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29 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

The $1 Trillion Link Between Mental Health and Economic Productivity

improved their mental health. (The results were especially stark among women who previously had been relying on men to use condoms.) “Indeed what we see is that women who were given access to contraception were significantly improved on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Monitoring Jobs & Troubleshooting - Research Computing Services

Running Jobs Monitoring Jobs & Troubleshooting 24ms Monitoring and Controlling Jobs Whether using a GUI or the command line, monitoring the progress of your jobs and understanding how to control them is essential. Below we provide... View Details

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

In today's global work environment, it's a given that companies need culturally diverse teams to succeed. Both scientific studies and common sense tell us that having people with different viewpoints onboard increases the creativity that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce

over time as an industry matures and ultimately declines. To maintain high returns and keep your family company modern and competitive you need to make well-timed, significant bets in growth businesses. Some of these bets can regenerate... View Details

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

equities? What were some challenging or surprising aspects? After graduation, I returned to Singapore and the finance industry and I’m currently working for Nomura Securities. Since my time back I had a chance to do work on the side with... View Details

17 Jun 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Excellence Comes From Saying No

counter-intuitive such as a focus on individual achievement." The Courage To Be Bad At the core of Frei's philosophy is an appeal that Harvard MBAs are not used to hearing: in order to achieve excellence, you need the courage to be... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Electricity - Business & Environment

McKinsey, over the coming 30 years, wind and solar will grow four to five times more quickly than all other power sources. [22] Electricity Generation Mix, 2020 and 2050 Growing worldwide demand for electricity, combined with the need to... View Details

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

How Small Wins Unleash Creativity

to recent research, the single most important factor is simply a sense of making progress on meaningful work. But creating an environment that fosters progress takes some careful effort. In their new book, The Progress Principle: Using... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jan 2005
News

Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

by providing loans for large capital expenses. And finally, we have no debt. In a high-risk business like this, where things ranging from bad weather to national security concerns can wreak havoc with the best of plans, that puts us in... View Details

01 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

"The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making" [PDF]. "Will the same business meeting reach different decisions when it is held at a luxury resort as opposed to a modest conference room?" the authors... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

competitive. That's what CEO Anne Mulcahy did in cutting 28,000 jobs to enable Xerox to be competitive once again. Now she is refocusing Xerox, long known as the plain paper copier company, on the paperless, all-digital office. How can... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

that entrepreneurs experience harassment, typically from investors, in this report we focus on women employed full time in organizations, excluding founders as well as independent contractors and independent directors. * We asked men and... View Details

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

with Kim and Tyler, the MBA students who created these events. What inspired you to create these two new events? Kim: Tyler and I are very passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Both of us are on the AASU board, and Tyler is... View Details

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

“If I increase your bargaining power over the share of household income you benefit from, I strengthen your position in the household,” she explains. “And, because you’re now in a position to assert your preferences more, traditional models suggest that you would have... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

co-branding opportunities that they deserve. Two examples come to mind, the American Red Cross's use of 9/11 funds and the United Way executive scandals. Both of these events eroded consumer trust in these organizations and had a direct... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Jun 2022
News

The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips

what might lead a brand to try to disguise a price hike.—JMF John, can you give us some historical context to explain this phenomenon? John Gourville: The first instance of shrinkflation that I found was in 1988, when Chock full o’ Nuts... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

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Brandon Tieu

HubSpot's impending decision of whether to focus on selling to larger enterprise customers or small-medium businesses. The former CEO came to class and explained their rationale to focus on larger customers. However, what struck me most... View Details

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Data Privacy Statement (MENA) - Global

consent if the Center requests such consent from time to time for particular processing activities. The Center does not share personal data of alumni with third parties except as may be required by... View Details

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

Employees should think about work on the way to work by mentally mapping out a plan for their day. By using the travel time as an opportunity to get into the work mindset, employees are giving themselves a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details

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