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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
three-piece suit kind of guy, and I wasn't. I preferred Boston to New York. And I didn't like working with computers then any more than I do now. Despite the good money, it wasn't the right fit." Instead, O'Donnell remained at HBS as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
while, everyone else in the ground-coffee market had done something similar, and it’s been going on ever since. You tend to see this happen at times of increasing costs of raw materials, wages, and energy prices—anything that puts... View Details
- 04 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Reapplying to HBS
admitted to HBSmore than two years prior to matriculating? It's difficult enough figuring out life for the next six months, let alone two or three years in the future. In fact, while still in undergrad, I would have preferred to pursue an... View Details
- Web
Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Simone Marinesi. Himabindu Lakkaraju : Recipient of the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Science in 2024. 2023 Prithwiraj Choudhury : Selected for the 2023 Forbes Future of Work 50 list. Amy C. Edmondson : Winner of the 2023 Financial... View Details
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
differs by firm ownership. We study CEOs in the Indian manufacturing sector, where family ownership is widespread and the productivity dispersion across firms is substantial. Time use analysis of 356 CEOs of listed firms yields three sets... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
gender or racial minority might feel pressure to fill stereotypical roles or represent their entire group. “It was unexpected to us that people would even be willing to put themselves in these situations,” says Chang, noting the vast research showing that people View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Michael F. Cronin
hoses and egg cartons), Tweeter Home Entertainment, and Casella Waste Systems. To keep diversified, there's also the start-up airline, JetBlue, and some dot-coms, most notably MapQuest. Says Cronin, “Our preferred MO is to be a strong... View Details
- 15 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village
ultimate leader of the business, ownership, and family is the natural choice for most families (and most nonfamily groups) around the world. The preference for one leader seems only slightly culturally driven; it's very common in Italy,... View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’
factors—gender, rank, and openness—played into people’s decisions about which colleagues they preferred to see online. In a final study, participants were asked to recall whether they connected with former and current colleagues in real... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- Web
Fundraising - Alumni
to join you in supporting your class's reunion campaign? Volunteers can choose to focus their efforts on broad-based gift participation, leadership gift commitments, or planned giving—and they can do this within their section or across the class. The View Details
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
Summing Up Our perceptions of whether we do "what's right" depend on such things as the situation, the time frame, the expectations of others, and whether we are face-to-face with the object of our actions. And we are much... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
Unfortunately, superior decision making is distressingly difficult to assess in real time. Successful outcomes—decisions of high quality, made in a timely manner and implemented effectively—can be evaluated only after the fact. But by the... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- Web
2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Celebration Dean Srikant Datar: Welcome Address Video Recording + More Info – Less Info Hear an update on the Dean’s key priorities, which will strengthen and accelerate the School’s impact in the world. Faculty Presentations Can Evidence-Based Information Shift View Details
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study investigates this idea empirically using personnel and lending data from a financial services organization that implemented a highly decentralized... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
followership dynamics are really one and the same. Those who lead in one instance may follow in another." As C. J. Cullinane put it, "... to be a great leader you first have to be at some time in your career a great... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
October 14, experts warned that “voluntary” carbon reduction targets being set at COP26 are far from sufficient to meaningfully address climate change. Methane, which is 60 to 80 times worse than CO2, they said, isn’t even part of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
demand shifts by season. Brands and retailers must correctly stock items in their customers’ preferred color, pattern, style, fit, and price without much historical data. “Most of the software out there is backward looking and purely... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
Cashing in on the $60 billion global luxury goods market has never been tougher—or more rewarding. Competition is keen. And consumer preferences are constantly shifting, causing the concept of luxury itself to change over time. As a... View Details
- 02 May 2022
- What Do You Think?
Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
source of criticism from those preferring research based on large data bases of quantitative information and advanced analytic techniques. "It can be a living hell for some distinguished CEOs returning to the School thinking that they can... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
prefer not to take the trouble to protect against it” proved to be effective and led the late majority to vaccinate their children. Since multiple vaccines and data on vaccines may be available by the time... View Details