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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
How as a country should we deal with diversity? And I think this is actually a really good conversation for Turkey to be having. Hopefully it will be allowed to continue. GT: In some ways, exactly the opposite is happening in Europe.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 09 Jan 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?
grades providing some evidence of possible future success on the job. They raised the most provocative questions for all of us to continue to ponder. Cheri Thomas led the opposition to disclosure, commenting, "Yikes, what an awful... View Details
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
expect their investments to outperform major equity indexes going forward, and they’re continuing to fund new endeavors. “It’s sort of the opposite of doom and gloom,” Gompers says. “We were surprised by how relatively unaffected the... View Details
- 29 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?
to remember that in fact there’s a lot to be gained by moving in the opposite direction, which is keeping less track of things, especially interpersonally,” Zhang says. “We benefit when we treat our friends in a communal way, rather than... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
Party in Massachusetts. 1860s and 1870s: Opposition to Chinese immigrants in the US culminated in the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned the entry and the re-entry of Chinese immigrants for more than 70 years. 1910s and 1920s:... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
rational decision making. Nonprofits often have a cultural opposition to structure. A lack of theory of management practice exists for nonprofits. These characteristics lead to a number of disputes between headquarters and affiliates,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
The No. 1 Character Trait You Will Need to Succeed in Business
told me. “Impulsivity is the opposite of understanding facts.” As he would explain during our conversation, Joe lives according to the following principle: whether in your career or your personal life, understand the consequences – and... View Details
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
them lack of public credit for prevention (as opposed to recovery), political opposition to preemptive actions, and the sheer cost of insuring against meltdowns (Phil Clark). David Physick responds with questions: "Is the question... View Details
- 12 May 2015
- Blog Post
"Every Day at HBS is a Gift"
walk into an environment with 900+ cutthroat “alpha” personalities and that I would get eaten alive as a result. The reality couldn’t be more opposite from my initial preconceptions; despite all of their remarkable individual... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
only adopting a more aggressive stance toward their own portfolio companies, but teaming up with activists. As a result, it was no surprise when T. Rowe Price supported Icahn’s opposition to the leveraged buyout of Dell. Activist... View Details
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
Parliament, and they get pushed from session to session, despite their urgency. There is a rampant lack of clarity and leadership from the major political parties. The main opposition party, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), recently... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- 03 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts
nutrition or health categories. Yet investor momentum differed drastically: Domino’s scored a 15 to Cheesecake Factory’s 87 (out of a 100) in TruValue Labs's sentiment metrics, driven by lower evaluations for customer welfare as well as perceptions of quality and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The First Scrum
violating all the rules. Johnstone: Somebody's standing in the opposition line, and this 250-pound former American football player goes ramming straight in and knocks him over. Well, you're not allowed to do that in rugby. You can't knock... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Selling Luxury to Everyone
the opposite approach. It wants to be known specifically for its hair products, which are sold through 1,800 salons. Koehn encouraged panelists to share their fondest strategic wishes—as well as their worst fears. Tahari said that her... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
aspects of the college, which in its first three years grew from a few holes in the ground to a thriving institution of 1,400 students and one of the largest employers in the country. Virtually all aspects of what we did required innovation and faced substantial View Details
- 11 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 11
rulings―separated by several weeks and going in opposite directions―that affected the antitakeover force of SBs. We contribute to the long-standing debate on staggered boards by documenting empirical evidence consistent with the market... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’
are the opposite of the pack rats who fill their attics and basements with "you-never-know-when-you-might-need-it" stuff. Second, they want to collect experiences, not possessions. And they give experiences rather than goods as gifts to... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Recruiting in the U.S. for International Students: 101
weeks before I got my offer I was spending as much time in recruiting activities as in class. What’s interesting, now that I know the ending, is how much I resisted actually pursuing the career that I wanted and how, regardless of my efforts in the View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 19 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Bridges: Remembering the “Why”
nature," Professor Frei said of her matrix, "runs on the opposite diagonal." But that's why being great isn't as simple as having the right answer and telling everyone about it. You don't get there without devotion to the... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
returns and positively to post-announcement returns. When post-quarter private information is directionally strong, managers, at announcement, provide guidance and use language that points statistically in the opposite direction. This... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel