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- 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
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
"counterphobic move." Punch cards and mainframes were the technological order of the day when she enrolled at HBS, and a successful career in marketing -- including top-level positions at J. Baker Inc. and Bank of New England -- had required little direct experience... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
and Section Bingo based on commonly used words and nonwords such as “incentivize”), the funniest day for our section had to be when we had “come as your opposite sectionmate” day. For our first class in the morning one day late in the... View Details
- 24 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?
Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance." Contractive body postures such as folded arms have shown the opposite effect, decreasing testosterone and increasing cortisol. Bos and Cuddy wondered whether there might... View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
firms flatten, they are actually pushing some decisions toward the top of the firm. "The conventional wisdom of delayering is that it's about pushing decisions down," Wulf says. "But our research finds it's not as simple as that. It appears that the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
disadvantage; in fact, the opposite can be true. Finally, an independent national organization has grown out of my 1995 HBR article "The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City," which is included in this collection. I find that... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- 30 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Driving Social Impact Through Consumer Behavior: Nonprofit to Finance to Retail with Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022)
testing a new work environment. “I had worked at two smaller companies and founded a startup, so I thought, ‘What’s the opposite of that in retail?’” Krantz said. When she saw an internship opportunity at Dick’s Sporting Goods posted on... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
financial products are systemically risky, like credit default swaps. What would you do? My proposal is just the opposite of the Treasury’s. I would put the Fed in charge of risk monitoring because that’s where it has the most expertise.... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
Hernandez of New York University, dive into the topic in their working paper Political Identity and Trust. “Our biggest headline finding is that it seems that it’s beliefs that drive trust, not taste" If it seems we are a nation of View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
opposite way than that suggested by the social norm: they punish transgressors more severely on their birthdays, both in the realm of actual drunk driving enforcement and in an experimental lab setting where participants were given the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
where distant employees work sequentially around the clock, can work well for highly routine, simple, or administrative tasks that require little real-time communication. But opposite schedules are less effective for complex, team-based... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
greedy 'leaders' and then later became more optimistic Unfortunately, I don't see much evidence that CEOs are becoming more altruistic or humble. Just the opposite " Was Warren Bennis's optimism regarding the future of leadership... View Details
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
felt that the lines are not finely drawn. As she put it: "Men and women are variations on a theme, not opposites . It is possible, and I think likely, that the male-dominated business world selects as leaders women who demonstrate... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
in market outcomes." Rooting Marketing Strategy in Human Universals Global and local marketing efforts run at the opposite sides of the spectrum, and both "ignore crucial aspects of consumer behavior," argue HBS professors... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
that appear to have never been debated. That includes ‘nation-building’ or what would happen after we passed through major military operations.” Despite his eventual, lonely opposition (now hailed as courageous by many observers) to the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
percent. But when given the specific call to action, the opposite was true. Strongly loyal brothers cheated at a rate of 66 percent, compared to only 42 percent for those who were less loyal. For the first time, in other words, loyalty... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
in the workplace, less attention has been paid to the question of how to manage those workers on the opposite side of the spectrum: those who are harmful to organizational performance. In extreme cases, aside from hurting performance,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
"If you are a rock- star Internet guru who has founded a company and needs to make more money, it would be much more efficient to use crowdfunding than calling 10 of your friends in Silicon Valley." Such a result would likely lead to the View Details
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
those declines. Our argument is built around three core themes. Theme 1: When a Country Loses the Capability to Manufacture, It Loses the Ability to Innovate Innovation and manufacturing are often viewed as residing at the opposite ends... View Details