale, which are important as... View Details

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

seller groups as well as between them. It, in fact, leads to better agreements that provide more value to the buyer and lower cost to the seller. Customers only receive and pay for what they value and suppliers can reduce costs by View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

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2.1.3 Classroom Recording, Photography & Social Media - MBA

faculty, or class visitors is not permitted in any form during course-related sessions. This is intended to ensure that class-related activities remain confidential, allowing for candid participation and risk-taking in our learning environments. Additionally, it View Details

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

freaked out, but I had purposely limited the time for uncomfortable Q&A. I kept my phone off for some weeks to remove the hassle. I would still consider publicly coming out to be the easier step, at least compared to fully embracing... View Details

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

need to make the obligations you have. Can you work from home, at least part of the week? Is there wiggle-room in work hours and scheduling? Can you trade travel for time off? Schedule collaboratively Make it a practice to meet once a week with your partner to discuss... View Details

11 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?

image of raw serenity it presented to the world; yet it took a concerted marketing effort that highlighted these elements in an attractive way to succeed. Prepare to invest money and time. Ten years ago, South Korea set out to remove the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Tourism

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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “By making it possible for the photographer to observe his work and his subject matter simultaneously, and by removing... View Details

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

delivery, house-cleaning, and takeout is worth the expense because it eliminates drudgery from our days, which leads to greater life satisfaction, Whillans’ research shows. “It may feel like an extravagance, but if you removed your most... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Feb 1999
News

Too Much of a Good Thing?

traditionally been major players. "Given the many psychological and political barriers that impede exit and the removal of capacity from production in the developed economies of the West, the potential for political and social disruption... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

feet up, and coast through their Golden Years. Like a boiling kettle removed from the burner, most retirees initially feel a blissful release from intense pressure when 40 or more hours are no longer dedicated to a job each week. An empty... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

In the first step toward entrepreneurship, career seekers face a fundamental choice that affects every subsequent action: do you see yourself as a startup founder or joiner? The Path of the Founder Founders are typically driven by one of two things: Passion about a... View Details

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

management tackle big opportunities. The accelerators are: Create a sense of urgency. Build guiding coalition. Form strategic vision and initiatives. Enlist volunteer army. Enable action by removing barriers. Generate short-term wins.... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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Is AI Coming for Your Job?

mathematical equations that the calculator could solve became more important. The calculator became an invaluable tool for rocket science, but it did not remove the need for math, engineering, or deep problem-solving by humans. In fact,... View Details

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem

organizations. The keystone's importance to ecosystem health is such that, in many cases, its removal will lead to the catastrophic collapse of the entire system. For example, WorldCom's failure had negative repercussions for the entire... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

01 Jun 2024
News

Leveraging Generative AI

Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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