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12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

tragedy and a point of departure for thinking more carefully about the institutions humans have created to organize our economic lives, according to Salter. In a wide-ranging talk with Harvard Business School alumni on June 4, weeks before former Enron View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Feb 2021
Book

How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

concept of “maximal sustainable yield”—that is, the amount of goodness that a person can achieve over time without depleting their ability to do good in the future. He argues that mistakes and biases in our thinking keep View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

Advertisement for DuPont Cellophane from The Saturday Evening Post, 1950. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Advertising Department records (Accession 1803), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware Don’t feel bad if you... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

Profile

Prineeta Kulkarni

Prineeta Kulkarni originally "dreamed of becoming a scientist." She completed a dual biotechnology BS/MS at the University of Pune, but when it came time to launch her career, she shifted direction. "I wanted to see the... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

28 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home

The devastating Japanese earthquakes sent aftershocks of another kind to the economy: the potential disruption of the flow of goods from Japanese suppliers to US high-tech manufacturers. But the Obama administration and domestic companies... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Box Office Power of Stars

Success of Entertainment Products." Sarah Jane Gilbert: Tell us about "star power" and how it contributes to a film's success. Anita Elberse: The concept "star power" captures the extent to which an artist's... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

at different hospitals?” Hospitals that tended to treat Black people not only had higher mortality rates, but they were less likely to prescribe life-saving beta blockers. In contrast, hospitals that drew more white patients in the same ZIP code were more likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

Web

HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

through the ideas in his book Effective Fundraising: The Trustee’s Role and Beyond. Purpose-Driven Board Leadership June 15, 2021 A conversation with Professor Kash Rangan and Anne Wallestead, CEO of BoardSource, on the shift to... View Details

31 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Transitioning From the Military to Business School

impactful during my time at HBS is self-reflection. Being surrounded by so many incredibly accomplished people at a place like HBS is a golden ticket to personal growth. I’ve found that my ability to be honest with myself about where I’m... View Details

01 Sep 2015
First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

Politics we observe firms working more closely with NGOs and other special interest groups to preempt unfavorable policy choices, react swiftly to crises, and proactively develop socially responsible strategies. In Public Politics, firms have become increasingly... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Dec 2021
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

What was the most difficult part of your experience as a STEM applicant, and how did you overcome it? The admissions interview was most challenging for me because I am used to just letting my work speak for itself by creating a new... View Details

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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

you what information you must provide to receive the Service or Website functionality by designating it as required at the time of collection or through other appropriate means. Marketing Communications and Sharing. You may instruct View Details

Portrait Project

Justine Lee

My mom taught me that the world’s problems could be solved by smiling. Whenever we walked past someone, she would beam and cheerfully say, “Hello!”. She has had long conversations with strangers more times than I can count, treating each... View Details

04 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

In a recent set of experiments detailed in "Temptation at Work," Piovesan and his colleagues tested exactly that using 20- to 25-year-old college students in an office environment. Instead of paper-folding, the test subjects... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Nov 2019
What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

solution is to restrict the use of noncompete clauses, not to ban them entirely.” An outright ban, he wrote, would “lead to significant unintended consequences, particularly at a time when the protection of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

Zoom time with senior managers were 4.7 to 7.3 percent more likely to be offered a job than the other two groups who didn’t have regular online contact with supervisors. (What’s more, interns had a 9 to 13 percent better chance of... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

Fast Answer

Options: Basics for finding price data

strike price of a put option, the option is said to be out of (in) the money. An “American” option can be exercised at any time up to the expiration date; a “European” option can be exercised only at the expiration... View Details

27 Nov 2006
What Do You Think?

What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?

interview than the interviewee." According to Wally Bock, "When I conducted research I found that the more effective supervisors spent the bulk of their performance evaluation meeting time talking about the future." Forced... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Web

Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets

Markets? Why Does it Matter? By: Valeria Giacomin, G. Jones and Erica Salvaj MAY 2019 Article Strategic Management Journal Machine Learning Approaches to Facial and Text Analysis: Discovering CEO Oral Communication Styles By: Prithwiraj... View Details

Profile

Magashe Ngoepe

period gives us time to be home with more space to enjoy our new life together. Additionally, entrepreneurs are always taking risks. HBS has inspired me to be bold and make decisions knowing that I will... View Details

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