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- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
millions of extra pounds in tax revenue collected. "I’ve seen behavioral economics come into play in a variety of contexts, ranging from employee compensation and investment decisions to corporate strategy." The letter is an... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
Geen, and HBS Professor Max H. Bazerman. "This project integrates my prior work on using joint decision-making to create more ethical decisions with Iris's long-standing expertise in developing strategies to View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 17 Nov 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design
themselves not just as support functions that police other departments but as catalysts for new ideas and company growth. What Role Does Information Technology Have In Promoting A Decentralized Organization? How IT Shapes Top-Down and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
allocation such as heuristics, decision rules, and "bottom up" approaches still effective in today's complex marketing environment? To help practicioners answer this question, Harvard Business School professors Sunil Gupta and Tom... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Of Dugouts and Sweatshops
In 1993, as President Clinton's newly sworn-in Secretary of Labor, Robert B. Reich had hoped his first formal public policy decision would be a veritable home run. Instead, he found himself dealing with what appeared to be a no-win... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
be counted, the media should avoid calling the election prematurely, and business leaders should promote patience, civility, security, and accuracy. “We should assume that if we get into a bad situation, there are many more who are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
life, we make these types of decisions with our partners. We have some data now on time-saving purchases and heterosexual couples. The general pattern is that time-saving purchases promote relationship... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Keeping an iron grip on Nigeria's financial markets
Oteh's bold decisions have cleaned up the Nigerian capital markets and her zero tolerance for improper acts earned her the nickname "Iron Lady." The reform efforts she champions have been hugely successful, as the country's stock market... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Faculty Updates
The following faculty members have received promotions. Tarun Khanna (Strategy), Kathleen L. McGinn (Negotiation, Organizations & Markets), David A. Moss (Business, Government, and the International Economy), and Ananth Raman (Technology and Operations Management) have... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
HBS Launches Unique Deferred-Admission Program
timing.” The program is aimed at second-semester college juniors with significant leadership potential who are beginning to explore career opportunities. Applications are due by July 1, with acceptance decisions delivered in September.... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
subsequently plateaued in middle management tended to make their decisions based on perceived fast-track career opportunities, not on the actual work. They were more prone to take salary and title promotions... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Man on a Mission
his life to a campaign to promote prostate-cancer awareness and education, including a Web site. The site, which taps into the experiences of patients and doctors, provides a lot of the information Girand could not find when he was... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 14 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale
turning to the market to stop buying plastic bags [ ] The market amplifies our actions when every one of us makes an economic decision and makes it possible to produce planet-wide results.” Take a look at these video clips for more about... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
candidacy requirements and training programs. Promote constructive engagement in the workplace. Implement policies that encourage respectful dialogue and acknowledge diverse political views among employees. Provide training and resources... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
often work directly with the companies they study. I then survey the factors that influence the quality of UGC. Quality is influenced by factors including promotional content, peer effects between contributors, biases of contributors, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Class of 2007 Fellowship Awarded
business solutions to poverty. “One day we were talking to villagers who live on $2 a day, and the next day we were meeting with business and government leaders,” recalls Kim. Last summer he built on this experience working in Delhi with Drishtee, a for-profit company... View Details
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Business and Geopolitics - Course Catalog
including how they impact bilateral relationships, contribute to power shifts, and act as vectors for the promotion of values and ideologies. The course will consist of three modules. The first will look at historical examples of firms... View Details
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
effects of global talent from global product markets. Further, the emergence of the Indian software industry offers a unique experimental setting to ask whether globalization can promote convergence in corporate governance. This is... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
style, such processes enable the CEO to make effective decisions consistent with where he wants the company to go. One of our new CEOs learned this the hard way. Soon after he became CEO, he was asked to approve a marketing campaign for... View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
steps to promote greater access to information. Meeting such best practices would require the World Bank to: Improve the transparency of its own governance structure and decision-making; Expand the range of draft and final documents, as... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim