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- 10 Feb 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital
- Research Summary
Making Machine Learning Models Fair
The goal of this research direction is to ensure that the machine learning models we build and deploy do not discriminate against individuals from minority groups. View Details
- 19 Apr 2021
- News
Biggest risks in return to offices: Harvard remote work guru
Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation
Organization Science, 22(6):1399-1417
We argue that innovation by individual users and open collaborative innovation increasingly compete with and may displace producer innovation in many parts of the economy.
View Details- October 2005
- Background Note
Tax Impropriety: Judicial Sanctions and Professional Repercussions
By: Henry B. Reiling, Catherine M. Conneely, Frank Bruno and Kevin Wall
Examines the case histories of high-profile individuals who failed to meet their tax obligations, the judicial sanctions carried out against them, and the repercussions on their professional and personal lives. View Details
Reiling, Henry B., Catherine M. Conneely, Frank Bruno, and Kevin Wall. "Tax Impropriety: Judicial Sanctions and Professional Repercussions." Harvard Business School Background Note 206-036, October 2005.
- January 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Background Note
Power Dynamics in Organizations
By: Linda A. Hill
Designed to introduce the concepts of power and power dynamics to students in the MBA second-year elective course Power and Influence. Defines "power" and "influence," and explores the role of power dynamics in managerial work and in the life of organizations. Combats... View Details
Hill, Linda A. "Power Dynamics in Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 494-083, January 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
- 02 Aug 2021
- News
Why Bond Funds May Be Riskier than They Seem
- 14 Sep 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO
correctness, free speech, or affirmative action. It is relating to people as authentic human beings, not as representatives of a group or class. Great harm is done when groups of people are stereotyped as having certain characteristics, rather than looking deeper at... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 11 Jun 2019
- News
Your Right To Vote Used To Depend On Where You Lived
- Article
Is a VC Partnership Greater Than the Sum of Its Partners?
By: Michael Ewens and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
This paper investigates whether individual venture capitalists have repeatable investment skill and to what extent their skill is impacted by the VC firm where they work. We examine a unique dataset that tracks the performance of individual venture capitalists'... View Details
Ewens, Michael, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Is a VC Partnership Greater Than the Sum of Its Partners?" Journal of Finance 70, no. 3 (June 2015): 1081–1113.
- 24 Jul 2015
- News
John to speak on the plus-side of our irrationality
- 24 Feb 2015
- News
Nasdaq more in control as it returns to record territory
- 10 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the Health & Wellness Club
Our Mission Our mission is to establish a community at Harvard Business School for individuals who are interested in exploring health and wellness trends and connecting with like-minded students, entrepreneurs, and leaders in this space.... View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
is doubtful that globally organized labor will be able to achieve the same purposes that have motivated unions on a national basis because "the purpose of most unions is 'the greater good' and generally not that of individual... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Sep 2015
- News
Stress at work is just as bad as secondhand smoke
- March 1999 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Saevig Corporation
By: Henry B. Reiling and Mark Pollard
The taxpayer purchased land and later transferred it to a family controlled corporation in return for an earn out. When funds were eventually received, the IRS treated them as dividends, whereas the individual and corporate taxpayers contended they were sums paid on... View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Debt Securities; Taxation; Outcome or Result; Financial Reporting; Family Business; Assets; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Reiling, Henry B., and Mark Pollard. "Saevig Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 299-082, March 1999. (Revised June 2005.)
- Summer 2025
- Article
Time Well Spent: A New Way to Value Time Could Change Your Life
By: Leslie Perlow and Salvatore J Affinito
When individuals engage in fulfilling activities outside of work, they perform better on the job, but simply encouraging work-life balance doesn’t help with hour-by-hour time management. A new tool for measuring the subjective value of time for individuals as it varies... View Details
Perlow, Leslie, and Salvatore J Affinito. "Time Well Spent: A New Way to Value Time Could Change Your Life." MIT Sloan Management Review 66, no. 4 (Summer 2025): 44–49.
- 2010
- Article
Fretting About Modest Risks Is a Mistake
By: Matthew Rabin and Max Bazerman
Managers often engage in risk-averse behavior, and economists, decision analysts, and managers treat risk aversion as a preference. In many cases, acting in a risk-averse manner is a mistake, but managers can correct this mistake with greater reflection. This article... View Details
Rabin, Matthew, and Max Bazerman. "Fretting About Modest Risks Is a Mistake." California Management Review 61, no. 3 (May 2019): 34–48.
- October 2022
- Article
Revisiting Extraversion and Leadership Emergence: A Social Network Churn Perspective
By: Blaine Landis, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Dan J. Wang and Robert W. Krause
One of the classic relationships in personality psychology is that extraversion is associated with emerging as an informal leader. However, recent findings raise questions about the longevity of extraverted individuals as emergent leaders. Here, we adopt a social... View Details
Keywords: Extraversion; Social Networks; Emergent Leadership; Leadership Development; Personal Characteristics; Perception
Landis, Blaine, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Dan J. Wang, and Robert W. Krause. "Revisiting Extraversion and Leadership Emergence: A Social Network Churn Perspective." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 123, no. 4 (October 2022): 811–829.