Managing Difficult Interactions - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2019
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The Fight Beyond

But there were those within the US government who knew they needed more than fighters on the front lines. Green had the necessary skills to manage the business of the war, and the connections to get himself hired for the job. Green came... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Wesley Allsbrook

30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

to examine the effects of team familiarity and variation in experience on multiple measures of performance for software development projects. In most cases, we do not find evidence of a significant main effect for variation in experience on performance. However, when... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

Personal loans from family or friends After a multiyear trial, MBA Financial Aid no longer considers personal loans as eligible for the three HBS loan assistance programs. This type of loan has proven difficult to both authenticate and... View Details

17 Dec 2017
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How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

camp in Uganda, and you heard a woman's song. Heaney: I was over in Africa doing some work, and in Africa, many of the organizations need very specific skill sets, medical training, logistics experience. I didn't have those, so I had to look for a while to find... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

things to different people," says HBS assistant professor Forest L. Reinhardt, who teaches the MBA elective Business Management and the Natural Environment. "For example, many economists, in particular, take the view that harvesters of... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Jun 2020
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Meal Plan

Holdings, a $300 million fund with investments in several restaurant concepts including Tatte Bakery, CAVA, Life Alive, BJ’s Restaurants and Clover Food Labs. Christian, can you walk me through how the management team at Inspire Brands... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; restaurants; COVID-19; pandemic; recovery; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911055-PDF-ENG Mochi Media Thomas Eisenmann and Amit JainHarvard Business School Case 811-056 In late 2009, the management of Mochi Media, a venture-backed startup, must decide how to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2018
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‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

and value inclusion when they are in school, it is going to be increasingly difficult for them to function in the real world,” says Darden in a final reflection. “If you don’t know how to talk to people who aren’t from your own particular... View Details

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

something lasting,” said Josh Kraft, who is president of Kraft Family Philanthropies. The fund has raised nearly $30 million to support community groups and coalitions that fight racism and racial inequity in Massachusetts. Among its core leadership are Greg Shell (MBA... View Details

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