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06 Jul 2021
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Leading with Trust

14 Aug 2020
News

Remote Work Has Cushioned The Pandemic's Blow, But WBUR Poll Reveals Inequalities

November 2010 (Revised May 2012)
Background Note

Assessing a Company's Future Financial Health

The case provides students with (1) an understanding of the essence of long-term financial health; (2) familiarity with the calculation and meaning of various financial ratios; and (3) an understanding of the influence of a company's operating and competitive... View Details

Keywords: Financial Condition; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Return; Operations; Competitive Strategy

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20 Oct 2012
News

Business leaders expect slump to linger

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 21 Mar 2017
Webinars: Trending@HBS

Is American Democracy in Trouble? Thoughts on the Perils (and Promise) of an Aging Democracy

Is American democracy in trouble? What could this mean for the nations economy and business environment? Professor Moss will take up these questions from an historical perspective, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of the nations political system as it has evolved... View Details

July 8, 2013
Column

Greening Is Not Enough: 4 Steps to Corporate Leadership on Climate Change

By: Michael W. Toffel and Auden Schendler

Environmental sustainability usually means greening operations and products, but that's not nearly enough to stop climate change. Corporate leadership on climate change also requires urging action by governments, trade associations, and suppliers — and marketing these... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability

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Keywords: Petroleum and Natural Gas; Chemicals

17 Aug 2022
News

Behind the Research: Jeremy Yang

13 May 2002
Book

Bringing the Master Passions to Work

If passions are the masters of reason—as David Hume (1960) believed—then they have done a remarkable job at getting us to believe in their benign nature—their outright subservience to reason. Deception and self-deception are as critical to the narratives that the... View Details

Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria

11 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

sellers, leaving people of color out of a crucial means of wealth building. The national dearth of minority loan officers is considerable. In 2019, just 15 percent of mortgage loan officers were minorities, compared to 39 percent of the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

05 Nov 2014
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

Summing Up: Where Do We Draw the Line on the Use of Technology in Hiring Practices? The idea of using brain scans in hiring, while it generated limited enthusiasm among respondents to this month's column, nevertheless was rejected by only a few. Respondents instead... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 May 2016
HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

New Space sector: namely, to use it as a means of launching classroom discussion and research on the subtleties and challenges of the relationship between the public and private sectors. An associate professor of business administration... View Details

Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace

31 May 2023
Video

Honoring Juneteenth

May–June 2025
Article

What People Get Wrong About Psychological Safety

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Michaela J. Kerrissey

Psychological safety—a shared belief among team members that it’s OK to speak up with candor—has become a popular concept. However, as its popularity has grown, so too have misconceptions about it. Such misunderstandings can lead to frustration among leaders and... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Organizational Culture; Employees; Interpersonal Communication

2011
Chapter

Consumers' Relationships with Brands

By: Susan Fournier and Jill Avery

This chapter presents a brand management paradigm based on the foundational principles of relationships. (1) Brand relationships are a means to an end: brand relationship managers must consider the whole person and understand how the brand adds meaning into people's... View Details