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Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

to avoid disruption costs, but we theorize that such res... Are ESG Improvements Recognized? Perspectives from the Public Sentiments By: Shaolong Wu Summer 2025 | Journal of Impact and ESG Investing While Environment, Social, and... View Details

11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

forthcoming Abstract With rising CEO turnover, companies are increasingly looking outside for qualified candidates. Sure, externally recruited CEOs bring fresh perspectives and connections. But they lack the in-depth knowledge of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Supply Chain , Harvard Business School background note, 2019. Victorian Contributions to Political Economy and Business Ethics , Victorian Visionary: John Ruskin and the Realization of the Ideal chapter, 2019. The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi View Details

14 Sep 2021
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Top 5 Myths About HBS

family-like element that exists in your day-to-day life, people you take the same classes with and that you really grow a bond with. You spend a lot of time outside of the classroom getting to know them, their partners, their families,... View Details

16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

According to a new book by Harvard Business School's Ranjay Gulati, it is customer-centric firms—those with a so-called outside-in perspective—that are most resilient during turbulent markets. An outside-in perspective means that... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

group For example, calling on a French student for the French or European perspective on an issue. Suggestions: Include in the conversation students from both within and outside of the demographic group under discussion, with an explicit... View Details

05 Jul 2006
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How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?

definition of executive intelligence Executive intelligence is less about number-crunching power or one's grasp of advanced concepts, and more about evaluating situations and taking appropriate action." Quinton van Eeden added,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 May 2017
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Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

Summing Up How Do We Encourage CEOs to Manage for Sustainability? Important forces encourage short-term perspectives among managers as well as investors today. These include governance biases, tax policies, faster turnover among leaders,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

and approaches. Explore a wide range of outcomes and consider what is controllable by the seller, the buyer, and neither. The exploration of outcomes, and the broadening of the negotiation perspective (number 2 above) require substantial... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

external compliance pressure in their domestic institutional environment, when their buyers take a cooperative approach to monitoring, and when their auditors are highly trained. We find, further, that a cooperative approach to monitoring... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies

lens of a surgical team implementing a revolutionary new procedure called MICS (minimally invasive cardiac surgery), professors Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M. Bohmer, and Gary P. Pisano have looked beyond organizational factors to provide a fresh View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

24 Feb 2021
Lessons from the Classroom

What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

often begets aggression A political crisis sparked by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to escalating mobilizations, trench warfare, the collapse of the Russian Empire, and a peace treaty that punished Germany. “You might View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Your Alumni Community - Alumni

of France in the upcoming weeks! Come along for the ride! HBS CPD @hbscpd Be Social Facebook Instagram Twitter Hi everyone! I’m Noah, a rising second-year at HBS and a summer intern at DaVita—a leading provider of kidney care and a Fortune 500 company. Today, I’m View Details

21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015

Across three studies, we show that gift givers mis-predict appreciation for socially responsible gifts and that their mis-predictions depend on the nature of their relationship to the recipient. Drawing on research on affective forecasting and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

Until recently, leadership was the elephant, and there were a lot of blind people identifying different parts," says Khurana. "What we tried to incorporate in the Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice is how each different View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online

the three-course CORe curriculum. Learn More About What You Earn What Learners are Saying I feel like now I can speak more high-level about where we want to take the company and what strategic initiatives we want to put in place. Bethany... View Details

19 Jan 2024
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The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

of the entrepreneurial process – starting companies with technical teams, providing and raising capital with venture capitalists, buying and selling companies, or taking them public and closing down unsuccessful companies. He has been a... View Details

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

colleagues and share feedback in ways that enable them to develop and deliver Take charge of your professional development as you navigate the challenges of transitioning from an individual contributor to a leader Who Will Benefit Early-... View Details

30 Nov 2018
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8 Reasons the Section Experience is the Best Part About HBS

imagine staying posted in one seat while different professors come in and out. Two weeks in, I “got it.” Today, when friends visit campus, I take them to the Section C classroom – my home on campus – the place we laugh, learn, and feel... View Details

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