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  • 2021
  • Book

Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work

By: Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
Why does the gender gap persist and how can we close it? For years women have made up the majority of college-educated workers in the United States. In 2019, the gap between the percentage of women and the percentage of men in the workforce was the smallest on record.... View Details
Keywords: Women; Career; Gender Gap; Glass Ceiling; Gender; Employment; Personal Development and Career; Equality and Inequality; Organizational Culture; Diversity; Management; Strategy
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  • June 2025
  • Article

Integral Outside: The Financial Curb Market, the Electric Telegraph, and the Politics of Pricing in Second Empire France

By: Charlotte Robertson
Financial markets in nineteenth-century France were far more complex than an analysis of the official Bourse or its state-authorized brokers would suggest. Most financial transactions occurred on an illegal yet tacitly tolerated curb market called the coulisse, which... View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets; History; Communication Technology; Knowledge Dissemination; France
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The Effect of Background Music in Shark Documentaries on Viewers' Perceptions of Sharks

By: Andy Nosal, Elizabeth A. Keenan, Philip A. Hastings and Ayelet Gneezy
Despite the ongoing need for shark conservation and management, prevailing negative sentiments marginalize these animals and legitimize permissive exploitation. These negative attitudes arise from an instinctive yet exaggerated fear, which is validated and reinforced... View Details
Keywords: Natural Environment; Prejudice and Bias; Marketing; Attitudes; Music Entertainment
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    Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick - Or Keep You Well

    For too long we’ve designed buildings that haven’t focused on the people inside—their health, their ability to work effectively, and what that means for the bottom line. An authoritative introduction to a movement whose vital importance is now all too... View Details

      The China Rules

      To achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership--but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most... View Details

        Glass Half Broken

        Why the gender gap persists and how we can close it. For years women have made up the majority of college-educated workers in the United States. In 2019, the gap between the percentage of women and the percentage of men in the workforce was the smallest on... View Details
        • 2016
        • Case

        Advanced Leadership Pathways: Alberto Mora and the Costs and Consequences of Torture

        By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Benjamin Summers
        Alberto Mora's time as General Counsel of the Navy from 2001–2006 greatly influenced his mission to illuminate the policy consequences of torture. Mora's drive to restore the nation's awareness and conscience against torture was gaining traction. Prominent... View Details
        Keywords: Leadership Skills; Torture; Costs And Consequences; Humane; Restraint; Human Dignity; Treatment Of Prisoners; Prison; Repression; Opposition; Revolution; Democracy; Communism; International Affairs; Public Service; September 11; War On Terror; Operation Enduring Freedom; Guantanamo; Cuba; Coalition; Working Group; Cruelty; Interrogation; Memorandum; American Law; Authority; Authoritative; Quadrennial Defense Review; National Defense Authorization Act; Public Engagement; Advocacy; Law; Accountability; Center For The Victims Of Torture; Human Rights; Public Policy; Legality; Morality; Legal System; Tactical Military Operations; West Point; NGO; Human Rights First; American Civil Liberties Union; Human Rights Watch; Amnesty International; Constitution Project; Center For Constitutional Rights; Strategic Military Effect; National Security; Weapon; Terrorism; Prisoners Of War; Abu Ghraib; Pentagon; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Rights; Policy; Public Opinion; United States
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        • June 2010
        • Article

        The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic

        By: Lynn S. Paine
        To achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership--but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most... View Details
        Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; China
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        Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

        official brokers as authoritative sources of price information and compromised the political interests of the Bonapartist state, which proved decisive in the crackdown. May 2025 Case The Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve By: Sophus A.... View Details
        • 12 May 2021
        • Book

        The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

        counteract the isolating effects of the job. Here are five other steps you can take: 1. Fight your denial reflex. This is especially difficult if you’re a strong, authoritative leader who is reluctant to show weakness. It’s easier to... View Details
        Keywords: by Michael Blanding
        • 23 May 2018
        • News

        Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

        service, innovation, and cross-company collaboration. “We are in the midst of a major transition that takes advantage of technology to deliver better service,” she says. Fidelity today fully reflects Johnson’s laser focus and quiet, View Details
        Keywords: Susan Young
        • 08 Feb 2024
        • Blog Post

        African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

        Lead. In this role, I partnered with government agencies, nonprofits, and corporations to promote authoritative voter information across Google’s products. At what point did you decide to pursue an MBA/MPP program, and why? During my... View Details
        • 26 Mar 2006
        • Research & Ideas

        The Office of Strategy Management

        and think in strategic terms are critical. They need good interpersonal skills since they must interact effectively and authoritatively with senior business units and functional heads. Project management experience is desirable to oversee... View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace
        • 06 Jun 2013
        • Op-Ed

        How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

        very lenient, "permissive" parents who demand little from their children and bestow too much freedom, analogous to the see-no-evil approach so prevalent with global outsourcing. The Authoritative Solution Baumrind's fourth... View Details
        Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion
        • 24 Apr 2014
        • News

        Digital ID network empowers individuals, disrupts the data brokers

        enterprise that offers discounts for products and services exclusively to active-duty military, veterans, and their families. ID.me empowers individuals to prove who they are online and get access to benefits and discounts by verifying group eligibility against View Details
        • 01 Dec 2002
        • News

        Wan Heads HBSP

        Wan Photo courtesy HBSP “I want Harvard Business School Publishing to succeed as the most authoritative publishing company focused on improving the practice of management and leadership,” says David A. Wan (MBA '81), who took the reins of... View Details
        • 01 Jun 2011
        • News

        Eye in the Storm

        of particular interest to Amos Schocken (MBA ’70), the owner and publisher of the authoritative Israeli newspaper Haaretz, sometimes referred to as “the New York Times of Israel.” In addition to leading a publication whose left-wing... View Details
        Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
        • 01 Jun 2007
        • News

        In Brief

        behavior, Joseph Schumpeter brilliantly explicated the forces driving modern capitalism. The Bulletin presents excerpts from an authoritative new biography of Schumpeter by HBS’s Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Thomas K. McCraw. Stepping... View Details
        Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
        • 01 Jun 2001
        • News

        HBS Press Books in Brief

        The Digital Enterprise: How to Reshape Your Business for a Connected World is an authoritative collection of cutting-edge Harvard Business Review articles, edited by HBR executive editor Nicholas G. Carr. Containing the latest thinking... View Details
        Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
        • 10 Oct 2005
        • Research & Ideas

        Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?

        sustainable basis? Should firms sacrifice profits for positive environmental impacts? And do firms at least sometimes behave this way? Striving to find authoritative insights into those questions, three Harvard faculty members hosted a... View Details
        Keywords: by Manda Salls