Giving Back - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

individuals' charitable giving in the United States. Further, unlike corporate boards where directors are appointed and leave, school attended is a network that doesn't change over a person's life (after graduation). In addition, a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

return to often are When the Legends Die: The Timeless Coming-of-Age Story about a Native American Boy Caught Between Two Worlds, by Hal Borland, Girl in Translation, by Jean Kwok, and Inside Out & Back Again, by Thanhha Lai. Each is... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

really give to someone like Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson or to Wilbur Ross, the Commerce Department nominee, or to Vice President Mike Pence? It looks like he’s a person who hasn’t delegated a lot in the past. So those would... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

such as, "How do we deal with family relying too much financially on the business, because family dependence can drain the very life out of the business if we give in to it too much?" "How do we develop the next generation... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

among the permitted lenders. After all, small businesses generate almost 2 million net new jobs a year and employ 47 percent of the workforce. Even though macroeconomists rarely give them their due, Mills says, small businesses contribute... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

07 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips

call. Lastly, I had 15 interviews in eight weeks. Travel took an intense toll on my body. I got strep throat twice in the month after I finished, and without regular exercise, I imagine my body would have broken down sooner. Silverthorne: If you were to View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting; Education

07 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 7, 2015

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49196 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 815-113 MINTing Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian (B) This short (B) case gives an update on the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

of power, and we examine this idea in the context of advice giving. Specifically, we show a) that advice giving is an interpersonal behavior that enhances individuals’ sense of power and b) that those who seek power are motivated to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jan 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

in new people? This is not as simple as it sounds. Inclusion is difficult. Research suggests that much of it does not lend itself to training. We can train managers to give “voice” to everyone in their organizations. What remains,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

2003. Looks back on the reasons for Ericsson's current situation and the recent restructuring programs that cut the company's staff and operating expenses in half. Presents Svanberg's vision for how to re-energize the ailing company and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes

eat green grass, which is rich in the orange pigment beta-carotene. The pigment colors the fat in the cows’ milk, which gives the butter a golden color. But, in winter, cows don’t eat grass. Rather, they eat grain, which, unless it has... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

counsel. "Sometimes they'll be a little more subtle and say, 'My wife's going to be in Hong Kong next week, and she's going shopping.' Either you say, 'That's nice,' and you pass on, or you say, 'What store is she going to, and can I give... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Feb 2006
HBS Case

Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive

The best and brightest executives in the world are common visitors to the MBA classrooms at Harvard Business School, giving students a personal opportunity to talk to the likes of Ann Fudge, Lou Gerstner, Meg Whitman, and Jack Welch.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

It's also true for some of the most admired in business. Here's a familiar success pattern that should give pause, but instead seems to shed all possibility of providing "sticky" lessons: After a meteoric rise in his company's... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

that prioritize shareholder value maximization and short-term financial gains, largely at the expense of employee, climate, and societal welfare, have contributed to this crisis of power concentration. Power sharing entails giving workers... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

program management is critical is related to decisions that maximize the performance of the system as a whole, but involve trade-offs at the individual project level. For example, it is far more effective for an orbiter to relay signals from a Mars lander View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 9, 2007

their role. Those who can acknowledge their misconceptions have a far greater chance of success. For example, new managers typically assume that their position will give them the authority and freedom to do what they think is best.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

use an attribute's value to infer its weight—the value-weight heuristic—and identify the role of perceived diagnosticity: more extreme attribute values give observers the subjective sense that they know more about a decision-maker's... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

research gives the field an advantage over other disciplines and will allow us to answer big questions, such as, "What explains the success and failure of entrepreneurs?" If business historians invest in reestablishing the... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

17 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection

also provisions such as limits on the number of maximum votes a shareholder or a proxy could hold, which made large corporations truly democratic in the sense that decisions were consensual. Q: Back then, the salaries and bonuses of top... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

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