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21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

office may be a good time to dismantle silos and foster relationships across department, function, rank, and location. This is especially so at a time when so many people are dealing with similar practical challenges. Internal blogs,... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

08 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Long Distance Relationships: What if my partner can’t join me at HBS?

to explore a traditional career in a fast-paced and exciting environment, so I spent 2 years working as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, Sao Paulo. After those years in consulting, I decided to roll up my sleeves and work on the implementation of great ideas by... View Details

08 Nov 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Admitting Mistakes: Home Country Effect on the Reliability of Restatement Reporting

Keywords: by Suraj Srinivasan, Aida Sijamic Wahid & Gwen Yu

02 Mar 2018
HBS Seminar

William F. Maloney, World Bank, Chief Economist, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions

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Videos

By: Tarun Khanna

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NASSCOM Product, NPC2022 Tête à... View Details

Research Summary

Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

perceiving a mismatch between these types of ads and the international mood. While some (42 percent) advised avoiding escapist fantasies based on the way life was before the crisis, such as creative that featured people gathering together... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

international heavy-equipment manufacturer, managers were so set on hitting their quarterly revenue target that they shipped unfinished products from their plant in England all the way to a warehouse in the Netherlands, near the customer,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

01 Sep 2006
What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

or internal to the organization. However, the path to greater latitude on the job is not short. It involves, as Pradipta Saha commented, "Selecting the right entry-level employee ." We have found, for example, that high... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

them to perform, and they can exercise more of their own individual player preferences. By contrast, when performance is weak, coaches feel more pressure to improve, and so they put aside their internal biases in favor of more impartial... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

02 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

interested in international policy, spent several summers working in government, and thought law school would be a good fit. After working for a few years, I became interested in corporate social responsibility because I like working in... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

(AMS), an international business and IT consulting firm. "The impact the professors were having on my sectionmates and me made a deep impression." Wasserman recalled that one of the most enjoyable aspects of his work life had been helping... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements

Bill Clinton about allegations of his having had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. In his answers, the president speaks in the present tense as a way of dodging Lehrer’s questions. Jim Lehrer: “No improper... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

Avery, it is essential for organizations diving into digital not to give in to the temptation to farm out blogging and social media to outside companies. "You have to be confident that whoever is speaking on behalf of the institution has View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

02 Aug 2007
What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

their leaders for the coming years." Generational differences related to the development of millennials comprise, according to Muder Chiba, "a global phenomenon." Amy Lynch concurred, saying, "When I talk with recruiters for View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Oct 1997
News

High Fives

have encouraged our clients to take substantial portions of their U.S. equity portfolios and buy international stocks.” Views on investing in emerging markets: “Those markets are enticing but can be unbelievably volatile. We think the... View Details

Web

Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

Black grocers. A close friend of Justice Thurgood Marshall, Dowling served in managerial roles for the U.S. Department of Internal Revenue, the American Cancer Society, and the New Jersey Urban League. Howard Naylor Fitzhugh HBS MBA 1933... View Details

March 2022
Supplement

Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco

In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details

Citation

Purchase

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

fragmented network of units that are hard to integrate. Q: You mentioned earlier the application of your ideas to social problems. How has your understanding of domestic and international competition given you insights into these matters?... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

01 Feb 1999
News

A Taste of Tradition

families now own only a small percentage of the company, one example of their continuing influence is a company "creed" adopted in 1926 and originally designed to promote internal family harmony. "It formalizes many of the traditions and... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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