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Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting

and has found that anything employers can do to try and get stories out there and in front of students and alumni is helpful. Seeing others with diverse abilities be successful in the work environment signals how a company encourages... View Details

17 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price

in the prefrontal cortex suggested to us that sequence matters: At the very simplest, the neural signals looked different when the price came first versus when the product came first," Karmarkar says. "When the product came... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

04 Apr 2011
HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

the same question Fahey debated with his team: to whom should this person report? To Fahey himself, signaling the importance of the role? To the Global Media Group, which is responsible for the magazine, book publishing, TV and film, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

25 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing

Small Business Using Fintech to Disrupt Eastern Bank from Within Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech Are fintech loans good for consumers? Share your insights below. View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

the administration has instituted high-profile travel bans and worked to undo the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) policy of the Obama administration, the president has also often signaled a desire to shift the H-1B visa... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

appreciate the associated risks. Begenau and Stafford suggest and provide evidence for an additional consideration: that high leverage signals an excessive focus on financing decisions over good management, specifically over... View Details

April 4, 2009
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The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?

By: Aldo Musacchio and Francisco Flores-Macias

The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 has prompted many industrialized states worldwide to increase their stakes in private corporations. This wave of partial nationalizations has come amidst full-scale expropriations in developing countries such as Venezuela,... View Details

Keywords: History; Private Ownership; State Ownership; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

designing programmable analog signal processing chips. Aprendo Mason Myers Business Track Runner-Up Aprendo is a service that verifies job candidates’ prior education and employment data quickly efficiently and conveniently. Empower... View Details

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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

in future. Hong-Kong had the call. 23 Augustine Heard & Co. moved its main office to Hong Kong in 1857 and continued to expand its operations with branches in Foochow and Shanghai, agencies in Amoy and Ningbo, and later offices in Japan at Yokohama, Nagasaki, and... View Details

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Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

social benefit for comparable cost, or achieves an equivalent social benefit with fewer dollars. Foundations create value in four ways: selecting better grantees, signaling other funders, improving the performance of grantees, and... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Again and Again

Over time, we negotiate whether this is a hug relationship or a handshake relationship. And then we just keep doing it. Sometimes we feel these awkward moments where we haven’t decided. If I try to hug you, and you go for the handshake? Extremely awkward. Duhigg: Do we... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

elements of collaboration, however, may be where the real returns to in-person interaction occur, helping team members build relationships, foster trust, and cultivate healthy norms. Working in close proximity in a shared office can also be energizing, where View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

2013
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Clusters and the New Growth Path for Europe

By: Christian Ketels and Sergiy Protsiv

This paper outlines elements of a conceptual framework that clarifies the role that clusters play relative to government policies and actions of individual companies in supporting the emergence of "High Road" strategies that lead to better New Growth Path–related... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Competition; Industry Clusters; Globalization; Economic Growth; Europe

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29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

send a signal that, not only do you care about the time workers spend on productive tasks,” Whillans says, “but also that you care about the quality of their life outside of work.” About the Author Rachel Kim Raczka is a writer based in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team

Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

issue." Contingent concessions are almost risk-free. They allow you to signal to the other party that while you have room to make more concessions, it may be impossible for you to budge if reciprocity is not guaranteed. Keep in mind,... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

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Instructor Performance - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

their performance and receive developmental input. Feedback may come from students, in the form of non-verbal signals and direct comments, mid-course surveys, and end-of the-term student evaluations. Useful feedback may also come from... View Details

30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

derailing a negotiation, but also in helping both sides come to better agreement. "To strip away emotions wouldn't be desirable," says Wasynczuk —even if it could be done. "Emotions are an expression of how people are processing information, and can give... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

that will allow you to feel comfortable that you’ve done enough. Reframe success Complement the quantitative approach above with a qualitative one. Over time, your definition of success can change. The markers that once signaled... View Details

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

powerful. Despite numerous advances in the Indian economy, reduced birth rates, higher levels of female education, and other promising signals (this year saw the highest-ever number of women elected to Indian Parliament) the number of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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