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- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
there are other stumbling blocks as well. The fact that boards are groups of people is in a sense a stumbling block, because groups have a hard time working together and so they need effective leadership.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
"self-reporting in surveys and focus groups is a limited tool, and I have no doubt that in the future brain scans will augment traditional research methods." But for Mark Spellmann, research of the kind associated with neuro... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 09 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community
Leadership Development (ALD) discussion group for some of the most stimulating, vulnerable, and raw conversations I had while in business school. In a world in which your professional and personal lives are inextricably linked, the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
raises interesting questions about how leaders are chosen. It appears the employees have engineered the return of company President Arthur T. Demoulas by nearly putting their organization out of business. It was a remarkable move, especially by a View Details
- Web
Virtual Campus Tour | MBA
Hall A private, state-of-the-art fitness facility exclusively for the HBS community. Shad Hall houses 3 basketball courts, an indoor track, group exercise studios for regularly scheduled fitness classes, cardio and strength equipment, and... View Details
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
co-wrote with Lynn Pyun of MIT and B.Y. Cheon of Hanshin University and the Korea Labor Institute. Focusing on South Korea, the team interviewed scores of multinational and local executives to find out whether a firm could raise its profits by actively recruiting an... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
new connections they had just formed. “The camaraderie among participants was richer and more vibrant than other executive programs I’ve experienced,” says Cathy Benko (MBA 1989). “The curriculum and veracity of any executive education program only gets you so far; but... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
comparison to its peer institutions, the World Bank has been relatively responsive to calls for greater accountability. This report examines accountability mechanisms at three basic levels in the institution: (1) project, (2) policy, and... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
likely than their non-veteran peers to commit the US military to solving problems overseas. “They know what’s at stake,” he says. Barcott says he and other veterans launched With Honor after months of preparation. “I served with a number... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
2017 Emerald Group Publishing Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Today's global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work by teams of experts... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
of Education Arne Duncan, who first attended PELP in 2003 when he was CEO of Chicago's public schools. The popular program engages eight-person district teams in an intensive learning experience that includes analyses of education- and business-based cases, View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
effect of external finance. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-047.pdf Peer Effects and Entrepreneurship Authors:Ramana Nanda and Jesper B. Sorensen Abstract We examine whether the likelihood of entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Online Personal Branding Course | HBS Online
Identify your key assets, descriptors, and superpower Conduct an external personal brand audit 2-3 hrs Module 2 Engage Your Personal Brand Understand how to drive interactions that build your personal brand and avoid ones that dilute it. Discover the power of different... View Details
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
up-or-out knowledge organization, we assess the distinct effects of demographic match with superiors and demographic match with peers on the exit of junior professionals. We find largely cooperative effects of cross-level... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
distinct groups while creating "spaces of negotiation"-areas of interaction that allow members of each group to discuss the trade-offs they face. We conclude by highlighting the conditions under... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
groups of risk experts left a divided risk function incapable of promoting risk mangers towards the position of frame-makers. Instead, we found these two groups of risk experts in less influential roles: one... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
minorities are able to get on and stay on the path to senior leadership, Tingle and Pierre-Jacques connected with friends who shared their passion for investing. Their group of six, including co-founder and current Harlem Capital Venture... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
100% subsidy produced the highest enrollment (7.7%), significantly higher than each of the lower subsidies (vs. 80% subsidy: 6.2%, p=.002; vs. 50% subsidy: 3.9%, p<.0001; vs. hybrid: 3.7%, p<.0001). Enrollment in the 80% subsidy View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel