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- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
rural Chinese. Just addressing that problem—finding ways that farmers in the country’s poorer provinces can achieve a standard of living equal to a high-tech worker in Hangzhou—is a daunting task. This... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
by leading multifaceted lives themselves. They can reward employees for the quality and results of their work rather than the time put into it. And they can enforce reasonable work hours, require vacations, and take other steps to protect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
executives. Healy: To put it in context, we live in a society in which the stars—entertainers, professional athletes, the top performers in any industry—make all the money. That includes the executive market as well. The irony about... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
we could only dream of just a few years ago, ranging from unobtrusive physiological and neurological measures to massive databases on billions of individuals' decisions about consuming, saving, investing, and living their lives. As... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Impact Stories - Business & Environment
solving climate change by setting high environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards in farmland management and investing in regenerative agriculture.” Pat Coady MBA 1966 | Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure "We’re finally... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
professional lives in a new direction. An early pioneer in the high-tech world, Ilene Lang (MBA 1973) worked in senior management and chief leadership roles at established corporations and start-ups alike during the 1980s and ’90s,... View Details
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
lives and the very structure and power dynamics of industries can't be managed as "silos," tucked away in corporate, university, or government research labs, in incubators, or within venture capital-funded entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement
support from their existing providers, and a sense of isolation — all reaching a crescendo at a time when the burdens of their professional and family lives felt heaviest. This topic, which might have seemed esoteric at first blush, is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
in part because they simply treat their players well. “Living in a place you like carries a certain nonmonetary value, and a lot of our players like living in St. Louis,” he adds. “We’ve also been fortunate to enjoy a culture of winning,... View Details
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
standards. A second fire kills a suburban dad who filled his lawn mower with gas too close to a recently tossed cigarette; the fire raced up the flow of gas and into the can, which exploded. Who is to blame for these deaths? Let's shift our focus. If you View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
companies committed to making positive contributions to health and wellness. Focusing on four interconnected areas of corporate impact, it not only discusses the business imperative of promoting a healthier society and improved living... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
2009 Abstract This chapter explores issues of how Chinese railroads improved social mobility and standards of living along major trunk lines, and how foreign investment shaped the integration of the Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
corporate web site and all of the technology distributed inside the organization. While the web site is essentially the open door to the business, you still have to build the other capabilities using the Internet's standard technologies.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
movement, on average. It was quite controversial. When we tell microfinance practitioners about this evidence, it can be hard for them to really engage with it because of their work on the ground and the anecdotes they hear about lives... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
contributed significantly to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. Exemplary role models, they inspire all those who aspire to have an impact on both business and society.... View Details
- 17 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry
with a time-shift in television viewing as digital video recorders (DVR) became commonplace. With broadband they must now also contend with a place-shift. The family no longer sits in the living room together with all eyes focused on the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
different way of stating the purpose. It's a way of saying we have a responsibility to live up to high standards and to use the products and services that we create to improve the world. There are some... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
the stories become part of us.” How could we be fair to the accused director? How could we protect the complaining employee from retaliation during the investigation? What standards of proof should we use in making our determination about... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
business-government relations, nonmarket strategy, and organization theory. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shiatt/GMO_paper_AMJ.pdf ISO Standards Stamp Approval Authors:Michael James and Michael W. Toffel Publication:European... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
employees. And, because standard interviews enable you to spot trends but unstructured ones elicit unexpected insights, consider combining the two approaches in semi-structured interviews. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne