Controls - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2012
News

Curb Your Smartphone Habit

control of people’s schedules could be achieved without negative organizational consequences. So was it relatively easy to get team members on board with this? Not at all! Remember, this was totally counter to the intense work culture at... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; smartphones; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Telecommunications; Information

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Lena teaches the required first year MBA course on Leadership and Corporate Accountability, an elective second year MBA course on Law, Management and Entrepreurship, and an elective second year MBA course on Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry. View Details

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Microfinance in particular has often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether access to, and marketing of, an individually held commitment... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

with the sale deters CEOs from selling their equity. The effect of taxes remains significant even after controlling for other determinants of CEOs' sale of equity. We also find that taxable institutional investors and CEOs both respond to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2023
News

Action Plan: Net Proceeds

properly composted; otherwise, the material is no better than current products. Get involved now. People at the height of their careers, who control budgets, manage people, and shape company policy, can drive change and direct resources... View Details

Keywords: April White; recycling; corporate social responsibility; waste management; water; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

25 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines: Santosh Iyer (MBA 2020)

parallel with building Moonshot, I’ve worked on some of the most ambitious challenges in medtech. My graduate studies in biomedical engineering equipped me with a deep understanding of robotics, cellular biology, and computer science, which allowed me to develop motion... View Details

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

or as trained brand ambassadors. By empowering employees to communicate in that way, leaders relinquish much of the control that they formerly exerted over organizational messaging. But they gain a great deal in return. Through... View Details

Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg

26 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

our conclusions." For consumers, the idea of giving advertisers additional insight into the subconscious mind might prompt privacy concerns. But Karmarkar says that the research is more about understanding brain waves, not View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

31 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories of 2012

might help phone-addled employees better control their workdays and lives. 6. HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United Published: November 7, 2012 For almost three decades, Sir Alex Ferguson has developed the Manchester... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Nneka Ezeigwe

background. My current ambition is to be based in Africa, working in a managerial capacity, in a position of control to make meaningful contributions to the economy. A lot of our Africa-focused cases at HBS are sad – about corruption or... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

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Bibliography - A Chronicle of the China Trade

(Harvard users only: Harvard ID and University PIN required.) Sturgis, Tim. Rivalry in Canton: The Control of Russell & Co. 1839-1840 and the Founding of Augustine Heard & Co . London: The Warren Press, 1988. Waters, Thomas Franklin.... View Details

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PRIDE | MBA

National Coming Out Day Celebration World AIDS Day Love at HBS National Trans Day of Visibility Other club happy hours and events throughout the year! Club Membership PRIDE understands and respects that everyone has a different journey; our members are in View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet

'97), senior director of business development at Brodia, is the point at which her company intends to turn online shopping on its head. "Our mission is to commerce-enable the consumer - putting control back into their hands. Many Internet... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Mar 2016
News

The People’s Pods

or six or seven years ago, I’d be at the mercy of my local public radio station, which really controlled the means of both production and distribution. Now it’s into the great wide open. It’s really the democratization of audio. And... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Oct 2000
News

Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices

them, we have to do exactly what we don't want to do -- we have to accept the emotional pain of hearing about our faults in order to learn." The payback? "Individuals who are able to control this tendency make natural leaders and have a... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)

01 Dec 2006
News

Over 50 and Job Hunting?

and author of The New Job Security, says that over-50 managers can vanquish negative stereotypes by seizing control of the career-transition process. “Midcareer MBAs, especially those who have been at the same company for a while, can... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; job hunting

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

clinicians, and facilities. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50194 December 2015 Harvard Business Review Control the Negotiation Before It Begins By: Malhotra, Deepak Abstract—Countless books and articles... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 May 2006
Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

the one hand, more measures provide more dials to turn to get the manager to take actions consistent with the firm's best interests. On the other hand, more public information imposes more risk on the manager (more chances for things beyond the manager's View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

11 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation

ability to control one's own environment, agreed Donna Lopiano, of the Women's Sports Foundation. The power of knowledge can give you access to anything, she said, such as an entry-level job or the means for girls to participate in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2000
News

Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

U.S. consumers more power over decisions related to health care. Those who advocate consumer-driven health care - including conference chair Professor Regina E. Herzlinger - believe that shifting control of health-care purchasing... View Details

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