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- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
take the new assignment will likely feel immense pressure to accept. (Although candidates can turn down formal leadership opportunities, most realize that doing so is apt to be what's often called a career-limiting move.) In a PSF, the...
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by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)
first agree on the outlines of a new Mexico so they can unite against the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which has controlled the country for the last 68 years. Only then will there be a strong enough social consensus to...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
considerably better off, even as it creates both winners and losers, and the losers often suffer through no fault of their own. A capitalist economy should be judged not just on the aggregate economic improvement driven by its innovation but also on the design and...
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Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
institutions ranging from Wall Street, to law and business schools, to the AFL-CIO examining the responsibilities of “gatekeepers” — corporate directors, regulators, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers, and journalists. They find that market View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
have to decide what you owe them (if anything) in terms of fairness, candor, and use of pressure tactics. Whatever poster or credo you may hang on the wall doesn't mean very much if your actions don't really match those values. My...
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by Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS
The first few weeks of the first year at HBS can certainly be overwhelming: meeting 900 new people, learning how to prepare for cases and how to jump in at the right time in class, managing an influx of social events, determining which...
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- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
utilization in teams, revealing how and when teams appropriately draw on their members' expertise. Feeling the Heat: The Effects of Performance Pressure on Teams' Knowledge Use and Performance Author:Heidi K. Gardner Publication:Best...
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Martha Lagace
- Profile
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
“I was always intrigued by that.“ With pressure from her Asian parents to pursue a law career, Marcelo applied to Harvard Law School but deferred her acceptance. She wasn’t sure she wanted to be a lawyer and instead she took a...
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- 22 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of France hosted 250 alumni and guests at the Institut de France for the HBS European Alumni Summit, held October 21–23. The conference, titled Re.Invent: Leadership for Sustainable Future, featured leaders and experts from industry,...
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Margie Kelley
- Web
Articles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Health Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network VBHCD Initiative VBHCD...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
(courtesy of Susan Wolf Ditkoff) The philanthropy economy is booming. Last year, America’s charitable giving totaled $358.38 billion, equaling 2.1 percent of GDP—a number last attained in prerecession 2004. With that growth have come a number of new options, including...
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- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
leave. Research has shown that US cities that mandated paid sick leave experienced less contagious presenteeism (employees coming to work while sick) compared with control cities. That is, people were less inclined to attend work when ill. Another factor is various...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
“It’s still early in its implementation and a process of two steps forward and one step back,” Cohen cautions. “Development pressures are huge,so we keep our fingers crossed.” In 1997, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright asked Cohen to...
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- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America's economy, shaped the country's development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization and other powerful forces, it faces a moment of truth. The...
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- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three theoretical aspects of sociality...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Emerging Art of Negotiation
perspective over the last 30 years, they write, with these changes often occurring in tandem with broader developments in psychology and in society as a whole. Most recently, analysis has begun to look at social or personal factors...
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by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Julie Cruz
as a permanent cheerleader has also been great, especially when the pressure of academics, recruiting, and social engagements starts to mount! One thing I'll be taking home with me is a newfound love for...
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- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
Wegrzyn cited (1) "incredible pressure from the economic side," (2) "incredible instability," and (3) a resulting "dog-eat-dog attitude." Dennis Hopwood said, "In the end, it's all about making the...
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by Jim Heskett
- Web
Latin America - Global Activities 2021
so hard on yourself for not acting like the result of an equation.” That was the valuable lesson for O’Connor, who saw many similarities between her and Bruck. Through her career, O’Connor had always felt pressure to be a “wise old...
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- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
policy we consider concerns the level of future Social Security benefits. Specifically, we examine how an agent would respond to learning in advance whether she will experience a major Social Security...
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Martha Lagace