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11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology

17 Nov 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?

longer. Their caregivers? You guessed it: Optimists. Use The Power Of Both Traits Leaders, whatever their orientation, need to learn to harness the power of both traits. "In a striking turnaround,"... View Details

Richard M. Schulze

Schulze transformed his small Sound of Music electronic store into an electronics retailing giant – Best Buy. Schulze introduced mass-merchandising techniques to the electronics marketplace and helped to transform the shopping process into a personal experience,... View Details

Keywords: Retail

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The Price of Equality: Suboptimal Resource Allocations across Social Categories

By: Stephen M. Garcia, Max Bazerman, Shirli Kopelman, Avishalom Tor and Dale T. Miller

This paper explores the influence of social categories on the perceived trade-off between relatively bad but equal distribution of resources between two parties and profit maximizing, yet asymmetric, payoffs. Studies 1 and 2 show that people prefer to maximize profits... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Resource Allocation; Societal Protocols; Profit; Decision Making; Prejudice and Bias; Market Transactions; Ethics; Power and Influence; Distribution; Organizations

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Portrait Project

Rahima Dosani

in a world where everyone else can say their name without a second thought. I will embody the happiness she missed out on. I will radiate the undying gratitude and empathy I learned from her. And I will use love, in all its multifaceted forms, to rise above adversity.... View Details

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Natalie Margulies | MBA

Research Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business I spent the past two summers working as a data scientist on Facebook’s Product Foundation Data team. My time at Facebook showed me the immense power of data... View Details

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Lavinia Teodorescu | MBA

and undocumented individuals can live safely during these difficult times. As a founding member of ImmigrationHelp, I was able to provide access to humanitarian legal services for low-income people, using the power of technology. I have... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

New Releases

explore the dynamics of the rapidly evolving digital environment. Market Driven Health Care by Regina E. Herzlinger (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.) Informed and assertive consumers, powerful new technologies, and ferociously... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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Chao Family Donates $40 Million to HBS

noted: "My mother was a positive, optimistic person who believed in the transformational power of education, regardless of gender, in developing leaders for the world." (Of the family's six daughters, May, Grace, and Angela Chao also... View Details

13 Nov 2020
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Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Elizabeth Powers (MBA 2021) was thrilled to land a summer internship at a highly respected consulting firm. Then came COVID-19, and the firm announced it was... View Details

19 Jan 2017
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Finding Purpose in Profit

Photos by Scott Clark Kim Riether Coupounas (MBA/MPA 1995) has an easy laugh. It erupts when the opera-trained singer and accomplished martial artist is asked whether hitting a high C helps power her fist through a stack of boards. “I... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; B corporations

John S. Reed

Reed is credited with building Citicorp into one of the most powerful and significant financial institutions in the United States. His command of the operational aspects of the business enabled him to create a lean and efficient... View Details

Keywords: Finance

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

companies to look at products the way customers do: as a way to get a job done. Are You a Level-Six Leader? (23,834) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6752.html Published: July 6, 2011 Asking the question, whom do you serve? is a powerful vector... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Partners - Managing the Future of Work

harnesses the power of the private sector to catalyze an employer-led movement to build talent pipelines that are inclusive of Opportunity Youth. For more information, please visit the Grads of Life website . Burning Glass Technologies... View Details

January – February 2011
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Are You a Good Boss-Or a Great One?

By: Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback

Private moments of doubt and fear come even to managers who have spent years on the job. Any number of events can trigger them: an initiative is going poorly; you get a lukewarm performance review; your new assignment is daunting. HBS professor Linda Hill and executive... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Personal Development and Career; Groups and Teams; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks

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About Baker Library | Baker Library

Library you can engage with cultural artifacts and vital historical records; utilize our world-class digital collections, research tools, and curriculum support; explore the inspiring physical and digital spaces that enrich our community; and experiment with View Details

01 Dec 2013
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HBX: Expanding Our Reach

In the last few years, the landscape for online learning has changed dramatically. Using new and ever more powerful technologies, the market is shifting rapidly, with many dozens of organizations, aggregators, and educational institutions... View Details

Keywords: online learning; curriculum; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Dec 2001
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BOOK: Ruling the Waves

in their early stages, to threaten governmental control and authority. While aspects of its power may indeed be diminished, government inevitably survives these apparent challenges, Spar observes, because the state provides "the property... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Drake Du | MBA

discovered that technology and the power of making information widely accessible can bring us one step closer to a more safe, just, and verdant world. In particular, by building a Google Chrome extension reviewed and featured on the... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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A Growing Array of Engagement Opportunities

and grateful to those who have been and continue to be involved-in small and large ways. Together, we are leveraging the power of the global HBS community. “Across the arc of your life, there will be ever-changing ways to engage and... View Details

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