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- 15 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others
advancement—especially important in a hot labor market at a time of economic uncertainty. “Your digital network can have lasting implications on how your career progresses, not just over the next year, but over your whole life,” says Iavor Bojinov, View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
Behavior unit insisted on when he took over as CEO of Medtronic, the medical-devices company, in 1991. That's in part because George had experienced firsthand what Robert McNamara warned of—George worked under McNamara for several years while an View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 06 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Cut Salaries or Cut People? The Best Way to Survive a Downturn
literature in economics on why firms tend not to cut people’s pay,” says Stanton, an applied economist who is an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at HBS. “We can actually measure the consequences.” A ‘natural... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
of the domestic economy. Moreover, we illustrate that gray markets may cause unintended social welfare consequences when domestic governments mandate the use of arm's length transfer prices between international subsidiaries.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate
education, or economic development, finds Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Anke Becker in a recent working paper called “On the Economic Origins of Restricting Women’s Promiscuity.” Her research investigates the origin of... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 30 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do
need to be paid, if given the choice of where their money would go, most people donating money wouldn’t choose to contribute to the salary of the organization’s CEO,” says Elizabeth A. Keenan, an assistant professor in the Marketing unit... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?
the sector’s success, but to what extent have the loans meaningfully improved livelihoods? That question has been more difficult to track, say Natalia Rigol and Ben Roth. Both development economists and assistant professors at Harvard... View Details
- 09 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration
minorities, according to research that involved surveying hundreds of people and studying thousands of datasets at government and social organizations. This pattern can “fuel a self-perpetuating cycle of segregation,” which may not only... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 29 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?
according to Magnus Thor Torfason, an assistant professor in Harvard Business School's Entrepreneurial Management Unit. His article for Social Psychological & Personality Science, "Here's a Tip:... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Choosing the Right Student Loan
repayment options. Students who go into the non-profit or social enterprise sector may be eligible for loan repayment assistance. Not only does the federal government currently offer loan forgiveness programs for federal borrowers, but... View Details
- 16 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders
getting the feedback they need, and they’re happy in the firm so they’re less likely to quit,” says Rembrand Koning, an assistant professor in Harvard Business School’s Strategy Unit who was a coauthor of the study. "Our findings... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
When Your Passion Works Against You
There’s a time and a place for it,” says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Jon M. Jachimowicz. “It can even be dangerous if you’re not careful about when, how, and to whom you express passion.” Passion can be intoxicating When... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
jobs that require a college degree pay roughly two-thirds more than jobs that don’t, a number that has doubled over the past 40 years, according to recent research coauthored by Letian (LT) Zhang, an assistant professor at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 23 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness
remote work. “There’s a huge value to real interactions even if they are occurring virtually,” says Goldenberg, who is a psychologist by training and an assistant professor at HBS. To test online experiences, the group took advantage of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
with Beiting Cheng and Ioannis Ioannou, “Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance" ( Strategic Management Journal , forthcoming). Charles C.Y. Wang : Received a 2011 Centennial Teaching View Details
- 16 May 2023
- In Practice
After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?
minority founders might be affected disproportionately It’s been roughly two months since a social media-enabled bank run took down Silicon Valley Bank. In the days after the failure, many worried about the “ripple effects” of SVB’s... View Details
- 06 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers
necessarily better,” says Ximena Garcia-Rada, a former Harvard Business School doctoral student who is now an assistant professor at Texas A&M University. “We see a significant proportion of participants shift to the objectively... View Details
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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets
globalization Interviews Said Darwazah Anand Burman Brian L. Trelstad William Henry Bloomberg Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow Research Interests : nonprofit , social change , View Details
- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
Assistant Professor George Serafeim, coauthor of the working paper Short-termism, Investor Clientele, and Firm Risk, with HBS doctoral candidate Maria Loumioti and Assistant Professor Francois Brochet. "We... View Details
- 19 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?
Zhu, an assistant professor in the Technology and Operations Management unit at Harvard Business School, who details the rise and fall of the information giant in a new working paper. "There has been lots of research on the accuracy of... View Details