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- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
nostalgic stories with team members may help them build deeper connections because nostalgia orients people toward social goals. For example, in one set of studies my colleagues and I conducted, we found that having research participants... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
orientation that manifests itself in investing, in business decision-making, and in our politics. One of society’s most vexing problems is the relentlessly short-term orientation that manifests itself in... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Knowledge Integration Rules at Yale
segment called Orientation to Management, a general introduction to concepts, tools, and problem-framing methodologies. In addition, students work on developing interpersonal skills needed to be an effective leader. The next twelve weeks,... View Details
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
the redirection of existing inventive activity. Read the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-118.pdf Finding the Right Mix: How the Composition of Self-managing Multicultural Teams' Cultural Value Orientation Influences Performance... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
questionnaire to determine their SVO. Sure enough, those with a pro-social orientation forked over an average of $1.22 for the cookie, while those with a pro-self orientation paid an average of 62 cents.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
This raises a number of questions about who pays a lot...and who pays a little. Can sellers take low-cost subtle actions that will get the people who pay a little to pay a little bit more? Past research on social value orientation shows... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management
have focused on overconfidence and other background characteristics. Although this individually and psychologically oriented research has pointed to some interesting correlations, we argue that unfortunate consequences too easily result... View Details
- Profile
Maria Brewer
professional setting and love the creating phase of a business, particularly in early stage startups. I also realized that there were many ways to be involved in socially oriented businesses and personally joined the council of an... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Live Long and Prosper: Lillian Too Reveals Ancient Chinese Secrets
locations of natural phenomena such as mountains and rivers, there are lucky and unlucky places and orientations for buildings; there are auspicious and inauspicious locations for rooms; there are even right and wrong places for objects... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success
market-driven and competitive. Explaining the cultural consistency among high-performing companies throughout the world, Deshpandé observes, "Assigning top priority to innovation and customer orientation really does pay dividends. It is... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
the companies that did the best job of order cycle management. Despite the overwhelming data, some companies just do not take the customer orientation seriously.— Benson Shapiro Finally, order cycle management helped to enable the supply... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
MiCampo - Marcus Stromeyer (MBA 2024), Julian Saavedra - MiCampo is an AI-powered ranch management solution for Latin America. NEAT: Niger Meat - Sharif Nami (MBA 2024), Mouin Chreif (MBA 2024), Ali Akhdar - First export oriented abattoir... View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
organizations are certainly economic instruments, but they also have an immense impact on human development and the well-being of society. Sustaining research attention on both the ethical and economic responsibilities of business, and on the tensions between them,... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- Web
Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellows Program | MBA
Fellows. Who should apply? Applicants for the Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellows program are Harvard College sophomores and juniors who have: A record of academic excellence at Harvard College. Demonstrated leadership and potential for innovation and/or... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure
Simon cautions, "First, recognize that this is a family trip, not just a trip for you and your spouse. It has to be oriented toward everyone. If you plan to have a great time with your kids, then it will work." The family slept in tents,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Launching Leaders: HBS's New Initiative Fuels First-Generation and Low-Income Student Success
For Claire Pang (MBA 2026), the orientation provided both practical information and a sense of community. “Tactically, the [pre-orientation] equipped me with knowledge, for example about section dues, which are $300 to $400. We needed to... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
friendlier toward business and investors." Despite all his private-sector activity, Keshavjee spends the bulk of his time on philanthropy, earning numerous awards and commendations for his service. Honey Care Africa, just one of those socially View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
today’s students do the same. Supporting People and Programs Barry notes that when he was at the School, there were few students from abroad and only a handful of globally oriented cases discussed, whereas now the numbers for both have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
orientation to general management that is applicable in all situations — speaks to all students regardless of their near-term aspirations. The judges were also interested to see how entrepreneurship was integrated into some other key HBS... View Details
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006
by the World Economic Forum. The U.S., ranked number one in four of the last six years, scored high on business environment, financial markets, and innovative capacity. Germany, number two, benefited from its orientation on exports, the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne