Language - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jun 2022
Book

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

fresh new language so that you can explain, both to yourself and to others, what is occurring for you within each of the Four Element arenas. This movement from access to implicit knowledge to finding new View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Case Research & Writing Group - Faculty & Research

work collaboratively and independently at the highest level of academic rigor while establishing strong working relationships and taking direction from one or more project leaders. Comfort in both academic and business settings, and with interviewing top corporate... View Details

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Planned Giving - Alumni

require a minimum amount, you can include a gift of any amount in your will. Do you have suggested bequest language that I can share with my attorney? You can find suggested bequest language to include in... View Details

31 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World

Franklin's ''The Way To Wealth.'' (Nottingham: Printed by C. Sutton, Bridlesmith-Gate, [ca.1800?]) Kress Library of Business and Economics, Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School. Until now, it was believed that an estimated 145 editions in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

30 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

experiment with generative artificial intelligence (AI)—ramifications of its use on practice are just starting to be examined. The research sheds light on the biases that digital platforms, whether a simple messaging solution or a sophisticated large View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health

12 Jun 2014
Working Paper Summaries

The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer

Keywords: by Anette Mikes

Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier: Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality

The public release of Large Language Models (LLMs) has sparked tremendous interest in how humans will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accomplish a variety of tasks. In our study conducted with Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, we examine... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Thinking Ahead

in our memory in a way that numbers, which are more abstract, do not. As a behavioral economist with a focus on how information is communicated via natural language and how ideas become contagious, Assistant Professor Thomas Graeber has... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

13 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?

Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Power Posing: Fake It Until You Make It

our classes seemed to be participating less," says Cuddy, who teaches the MBA elective Power and Influence. "Some of the women exhibited body language associated with low power, so we wondered if that was in turn affecting how... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2023
News

That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

January 2025
Case

Netflix: Takedown Troubles

By: Clayton S. Rose, Tom Quinn and Maxim Pike Harrell

In October 2021, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent an all-staff email addressing backlash to comedian Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special, The Closer. Released on October 5, the comedian’s depiction of the transgender community and other LGBTQ+ groups prompted... View Details

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Educators

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12 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 12

investor relations. A study is conducted of the language used by executives in conference calls discussing earnings with investors and financial analysts. A correlation was found between the use of language... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2023
News

The Exchange: Help Wanted

rely on inferential variables. A different piece of research that I did in the Managing the Future of Work project found that when technology companies removed a university degree as a job requirement, new language showed up in the job... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2023
News

3-Minute Briefing: Nathaniel Fick (MBA/MPA 2008)

As a Marine, I led some of the first units in Afghanistan and Iraq. What I loved about that experience was the intersection of a mission with building and leading teams. I came to HBS to develop the tools around that work, but in a very different context. On the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

30 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?

but large language models like generative pre-trained transformers (GPTs) may allow companies to rely on AI to uncover consumers’ tastes, according to new research from Harvard Business School and Microsoft. Ayelet Israeli, an associate... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

Portrait Project

Alan Xie

hours of rehearsal in front of a camcorder. We replayed those recordings until their magnetic tape frayed, our own immigrant genre of home video. What does Webster’s say about our Asian-American Dream? Lacking language fluency, my parents... View Details

Profile

Christina Byrd

Uber,” says Christina, “I realized how important it was to speak the language of any role in the organization, and to communicate the value of HR to people who don’t necessarily understand it.” She decided to pursue an MBA because, “I... View Details

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Skydeck - Alumni

2021) startup helps non-native speakers master the art of the English language Making Peace with Anger How Walker & Dunlop CEO Willy Walker’s (MBA 1995) experience with anger management therapy transformed his life and career Higher... View Details

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

identities For example, using language that implicitly holds as a norm heterosexuality, Democratic Party affiliation, high socioeconomic status, or heavy drinking during social events. Suggestions: Use neutral references (e.g., “partner,”... View Details

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