Perspective Taking - Publications - Faculty & Research

Research Summary

Overview

My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

because there is no answer to them. And HBS was a fantastic environment to take just an extra time out, given that they don't give us anything to read or cases to do and, legitimately bored in school anyway, right? And think about, okay,... View Details

16 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 16

interpersonal authority to get an employee to "do the right thing" from the manager's perspective (when the manager and employee disagree on the right course of action). It shows that persuasion and authority are complements at... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

who want to take on more and more responsibility over the course of their careers must ask themselves: Am I preparing myself to manage and lead? How Can We Learn To Manage And Lead? Although some of the qualities of effective management... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

African countries. I feared that during and after the outbreak populations living in poverty would be much worse-off and new populations would fall into poverty because the outbreak was taking away lives, sources of income, foreign... View Details

Portrait Project

Edo Bedzra

A year ago, I was involved in a car accident on I-95 to New York. The car did not survive. Staring death in the face on a three-lane highway brought new perspectives to me—time is the most powerful currency life offers—and—I must apply my... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

number of students elected to take advantage of the School’s deferral and leave policies because of COVID, reducing enrollment by 14 percent from fiscal 2020. By contrast, enrollment in fiscal 2022 was 1,870 students, in line with the... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

we are as individuals and as a species. What does it take to live a purposeful life in an age where everything can change and where existential threats are real? Managing a Polarized Workforce Professor Francesca Gino Video Recording +... View Details

03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

and I were fervently taking notes throughout the discussion and gained a lot of new perspectives which will no doubt influence our decision-making process moving forward on this live case. Talent and... View Details

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

more digitized, and creating the next line of leadership for the company that can take it forward for the next 15-20 years. “I see our company being a leading global precision engineering company in the next five to seven years and this... View Details

29 Mar 2016
First Look

March 29, 2016

nature of strategy, organizational design, and leadership. Management: An Integrated Approach is the only introductory management text on the market to address this challenge by taking an integrated and holistic approach to management, as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jan 2019
Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

accounting, finance, and corporate governance and tie them together in framework for value creation. Personal Financial Planning Many life events require financial decisions (e.g., getting married, buying a house, having a baby, taking... View Details

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

mothers on par with student fathers. Female professors on par with male professors. A female dean. Even more diversity of race, political thought, socioeconomic upbringing, among many other areas of difference and perspective. Our classmates and alumni View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

meaning from our work; we bring meaning to our work.” Relating his extensive past in high-ranking executive roles, Rowan offers the reader the opportunity to ponder new perspectives and see business as a chance to serve God by... View Details

22 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

Can Amazon Remake Health Care?

aspiration, which again, is wonderful if they succeed. But from the perspective of an Amazon shareholder, or the hard-nosed evidence to date, it is probably going to cause that shareholder to lose the money that One Medical shareholders... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Health

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Gurun for "Don't Take Their Word for It: The Misclassification of Bond Mutual Funds" ( Journal of Finance , 2021). Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2020 Best Paper Prize at the University of Cambridge Consortium on Asset Management with... View Details

17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, reflected on her research and its impact in an essay in Perspectives on Psychological Science, Educating Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World (pdf). More recently, she... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Ken Zeng

be leaving with the invaluable skill of listening. Listening with sincerity, humility, compassion, and curiosity is one of the most precious things HBS taught me over the course of hundreds of case discussions. How have diverse View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

Toward a Life Well Lived

students plan more intentionally for the path ahead, navigate the bumps that arise, and stay true to their values, Perlow created a second-year course, Crafting Your Life: The Tactics and Practices of the First 10 Years Post-MBA. “What I want us to think about is, are... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

psychological consequences of serving in an advisor role to develop a more comprehensive perspective on the psychology of advising. By connecting this work, which spans various methodologies and theoretical foundations, it advances... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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