Experiments - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Jan 2021
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)

didn’t get a single callback. Eventually, she found a government program that enabled her to return to school and become a daycare assistant. The experience really stuck with me and has influenced my life and career direction. What was... View Details

24 Feb 2021
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Les Williams (MBA 2005)

continued the program, I probably would have declined the sponsorship offer. I viewed HBS as an investment in my future and career, I did not want to be bound to my previous employer and chose to not accept the sponsorship. What has your View Details

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Demonstration Policy | About

respect. All members of the HBS community, in joining it, agree to integrate the values of: Respect for the rights, differences, and dignity of others, Honesty and integrity in dealing with all members of the community, and Accountability for personal behavior into... View Details

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Judges - Alumni

experience in strategic management, innovation, and finance. As the President of Ambrosía, she has transformed the company into a leading player in the hospitality and gastronomy industry in Mexico, driving sustainable growth and... View Details

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

needs. Employees respond better when communication is clear, when leaders are transparent about decisions, and when they believe that they are part of the process. What has your company achieved? When you have a handle on your own View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

01 Sep 2003
News

Stan O’Neal

O’Neal Photo courtesy Merrill Lynch & Co., INC. While Merrill Lynch CEO E. Stanley O’Neal admits the public perception of CEOs, business, and financial markets may be low in the current climate, he loves what he does. “I often pinch myself when I wake up in the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance

30 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The Life and Role of a CEO

the team, not the other way around.” “Being CEO is like being a parent. You give unconditional love and strict limits.” The fact that they always used the word “we” instead of “I” when they talked about their experiences reflected their... View Details

02 Oct 2017
What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

case a financial services company, to bail us out. The experience could have soured me on the entire notion of hedge funds. But of course hedge funds later came into vogue, prompting the growth and development of an entire hedge fund... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

01 May 2023
News

Yahoo Acquires Alumni Startup Wagr

sports betting as a fun, social, and inclusive experience for all sports fans, not just gamblers." "We want to rewrite the narrative around sports betting to show the world it doesn't always have to be an ‘icky' or predatory experience,"... View Details

05 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?

tree. Johnson (HBS MBA'84) comes to Penney after more than a decade of leading Apple's retail effort, where his innovations included the Genius Bar. Johnson is also credited with making Target chic. This makes his launching of the new Penney one of the most intensely... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

interesting experiment in political economy. Malcolm S. Salter, James J. Hill Professor Of Business Administration, Emeritus: Last December the U.S. Treasury had no choice but to become GM's "lender of last resort." To have done... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

General Alberto Gonzales reportedly offered some variant of “I don’t recall” more than 60 times. “Unethical amnesia is a self-defense mechanism that people use to alleviate the dissonance they experience after they act dishonestly” It may... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 May 2020
What Do You Think?

Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

home. You also see what your favorite pundit has read since most seem to broadcast in front of their bookshelves.) The experience is different from working side by side as social animals, but thanks to 5G, internet, and cloud capability... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

Positive By: Goranson, Amelia, Ryan S. Ritter, Adam Waytz, Michael I. Norton, and Kurt Gray Abstract— In people’s imagination, dying seems dreadful; however, these perceptions may not reflect reality. In two studies, we compared the affective View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 13

prosocial behavior associated with licensing. The results of a laboratory experiment and a large field experiment converge to support our account. Read the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Wyss House | About

Bern, Switzerland, Wyss graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1959 and began his career at Chrysler Corporation, where he set up manufacturing plants worldwide before enrolling at HBS. After HBS and nine years of View Details

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

but it's not going to create the kind of value that ultimately gets translated into financial success. Kost: In the first line of your book, you say that strategy is simple. Why is that such a provocative statement? Oberholzer-Gee: Because no one View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

that has defined the transformational experience of an HBS MBA. "Will we continue to get the most promising young students and future leaders and attract the most remarkable faculty and staff that creates this transformational View Details

07 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

Commercializing Climate Tech; The Future of Food. When asked about the experience the co-chairs hoped to cultivate during the Symposium, Angela Son explained: “I hope that our attendees not only learned something new about their field of... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

for different groups, then the next big challenge is to garner support for experimenting with how people might do the work differently. Q: How can women create change in their organizations? A: Find allies—in other women, men, other... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

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