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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

characterize an effective leader, gain an understanding of common leadership styles, and explore how you can unleash the potential in yourself and others. Access Your Free E-Book Our Difference Negotiation Mastery emphasizes an understanding of both analytical View Details

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

Photographed by Webb Chappell In March 2010, the 1787 drafting of the United States Constitution became breaking news. The members of the Texas State Board of Education had convened in Austin to review the state’s history and other social... View Details

Keywords: April White

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

corporate behavior through the tools of accounting, and to develop rigorous methodologies for assessing areas—such as carbon emissions generated, decarbonization efforts, or commitment to social justice—that... View Details

16 Jan 2006
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Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

subject to varying levels of psychological influences. Although the importance of psychological factors may be something that business leaders have long understood, the field of economics has only relatively recently been equipped with the View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

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McArthur Hall | About

integral aspect of the learning experience at HBS, and McArthur Hall’s layout and amenities encourage intellectual and social engagement beyond the classroom. A first-floor reception area, lounge, library, and courtyard accommodate large... View Details

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

adversaries as well as with colleagues within your organization? In this Q&A, James Sebenius and David Lax, authors of 3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals, discuss the common mistakes of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

people in the room to guess what prompts he had provided to the AI tool DALL-E2 to create the image. People in the audience were stumped. After about 40 seconds, Turner—a visiting fellow at HBS’s Institute for the Study of Business in... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

Company” In 1997, a portion of the Manila Metropolitan Water and Sewage System is taken over by a joint venture, the Manila Water Company, which must develop the newly acquired employees and assets into a profitable firm. I work in financial markets and have always... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

analysis. And a few are motivated simply by the vision of a better and more humane way of conducting business. Overall, though, my experience has been that probably half, and maybe even two-thirds, categorize ethics mainly as a risk management issue. These managers... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

exports provide positive externalities and thus should be encouraged by government, the policy question is how to do so most effectively. One large body of thinking is devoted to identifying general barriers to exports that reduce trade below its View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

can create for you and your business from a strategic standpoint Assess the impact of macroeconomic, political, and social indicators on business decisions Discover the short- and long-term impact of interest rates, inflation, trade, and... View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

tools they need to simplify, accelerate, and optimize the financing of critical climate assets.” Ayr Muir MBA 2004 | Founder & CEO, Clover Food Lab “Meat production and the agriculture industry behind it are the second biggest... View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

perfect opportunity to give me the right tools to learn more about this field." Desirée Kaplan Writer at Green Matters Identify strategic opportunities and articulate the business case for sustainability to achieve corporate View Details

27 Apr 2020
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How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

employee can start to be remotely onboarded, they need to have the physical tools required to access important programs, resources and people. Access: Before a new employee begins, the company must determine what access they will need to... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

25 Apr 2011
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What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

curiosity of trying to understand the life of a CEO." But what they did discover should help CEOs learn to be more effective with their time, and provide boards with a new tool to help assess the effectiveness of their chief... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes and applying your knowledge through interactive tools and a capstone assignment. Description of silent animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by dragging and... View Details

08 Feb 2021
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How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

toward racial equity more recently, he began to feel uncomfortable helping only people who were bold enough to ask for this favor. After all, while social science research shows most people do not actively harm members of other racial,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Sep 2023
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End Game

passionate about the notion that business could be a force for good. Within a few decades, many of the success stories were acquired by large corporations (L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, Colgate-Palmolive, and Amazon, in the case of the companies above), whereupon the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

meant paying a hefty percentage of his wages for bus fare, plus a day of lost work. Click to watch. Safaricom and Vodafone initially built M-PESA, a money-transfer application that resides on a phone's SIM card, as a tool for microfinance... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

to really achieve its potential. Kost: Artificial intelligence techniques and tools are influencing how companies conduct business and make decisions. How do these technologies affect creativity? Amabile: It depends on how we use these... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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