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- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Activity-Based Costing
Activity-based costing, ABC, would seem to be an accurate way for managers to assign costs to the customers and products that use a department's services. But real-world use has shown ABC loses power in... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson
- May 2025
- Article
Punitive but Discerning: Reputation Can Fuel Ambiguously-Deserved Punishment, but Does Not Erode Sensitivity to Nuance
By: Jillian J. Jordan and Nour S. Kteily
The desire to appear virtuous can motivate people to punish wrongdoers, a desirable outcome when punishment is clearly deserved. Yet claims that “virtue signaling” is fueling a culture of outrage suggest that reputation concerns may inspire even potentially unmerited... View Details
Jordan, Jillian J., and Nour S. Kteily. "Punitive but Discerning: Reputation Can Fuel Ambiguously-Deserved Punishment, but Does Not Erode Sensitivity to Nuance." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 128, no. 5 (May 2025): 1072–1102.
- Portrait Project
Alex Angelopoulos
still felt bigger. When I came to HBS, I thought I had finally made it. However, as I delved into the case discussions, my heart tugged me back across the Atlantic. I remembered the hopeful eyes in that co-working space and realized the... View Details
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer
By: Anette Mikes
This paper tracks the evolution of the role of two chief risk officers (CROs), and the tools and processes they have implemented in their respective organizations. While the companies are from very different industries (one is a power company, the other is a toy... View Details
Mikes, Anette. "The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-114, May 2014.
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
experiences, from the Illinois Lottery to Peoples Energy to the White House, has been reimagining a mature product or experience and making it fresh for the next generation.” More than mascara: “Our company has two brands: Black Opal... View Details
- 29 Mar 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
An Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania
- October 2013
- Article
Corporate Venturing
By: Josh Lerner
For decades, large companies have been wary of corporate venturing. But as R&D organizations face pressure to rein in costs and produce results, companies are investing in promising start-ups to gain knowledge and agility. The logic of corporate venturing is... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Knowledge Acquisition; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention
Lerner, Josh. "Corporate Venturing." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 10 (October 2013): 86–94.
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
(varying electricity rates) and efficiency of the home (e.g., energy power user vs. saver as seen in Figure 4). Set-up of the home:~$4-5K added cost on average based on whether home has: Duct system: Most... View Details
- 12 Apr 2013
- HBS Seminar
Gary Frazier, USC Marshall School of Business
- Web
Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
$2,650 Next 12-week session starts September 3rd Next 17-week session starts October 28 Apply to CORe Apply to CORe for Credit Designed to help you achieve fluency in the language of business, CORe is a business fundamentals program that combines Business Analytics,... View Details
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Events - Business History
Seabrooke (Copenhagen Business School) Neil Fligstein (Berkeley) and Janna Huang (Berkeley) 10:45AM-11:30AM (EDT), Panel 2: Power and Politics Chair View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
Out with the old, in with the new! That's the natural path of innovation. PCs killed typewriters, for instance. Smartphones superseded telephones, pocket calculators, and point-and-shoot cameras. Every once in a while, though, an old... View Details
- 21 Feb 2013
- HBS Seminar
Rodrigo Wagner, Tufts University
- 29 Apr 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Great Leap Forward: The Political Economy of Education in Brazil, 1889-1930
- 09 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs
Fortune 500 companies reportedly provide mentoring opportunities to new employees. Data on the effectiveness of these programs are thin, so Stanton and his colleagues sought to find out whether mentorship programs actually View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
subsystems influences the direction and operations of the family company, as well as of the family. It is essential, therefore, that each subsystem has a defined role and a... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
The Ritual Effect
Source: Norton Source: Norton Professor Michael Norton studies the ways in which rituals can influence human behavior. In his research, he has found that people establish rituals to enhance their enjoyment of something or to improve their... View Details
Keywords: rituals
- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
stronger each day. Home doesn’t have to be a fancy space. It can be mental space that houses all the memories. It can be a child that reminds us of what we look like and who we are. It can be a source of View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
early days of the war, Zhyliak began to notice changes in the children. Some were showing more aggression and anger. Many cried uncontrollably, while others needed to be held. Sitting alongside the orphans as they grappled with their new... View Details
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Alumni Board - Alumni
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