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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

Enroll Now Key Concepts Discover how balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements are developed and how each interact Evaluate the financial health of a business using financial statements Understand GAAP and IFRS standards... View Details

03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

a second-hand truck for $120. This purchase set McLean on his lifelong career in the transportation industry. McLean soon began hauling dirt, produce, and other odds and ends for the farming community in Maxton, where reliable... View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

16 Jan 2013
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The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management

Caitlin C. Rosenthal didn't intend to write a book about slavery. She set out to tackle something much more mundane: the history of business practices. But when she started researching account books from the mid-1800s, a period of major... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

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What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

to work as their peers who are male or single, and as a result, don't hear about challenging developmental and high-profile assignments. Once they reach higher levels of leadership, women discover they are held to different standards and... View Details

28 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

How Racial Bias Taints Customer Service: Evidence from 6,000 Hotels

cues. While standardized scripts, automation, and training that emphasizes cultural awareness can go a long way in preventing bias, managers must set the right tone and hold their teams accountable. Managers... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

approach these leadership roles to withstand the pressures that can divert behavior away from the espoused purposes and ethical standards of medicine? July–August 2014 Article How the Other Fukushima Plant Survived By: Ranjay Gulati ,... View Details

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Strategy and the Internet

If average profitability is under pressure in many industries influenced by the Internet, it becomes all the more important for individual companies to set themselves apart from the pack—to be more profitable than the average performer.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter

07 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

As LEGO Group continues to expand globally, it raises questions about the viability of its sustainable practices at scale. Can it scale its Replay program that now represents a drop in the bucket of new sets sold? How will it balance... View Details

20 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

practices of their clients, who have the power to fire them if they do notice. Q: The book is full of examples of people making decisions that they thought were ethical but clearly violated their own standards for ethical behavior—for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

The Three Components of Family Governance

right topics are a costly waste of time. I want to point out again that a family council or family assembly complements rather than replaces the board of directors. The family council sets policy for the family and recommends policy that... View Details

17 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men

afterwards, their employment prospects were pretty dismal,” says Mark Egan, an assistant professor of finance at Harvard Business School. Egan details the misconduct findings in a new working paper, “When Harry Fired Sally: The Double View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

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FAQ - Alumni

counted in that year’s giving totals and listed in HBS's annual Report on Giving . For questions about an existing pledge or to customize your pledge fulfillment schedule, please contact HBS Gift Management at gifts@hbs.edu or 617.495.6207. Is my pledge legally... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

transform countries is through the grit and passion of entrepreneurs. That’s the way we raise economic well-being and increase standards of living,” Gompers says. During the course of this research in the Middle East, Asia, and Central... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

timing of repayment obligations. The standard microfinance contract has very little discretion in terms of when you repay your loan, so Natalia and her collaborators did one of the earliest studies to look at what happens if we relax that... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services

04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

two things simultaneously, but we typically do one or the other, because we incorrectly think of it as a trade-off. People will reach their full potential if we set high standards for them, but at the same... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Terms of Use - Alumni

without notice to users any user content that does not meet the standards set by the Alumni Website Full Terms of Use (pdf) . Email My Class or Section/Alumni Messaging Service The Alumni Messaging Service... View Details

06 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Short Intensive Programs 2024 Preview: From Climate Change to Formula 1

Schlesinger. “These courses offer great topics with faculty who really care about the space and are willing to experiment with modalities, technologies, approaches, and guests—almost all courses make very heavy use of visitors in a way that goes way beyond those... View Details

14 Dec 2007
Op-Ed

When Your Product Becomes a Commodity

profits? If you've heard it, you've probably wondered if it was just a convenient excuse or if the manager had a valid point. The truth is, even when a raw material has no value added and quality standards are View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

rewards are more effective when the peer group is larger. Overall, the findings demonstrate the power of non-financial rewards to motivate agents in settings where there are limits to the use of financial incentives. August 2001 (Revised... View Details

30 May 2024
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Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

use very simple language models to standardize the text presented to clinicians,” Stern says. “What if there were a way to develop a tool that would scan and repackage information to make triage more efficient?” Reducing inequality beyond... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health

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