Managing People - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2012
News

Putting Ghosts to Rest

where almost everyone was poor (living on less than $1 per day) and stuck on tiny hillsides. How on earth would this work? There were few people with the skills to care for the cows, little land for grazing, little land on which to use... View Details

Keywords: Chris Maloney; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Women Negotiating in the New Millenium

it's possible that women have the expectation that men are better" at negotiation. Simmons College's Kolb, an authority on gender issues, asserted that people need to take another look at the routine interactions they have in their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2013
News

Thanking Veterans Online

plant seeds that ultimately blossomed into his now rapidly growing young company. At a business event in Washington, D.C., a Microsoft marketing manager buttonholed Hall about the electronic ID card. Microsoft had tried offering free... View Details

Keywords: veterans; identity; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2007
News

The Wise Men

to think through it yourself. When I taught in a management program in Turin in 1953, an Italian assistant of mine commented that lecture courses had the impact of water over marble: very smooth, leaving little trace. The B-School was... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

01 Nov 2016
First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted, from The New York Times to The Economist, and from talent management to the future of education. Synthesizing what these stories have in common, and drawing on the latest research in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

impact on our trajectory." Last year, with three remaining locations in the Boston area, Finale's original lead investors acquired a majority ownership in the business, folding it into a Rhode Island-based holding company where Conforti now serves as View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

01 Jun 2011
News

The Best-Laid Plans

management at the health-care consultancy Carol Corp. (Puz continues to serve DFA in an advisory role; DFA’s original team also included doctors Gilbert Tang, MBA 2008, and Krishna Yeshwant, MD/MBA 2009.) “Negotiating the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

season and what it will take to win over anxious customers. Here's what they said. Jill J. Avery: Mind the details and focus on customer service Persistent unemployment plagues many families, and people are saving more and spending less... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Market for Babies

the industry as a whole flown under the radar for so long? Do you think companies are taking advantage of the fact that the public is uncomfortable (or unwilling) to confront this industry? A: I think that's exactly right. People who... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

20 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics

Wall Street, this time working in corporate advisory and M&A where she rose into executive level positions and managed massive strategic clients across West Africa. With a hugely successful career and a growing family at home, it... View Details

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

savings in the development of art assets for their video games. However, the firm's management find themselves at a point at which they feel they need to make a strategic decision that will enable Glass Egg to grow more substantially and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54887 forthcoming Production and Operations Management The Operational Value of Social Media Information By: Cui, Ruomeng, Santiago Gallino, Antonio Moreno, and Dennis J. Zhang... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Aug 2019
News

Leading from Within

look at business development and values, management practices and ethics, and their roles. And that’s all well and good, says Lim, in that CEOs typically walk away renewed and clear-headed about their next steps within their... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

analogy of cyberdefense as a castle—a favorite of his—he tends to the moats, the walls, and the gates. Get past those, and he deploys the dogs. And he’s watched many people scale walls, break gates, evade dogs, and leave with your AmEx... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

08 Sep 2015
First Look

September 8, 2015

that exists at the top of organizational hierarchies. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49601 forthcoming Management Science Financing Risk and Innovation By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

talented people in Singapore want to work for the government.— Yasheng Huang Private Firms And Political Bias To understand the reason for the bias against private firms in Singapore and Malaysia in the 1970s, Huang contends, one has to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2004
News

New Horizons for Iraq

force that I commanded, Bold Eagle Bravo, proudly followed the Seventh Marines into Safwan, Iraq. The people there, while pleased to see us, were still frightened and hesitant. One woman, whose son was shot for avoiding military duty,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Jun 2007
News

Profiles from the class of 2007

stories embody what makes HBS such a remarkable community and hint at the potential contributions these talented young people will make as alumni. While we always enjoy talking to these students, we can’t say that selecting them is an... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

19 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 19

(A) Hospital for Special Surgery, a focused factory for orthopedics and joint disease, is contemplating various growth options: further growth in the United Kingdom's National Health Services, management of hospitals in the United States,... View Details