Personal Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 May 2018
Blog Post

HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans

About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program The HBS/HKS joint degree programs serve a growing need of critical importance to global society: their mission is to develop leaders, skilled in management and the shaping of innovative public... View Details

12 Sep 2019
News

Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse

entrepreneur and there's no real work hours per se. I'm also a mom so no real work hours but I do have that you know I can always plan for sort of alone time or thinking time around 9pm at night. So I’d say 9pm at night is probably the time. Diane Escher: Diane Escher,... View Details

03 Oct 2019
News

Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

the development via NASA to an era where industry leads has sped up the pace of growth and primed the space sector for investment. Co-founder of space technology company Escape Dynamics and a longtime investor in the industry, Garriott de... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

micromanage. Create an inclusive environment and express interest in team members’ success and personal well-being. Be productive and results-oriented. Be a good communicator and listen to your team. Help your employees with career View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

improvement programs kept failing. Meliones created a leadership team with representatives from each of the three employee groups to redefine the mission and to develop a Balanced Scorecard that incorporated two apparently conflicting... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

The Supreme Court has spoken, and its ruling last Friday has evoked myriad responses from across the United States—from the far right to the far left, from small businesses to giant corporations, from pundits to the person on the street.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

07 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 7

fairness within the industry. Coordinating conflicting programs requires a careful balance between equity and efficiency. In our work, we first develop a fairness metric to measure deviation from first-scheduled, first-served in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 24

credit and documentary collection terms. Transactions are more likely to occur on cash in advance or letter of credit terms when the importer is located in a country with weak contractual enforcement. As an importer develops a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges

BEI is delighted to bring you this mini-series on HBS alumni tackling problems related to water and climate change. Emotional and visible connection to a topic is key to driving action. There seem to be few issues and topics that conjure up greater View Details

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Angela R. Hicks Bowman

out a business plan.” Hicks also counsels startups to embrace “really great advisors.” She suggests over-investing in the best lawyers—“a bad contract that holds you back for a decade is not worth the cost-savings” – and... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

Making a World of Difference

understanding, and trust between Arabs and Jews in Israel. Each year, the fund awards grants to a variety of applicants from schools, summer camps, hospitals, and nonprofits. "We are interested in developing people's capacity to relate to... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

08 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer

accomplishing the organization’s core mission, and develop a means of showing a gift’s impact. Also, understand that some people may want to get personally involved in your organization as a way of answering... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

04 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony

campus and beyond. For students interested in the performing arts, there is more than just HOTS. There are many other clubs at HBS including the HBS Show Club and Beyond Dance. I’ve been amazed to discover such talent at a school that is more renowned for View Details

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Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

Bridges in the fall of 1939. There are also some personal letters. The Library of Congress holds the bulk of the Landis papers. Collection Guide Jay Cooke & Co. Papers, 1832–1915 . Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business... View Details

15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

increase the likelihood of approaching a social venture with a business-minded bent. The team hypothesized that cultural gender norms might play a role, too. “Gendered cultural beliefs associate women with personal qualities such as... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad

advantage. To find out what works, Teixeira went directly to consumers, partnering with the MIT Media Lab and Waltham, MA-based Affectiva, which has developed the first online facial tracking system for testing advertising. The research... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

11 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Non-competes Push Talent Away

non-compete status in Michigan, they discovered a natural test bed, thanks to an inadvertent policy change. In 1905, during the initial automotive industry boom, Michigan passed Public Act No. 329, which prohibited "all agreements and contracts by which any View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

computer startups and the eventual rise of the personal computer. "[Doriot's] investment in Digital Equipment Corporation... was a daring one," Gupta notes, "not simply because it was contrarian, but because he saw the investment as a... View Details

27 Oct 2016
News

Paying It Forward

problem. So everything we’re doing is based on providing affordable solutions for our targeted market. It’s a different approach, and not how technology guys typically think.” Kundu would know, as he himself is a technology guy. After earning his bachelor’s and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

attention to sunk costs. We go to plays or concerts that, in retrospect, we'd rather not go to simply because we have a $50 ticket in the pocket. Similarly, one of my colleagues describes a person who pays $300 to join a tennis club, only... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

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