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- 27 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?
deceitfulness and fraudulence led to his public lambasting. Santos is just the latest in a long line of leaders for whom integrity has little to no meaning, including Frank’s Charlie Javice, FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, Tesla’s Elon Musk, Theranos’s Elizabeth View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 17 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?
Former Theranos employees began testifying this week against Elizabeth Holmes, the once-celebrated biotech’s founder and CEO, in a criminal trial that has Silicon Valley worried. In opening statements last week, federal prosecutors charged that View Details
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
figure is even higher, at 22 percent. And managers are responsible for 60 percent of all misconduct, with nearly a quarter of it coming from senior managers. Avoiding ’the ethical slide’ Nelson points to the recent Theranos trial, in which founder and CEO Elizabeth... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
Subjects: AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP U.S. History, American Studies FL John Hollingsworth Fletcher High School Neptune Beach, FL MN Anthony Holloway Rochester Phoenix Academy Rochester, MN MA Wendy Holm Boston Latin School... View Details
- Web
Partners - Case Method Project
U.S. History, History of 1968, Exploring Global Antiquity 600 BCE-600 CE, Consolidating Powers and Expanding Connections 600 CE-1400 CE MA 68 of 159 Sarah Hogoboom Tabor Academy Marion, MA MA 69 of 159 Wendy Holm Boston Latin School... View Details
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
them." It turns out that Romney, like Obama and FDR, views taxes as our way of paying for what we want government to do for us. As US Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously said: "I like to pay taxes. With them I... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
Harvard Business School The potential frequency of any hazard raises what Holmes calls "the risk manager's dilemma": "Frequency is never unarguable. You can't guarantee we'll have an earthquake, so what do you do about... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Info As Netflix Film Chairman, Dan Lin (MBA 1999) oversees movie production at the world’s largest streaming service at 270 million subscribers and counting. With a solid grip on financials and a track record of hits like The LEGO Movie , Stephen King’s It , and the... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research Event
What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?
a beauty feature on the needs of women with different types of skin, showcasing a range of actresses of different backgrounds with large close-up shots. Holmes began to throw out some names, including Eva Mendes, Lucy Liu, and Alfre... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Bounce Back from a Blunder
in positions of leadership, acknowledging mistakes can lead to a healthier work environment and stronger leadership, she says. Here, Brown offers suggestions for bouncing back with a bit of grace. Don’t delay. Early on, when entrepreneur Elizabeth View Details
- Web
2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Bain speaks at 2016 Gender & Work Symposium: Talking the Walk Bryonn Bain speaks at 2016 Gender & Work Symposium: Talking the Walk Anna Holmes Anna Holmes speaks at 2016 Gender and Work Symposium: Talking... View Details
- Portrait Project
Michael Worosz
It took a moment of profound despair for me to grasp what Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "in our youth our hearts were touched with fire... given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing." Knowing... View Details
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
turns out that these research findings hold value not only for football teams, but for any organization that depends on leadership for success. An empirical study of coaching ability In 2009, scholars Tim R. Holcomb, R. Michael Holmes... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
single drops from the finger. Holmes’ rapid rise to fame put her on a fast track to success, with high expectations and intense pressures. Yet she hadn’t had adequate leadership experience leading people through difficult and complex business problems. View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative 31 MAR–01 APR 2016 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Mar 31 Thursday, March 31, 2016 Keynote Anna... View Details
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
granted by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. Anna Holmes Anna Holmes has written and edited for numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek,... View Details
- December 2011
- Supplement
The Long and Short of Apollo Group and the University of Phoenix
By: Luis M. Viceira, Andrew S. Holmes and Damian M. Zajac
Keywords: Education Industry
- November 2011 (Revised December 2013)
- Supplement
The Long and Short of Apollo Group and the University of Phoenix (B)
By: Luis M. Viceira, Joel Heilprin, Andrew S. Holmes and Damian M. Zajac
Viceira, Luis M., Joel Heilprin, Andrew S. Holmes, and Damian M. Zajac. "The Long and Short of Apollo Group and the University of Phoenix (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 212-054, November 2011. (Revised December 2013.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Automating Short-Term Payroll Savings: Evidence from Two Large U.K. Experiments
By: Sarah Holmes Berk, James J. Choi, Jay Garg, John Beshears and David Laibson
Automatic enrollment is often used to increase retirement savings. What are the effects of using it (or, alternatively, requiring an active enrollment choice) to increase short-term savings? We evaluate two experiments in the U.K. at employers that enable workers to... View Details
Berk, Sarah Holmes, James J. Choi, Jay Garg, John Beshears, and David Laibson. "Automating Short-Term Payroll Savings: Evidence from Two Large U.K. Experiments." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32581, June 2024.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Employer-Based Short-Term Savings Accounts
By: Sarah Holmes Berk, John Beshears, Jay Garg, James J. Choi and David Laibson
We study the introduction of a choice architecture design intended to increase short-term savings among employees at five U.K. firms. Employees were offered the opportunity to opt into a payroll deduction program that auto-deposits funds from each paycheck into a... View Details
Berk, Sarah Holmes, John Beshears, Jay Garg, James J. Choi, and David Laibson. "Employer-Based Short-Term Savings Accounts." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32074, January 2024.