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- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
abandon their ethics to get it.” When applied to individuals, the question prompted an interesting exchange between Sandeep and Phillippe Gouamba regarding the effect of wealth and poverty on the tendency of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Public Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Public Entrepreneurship Course Number 1623 Professor of Management Practice Mitchell Weiss Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Career Focus This course is designed for students who may found, join, or fund private... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Business Suits You: Experimenting with Professional Identity
junior professionals in consulting and investment banking firms. She found that these individuals had various methods of discovering how to create an effective image for themselves as senior managers. The most prevalent form of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Books: Winning the Influence Game
framework for analyzing the effects of government on business and an introduction to the techniques that are necessary for organizing to influence government. "The workings of government are so remote from the commonsense practices of the... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
PublicationsThe Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence Authors:David Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Publication:Journal of International Management 18, no. 3 (September... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 6
performance. Your students effectively prepare for leadership roles and truly think like managers as they master and address the many integrated facets involved in answering the key question: How are leaders... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Profile
Cristiana Torres
the logical next step. Cristiana was accepted by both Stanford and HBS, but she chose the latter. "I was searching for a general management education that would bring access to a broad range of industries and people," she says.... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
distribution separately, experience diversity helps trim poor outcomes significantly more than it helps create breakthroughs, relative to the effect of external networks. Complex Business Models: Managing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
firms, we find that when institutional efficiency is low, family ownership and management increase value; however, family control in excess of ownership reduces value. When institutional efficiency is high, none of these View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2016
- Blog Post
Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Renee Pappastratis
Tell us about your role at HBS. As a Recruiting Relations Manager in Career and Professional Development, I engage daily with organizations looking to develop and refine their recruiting strategy at HBS. The industries I work with include... View Details
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
more important than the physical aspect." “Companies don't fully exploit the latest ideas that their product has created” In a paper published last year in the Academy of Management Review called "The Second Face of... View Details
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
an effective solution for companies. She co-wrote the journal article with HBS doctoral student Grace Cormier, as well as three employees of Happify, Allison L. Williams, Acacia C. Parks, and Julia Stafford. Happify, which funded the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Consumer Products
The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from HBS staff dedicated to your... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- Web
Raffaella Sadun | Working Knowledge
management and organizational practices varies across organizations within and across countries, and how this affects productivity at the micro and macro level. Sadun currently co-leads the Digital Reskilling Lab at HBS, where she studies... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
top-down or laissez-faire management by the general manager; poor coordination across functions, businesses, or borders; lack of effective and honest vertical communication; and inadequate leadership skills... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 02 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 2, 2009
Working PapersTruth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor Authors:Christina Fong and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract It is often difficult for donors to predict the value of charitable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
“There is actually a lot of heterogeneity with the actions that executives take. For me that was very surprising.” Pérez Cavazos, part of the Accounting and Management Unit, initially doubted his colleague Andreya M. Silva would find... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 29 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS
The first few weeks of the first year at HBS can certainly be overwhelming: meeting 900 new people, learning how to prepare for cases and how to jump in at the right time in class, managing an influx of social events, determining which... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
the importance of risk management and oversight. Robert C. Merton, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, similarly expressed concern about the unintended consequences of change on Wall Street, closing with the assertion that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty Research Online
book outlining the seven questions every manager should ask, see http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6493.html. Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees Do you think effective leadership requires... View Details