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The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Jeff Cruikshank
amazingly stimulating peer group. Almost without exception, they were well traveled, well read, visually literate, and extremely demanding. They were also opportunistic and flexible. Two good illustrations:... View Details
Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
afterthought. "If you look at the allocation of resources in corporate wellness programs, you will find it heavily weighted towards physical health," says Quelch. Only rarely does a tragedy, such as a suicide of a top management executive... View Details
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
Publications August 2013 Economic Development and Cultural Change The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?" By: Dreher, Axel, Stephan Klasen, James Raymond Vreeland, and Eric Werker Abstract—As is now well... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
Many people today are focused on the global economic crisis, but Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter sees also a global crisis of business. The model of American capitalism that worked so well to raise the fortunes of... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
caregiving responsibilities, as well as workers in countries with strict hourly limits, Choudhury says. Scheduling talks in multiple time zones During real-time, or synchronous, communication—including in-person meetings, video... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture
body health through at-home lab testing, a precision multivitamin membership, in-app progress tracking, and an engaged, health-focused community. By combining science with health and wellness data, Rootine delivers a precision nutrition... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
economic systems in ways that could well present unknowable threats to many of us. The threats are not certain. The victims are not known. But a fire is burning, and the smoke is swirling. The EIA/IEA reports also tell us-by country and... View Details
- 16 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design
charges a fixed fee for a “managed service” product with which she can run the algorithm in-house while co-designing and iterating with brands. To drive revenue in the short term, Shelly is creating her own zero waste products as well as... View Details
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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
lost all five fingers on his left hand while trying to protect his men from a defective distraction grenade that exploded prematurely. Jefferson was hospitalized for months and then well for the first time in years, he didn’t know what... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
@Soldiers Field
Biohacking Conference featured a keynote by David Asprey, creator of Bulletproof Coffee—a drink that promises increased mental focus, among other benefits—as well as addresses by an international memory champion and the CEO of a company... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society
Do corporations do well by doing good? Or do firms that engage in environmental and social initiatives destroy shareholder wealth? George Serafeim, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, has studied how... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Online Elective for MBA Students
How to Live, as well as from articles on leadership from the Harvard Business Review and the business press. Student-written assignments based on topics under study were posted on discussion boards on the course’s Web site, as were... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Raising the bar for financial literacy
Nan Morrison (MBA 1987) is intent on making children financially and economically literate. As CEO of the Council for Economic Education (CEE), a New York–based national nonprofit, she trains more than 55,000 teachers nationwide annually, as View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Student turns family health crisis into online solution
CareSolver, is an online health care service platform that offers families customized care guides as well as educational material and resources. The goal is to help caregivers get better care for their aging loved ones at a lower cost.... View Details
- 23 Jul 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action
eventually learned about problems with the strategy despite a lack of reliance on such formal analysis. Analysis of the Balanced Scorecard could have yielded more timely information as well as more detail on why the strategy was not... View Details
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Brendan Mosher
profitable) and applied to HBS, where he was accepted with a two-year deferral. "The MBA," says Brendan, "would enable me to do well in the private sector, so that I'd be better prepared to contribute to the public sector... View Details
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Laying Down the Principles: Management - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School/title>
managers included engineers from West Point or the War Department—individuals well versed in civil and military engineering and rigorous bureaucratic procedures. Railroad managers were responsible for supervising thousands of specialized... View Details
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Database Best Practices - Research Computing Services
any potential security restrictions, including who will have access to the data and editing permissions. Planning your database Knowing your data well is a crucial first step. Ensure that you are familiar with datatypes, value ranges,... View Details