Shares - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

diverse urban charter school were at first frustrated in their attempts to connect with and socialize students, but learned valuable lessons about asking questions and sharing information about themselves to break down barriers. The paper... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

regulations on buybacks as some propose, I’m in favor of boards being much more active in evaluating buybacks, limiting accelerated share buybacks, and changing the accounting treatment of buybacks so that managers are not tempted by... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

dimension on which, in our view, management differs significantly from the true professions is that its members are not governed by a shared normative code that is reinforced by institutions that promote adherence to it. Such a normative... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

Web

New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

railroads represented a highest percentage of listed stocks and bonds issued on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock market grew from a few shares in the 1830s to hundreds of thousands in 1850 to millions by the mid-1860s. Investors... View Details

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

pools. At one point, America was the world’s capital when it came to beautiful, free-to-the-public pools. But during the civil rights era, local governments decided to fill the pools in with concrete instead of sharing them with their... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

share with everybody that at the end of the eight-week marathon, I would typically ask a couple of students to tell their story about their company or about themselves. And in my class, I remember your View Details

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

as redesigning the city’s airport, supporting public transportation, and addressing housing affordability. Their ideas were combined in a report shared widely with decision-makers. Locals could also apply for seed funding and mentorship.... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

Fast Answer

Options: Basics for finding price data

common stock was $57.74 and on that date the price of a call option to buy a share of JPM for $57.50 on January 18, 2014 was $0.48. That is, on January 14 you’d pay $0.48 for the right to buy the stock at the slightly lower price... View Details

Web

Data Storage - Research Computing Services

needs may exceed the amount available. The storage location at /export/scratch is designed specifically for this purpose. Note: This is a shared area, so use Unix file permissions to change the accessibility if needed. Files older than 60... View Details

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

ventures I was advising as the senior advisor for social entrepreneurship at the Harvard Innovation Labs. They said: “Hey, we’d like to learn more about that solution, and we think our colleagues might too.” So they set up a pitch day for Climate Circle teams to View Details

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

percent more than when executives who share the political views of their colleagues depart. “The stock price drops a lot, suggesting that investors actually view these executives as very valuable and that those departures are not in the... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: ConceptCafe] Related Reading: Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager? The Better Way to Forecast the Future Working Paper: CEO Behavior and Firm Performance What do you think of this research? View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association

to accelerate the career paths of our members, and to grow female representation throughout the broader community. Below we share just a few of our many initiatives from this year that helped us achieve our goals: Annual Women Business... View Details

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

presents a unique opportunity for Joint Degree graduates to make a difference. Reflecting on his time at HBS and HKS, Soo’s memories center on the people he shared the classroom with. “Being in this cohort was something truly different... View Details

17 Jan 2019
Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

setting up trusts are easy to postpone. In this course, alumni will talk about the choices they made and what they would do differently if they were to do it all over again and industry experts will share advice as well. Pricing the... View Details

Web

Software Tools - Research Computing Services

scripts , especially if one might be sharing scripts with other persons or when submitting research for publication. Module Naming and Versioning You can load specific versions by supplying the full module name: $ module load... View Details

31 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

thought, hmmm, it's probably people who are up for tenure soon, or maybe it's the people who just graduated, and they want to get their name out there," Larkin says. "We were thinking very much along the traditional economic model--people doing things for rational,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 May 2020
Blog Post

Building a World of Trusted Leaders: Taking the MBA Oath

leaders. Students representing more than 100 schools around the world have taken this important step toward building a planet with a shared standard for ethical and professional behavior. The MBA Oath Committee decided to View Details

Fast Answer

Compensation by Industry/Position/Location

can find and anonymously share real-time reviews, ratings, and salary details about specific jobs for specific employers,” Glassdoor.com provides detailed company reviews, employee ratings on workplace and leadership, including CEO... View Details

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

remote work during this bizarre time, with so many people scrambling to get their work done while sharing close quarters with shut-in kids, spouses, and pets, is certainly not business as usual, even for work-from home veterans. While... View Details