Helping - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate

field sales mangers might need to fine tune the final number. From resistance to productivity The success of using such a system, Chung says, depends on two things: the amount of data a company includes, so as to create the most accurate measures, and management’s... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

Intense preparation helped Hillary Clinton command the podium in her first debate with Donald Trump in September 2016—the most-watched presidential debate in US history. In one of the debate’s most memorable moments, Clinton called out... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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McCulloch Hall | About

secretary: the first under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) and subsequently (1884-1885) under President Chester Arthur. McCulloch arrived in Washington in 1862, determined to alter proposed legislation to establish a national banking system,... View Details

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

teenage daughter through a bumpy high school period by helping with schoolwork and spending more time with her. Activating a latent identity: A retiree rediscovers a passion that had become dormant due to the demands of work. One person... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

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Rachel H Chung

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I wanted to take time to step back and define what “great leadership” looks like to me. At HBS, I witness various forms of leadership through cases, conversations, clubs, and projects every day, View Details

26 Nov 2019
News

The Ritual Effect

practice them. KEY THEMES He suggests that rituals are not only surprisingly pervasive and highly effective, they are also immensely versatile. Remarkably, rituals seem to work by helping us exactly wherever we need View Details

Keywords: rituals

10 Nov 2015
Blog Post

Using an MBA for a Career Change

certainly a starting place. It takes more than just an MBA to change careers. It takes patience, humility, perseverance, and asking for help. But having friends and professors at HBS give you advice, having the alumni network to tap into and alumni events to attend... View Details

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

twentieth-century industrial organization structures to twenty-first-century information-based organization structures. Q: In your novel, though Barton had been willing to critique his predecessor for constantly fighting fires, he found himself facing the same... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

delivering health, water, energy, and agriculture services to economic base of the pyramid in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. As CIO, he was a member of Acumen’s management team and helped build out the network of country operations... View Details

23 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 23

attention to the returns of firms that do not issue at all, suggesting that issuance is partly an attempt to cater to broad time-varying patterns in characteristics mispricing. Our approach helps forecast returns to portfolios based on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

Executives from a wide range of industries trooped to Harvard Business School to discuss how their spirituality helps them be powerful leaders. The stories emerged from three panel sessions at the Möbius Leadership Forum, held April... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

23 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

cares that provide nutrition, health care, and educational support for mothers and young children—represent a particularly rich target. Rocket is currently working with the Ministry of Women and Child Development, which runs the centers, to View Details

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

Benioff has long espoused the need for a more equitable economic system and has stated that the current pandemic “is a tremendous opportunity for all CEOs and all businesses to really put their resources right out there and say, 'We're going to do everything we can to... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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Research Computing Services - Faculty & Research

upon request, and installations are self-service or can be done by Technology Support Services. Research Infrastructure The RCS research computing environment provides high‐speed, high‐capacity computing resources to help HBS researchers... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

New HBS Fund Chairs Take the Helm

serve as ambassadors and champions of the HBS Fund to the broader alumni community. They will also lead the HBS Fund Council. Formed in 2016, this volunteer advisory group helps to devise new strategies for raising alumni understanding of... View Details

16 Aug 2016
First Look

August 16, 2016

these streams and offers human resource management researchers and professionals insights and approaches for helping diverse teams tackle complex problems. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51467... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 May 2024
News

A New Chapter

Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the World Bank reports that only one... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

Confined to specialist journals and books, business history research too often lacks the impact it should have on the research and practice of business management and the social sciences, according to the editors of the newly published Oxford Handbook of Business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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By: Nancy F. Koehn

My research focuses on crisis leadership and how leaders and their teams rise to the challenges of high-stakes situations. Using the lens of history, my work examines how individual leaders from business, government and other walks accomplish important—often seemingly... View Details

Keywords: Courageous Leadership In Turbulent Times; Emotional Experience Of Leaders; History Of Leadership; Leadership; Entrepreneurship; History; Media And Broadcasting Industry; Health Industry; Beauty And Cosmetics Industry; Fashion Industry; Advertising Industry; United States; Europe

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Savings among microentrepreneurs

Poverty is often characterized not only by low average income, but also by highly variable income and expenditures, and by a lack of access to insurance services that can help smooth consumption. While commitment devices such as defaults and direct deposits from... View Details

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