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- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
that new levels of interconnectivity via the Internet could help foster IT entrepreneurship in other regions, Prabhakar also observed that global competition is infusing the "cowboy culture" of Silicon Valley with a greater awareness of... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 26 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Perceived Power Brings to Negotiations
job seeker might not get a top salary even with a high level of perceived power—but the end result would reflect concessions on both sides and a larger overall pie to be shared. One possible reason: Parties perceived to be on a near-equal... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
SEC within 10 days of buying a 5 percent (or greater) stake in a company. It’s a legal requirement, which, like many disclosure requirements, is meant to level the playing field. Once that form is filed, everyone knows which View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Generation: How Successful Family Businesses Develop Their Next Leaders by Allan Cohen (MBA 1961) and Pramodita Sharma (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Companies owned and run by families need to develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills just like any other, but family... View Details
- 28 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life
that his company holds at the beginning of each summer to welcome interns has created a valuable opportunity for connection. Zwart also shared how company sponsored LGBTQ+ affinity groups can enhance the experience for members. “Offer different View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
employees, rapidly rising health-care costs, and the likely loss of existing protection against lawsuits for pain and suffering from medical events. She then disclosed the results of a 1999 KPMG survey of CEOs and consumers about consumer-driven health care. The View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
piracy strategically to improve its market position? From a managerial perspective, these are significant questions. If it turns out that OSS will incontestably displace traditional software, software firms need to adapt as quickly as... View Details
- 25 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry
Atlanta University Center, and the distinguished civil rights movement leader Reverend Ralph Abernathy was Diamond’s godfather. Diamond credits his mother—who worked in sales with Mary Kay cosmetics—with instilling in him a “high level of... View Details
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
Ralph Lauren Home shop in Filene’s. That forced me to engage with people on a new level and to convince them to spend $50 on a towel,” he says. He ultimately finished Duke and moved to New York City in 1987 to work at Chemical Bank, first... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
ideas and innovation can come from outside sources, and often they’re cheaper, faster, and better. "That’s the new thing that’s happening, this rise of open communities to create products" In many ways, it levels the playing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
analyzed the data (at the level of the respondent, the unit, or the hospital), where a higher percentage of the problems were assigned to a senior leader for action, there was a greater improvement in safety... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
New York office or local branches. In 1849, Tappan sold the agency to an associate, Benjamin Douglass, who in 1859 ceded control of the firm to his brother-in-law, Robert Graham Dun. That same year, coded reference books with condensed... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
issue for only a tiny fraction of the population of potential Apple customers.” As Guy put it, “I think consumers assume a certain level of security will be in the product--probably no better or worse than other products in the class.”... View Details
- 28 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
It Takes a Village: Global Field Courses at Harvard Business School
travel component) offered in the fall and spring terms in the EC year. While some aspects of higher education have a slower pace in the summer, planning for the upcoming academic year does not. At GEO, the communications team is managing feedback View Details
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The HBS Climate Rising Podcast Reaches 50 (Episodes)
regulations. We then interviewed partners leading the climate change practices at major management consulting firms including Deloitte, Bain, and McKinsey, the latter resulting in one of our most listened-to episodes. We rounded out 2022... View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
those on the receiving end. However, our data do suggest a high level of psychological engagement that we did not anticipate based on conventional wisdom and our reading of prior academic literature. When we... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
unique data set on the career histories of Indian bureaucrats supports the key predictions of our framework. We find that politicians use frequent reassignments (transfers) across posts of varying importance as a means of control.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
base. As a result, they get cost savings, and we get sales.” Welcome to the new reality in U.S. manufacturing, where, more than ever, intense foreign competition is driving product and strategy innovations. Even those firms without direct... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS
investments, and environment of the global food supply chain, with an immersive look at the role of plant-based foods. Professor Max Bazerman, accompanied by Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni, entrepreneur and director of the venture firm... View Details