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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
risk of long-term mental health effects. During the summer of 2023, volunteers administered more than 50 small, in-person support groups for 648 children and adolescents in six regions in the country that... View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
account for horizontal peer comparison when designing executive wage contracts and that this comparison has productivity consequences for firms. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43633 How Do Risk Managers Become... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary
with a rigid structure that discouraged risk taking. For some, learning flex-leadership styles helped them to find success and others found company cultures outside of their home countries where they could... View Details
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
and Bart Hobijn Abstract This note accompanies the Cross‐country Historical Adoption of Technology (CHAT) dataset. CHAT is an unbalanced panel dataset with information on the adoption of over 100 technologies in more than 150 countries... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
8 Reasons the Section Experience is the Best Part About HBS
and out of case method learning. #2: Flag Ceremony Every November, each section hosts a Flag Ceremony. We hang flags against the back wall, each representing a country where a student calls home. While we have culture nights as a section... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
made serious efforts to negotiate a handover. That said, it took Jimmy Carter's willingness to cut endless deals and risk political suicide to get the Panama Canal treaties through the Senate. The reason was that a large swath of American... View Details
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni
and has received your donor thank-you letter (see FAQs below for more information). HBS expects that you will stay current on any of your student loan obligations. Please note that Harvard may not be able or willing to make payments to students from View Details
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
because our individual freedoms are encumbered by laws. Which is exactly the issue here. Companies are free and auditors are free to do whatever they want except violate the laws. So reducing the bite, the risk of litigation, is not... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
On the Radar
Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
pressures. It can be a brutal situation." Indeed, as the Wall Street Journal's front page proclaimed last fall in the wake of the downturn in Asia, overcapacity has become "a dire and obvious problem for countries around the world."... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
firms do not have a succession plan. Maintaining best practices around physical and mental health is not a luxury or a frill, but an essential aspect of risk management. CEOs and top management need to prioritize taking care of their own... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
expertise, and then gathering them in the quest for a common goal—the way Torsten Thiele, a European banker, helped get insurance companies together with NGOs to look at projects to improve the health of the oceans, which would certainly reduce insurance View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54476 Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace By: Gu, Grace, and Feng Zhu Abstract—As an intermediary improves trust between two sides of its market to facilitate matching and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis
Reports - Click "Browse" and in the "Industry and Market Reports" section select BMI Industry Reports. IBISWorld IBISWorld is a database that provides research reports on industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
were not strong enough to prevent the growth of private labels in Europe, but they were sufficient to maintain Unilever's strong position in higher margin products. It was able to leverage knowledge of brands and products between View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
joining HBS. Omar Al Mulhem (MBA 2023, Section A), Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Sustainable Investing Team at BlackRock BlackRock is one of the world’s leading providers of investment, advisory and risk management solutions.... View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Managing Risks Balancing Innovation and Control Featured Exercises Analyze your organization’s approach to managing common organizational tensions Analyze a job using the Job Design Optimization Tool (JDOT) Identify ways to dial up... View Details
- 26 Sep 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Lady Gaga
tour, "Fame Kills." The event was supposed to launch in November but, on September 13, West famously stormed the stage at the MTV Music Awards, just as the young country star Taylor Swift was accepting the award for Best Female... View Details
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
concept, there are many challenges and risks in execution for the service organization, government and investors. The VELUX FOUNDATIONS: Selecting Impact Funds (819021) by Vikram Gandhi , Caitlin Lindsay Reimers Brumme and Nathaniel... View Details
- 30 Apr 2020
- Book
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details