Individual - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 8

investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social spillovers. We conduct a field... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 12

and software to meet a wide range of needs from basic scientific research in the biological and medical sciences to clinical applications, materials science, and industrial sectors. Modularity also provided Carl Zeiss engineers the benefit of decoupling the development... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

Manage your network. Effective managers know they cannot avoid conflict and competition among organizational groups; they build and nurture ongoing relationships. Manage your team. Team members need to know what's required of them collectively and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 17

discriminant validity from voice-related individual and organizational factors and their incremental predictive validity on workplace silence. Collectively, the results from the four studies indicate the prevalence of implicit voice... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2025
News

Challenge Accepted

seed capital and piloted MLT’s initial programming. Over the past 20 years, MLT has provided professional coaching and a high-performance playbook to 15,000 individuals and developed over 1,000 senior executive leaders across the private... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

notion of a single fintech capital—whether it be New York or London, Beijing or the Bay Area—may be misplaced. Instead, the future of fintech may resemble what Gibbins describes as a global network of distributed ecosystems, each with its own View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

Ernesto SchargrodskyNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15602, December 2009 Abstract We study the re-arrest rates for two groups: individuals formerly in prison and individuals formerly under electronic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

wrestling with profound feelings of loss as they climbed the ranks. A scope for sanity Despite evidence of universal misery, none of the companies—largely professional services firms—that Ely has observed in her career have shifted the paradigm of overwork. However,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

08 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

however, a catch: they tended to move from firms with lower rates of misconduct to firms with higher rates. “It seems like there is some sorting going on, with some firms more tolerant of misconduct than others.” In other words, while View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

03 Apr 2006
What Do You Think?

Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?

cautionary note: ". . . the elephant in the room is the assumption of the availability and cost of petroleum . . . the economics of globalization will change dramatically in the decades ahead." Will what is true for the world turn out to be true for View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Oct 2020
Blog Post

12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

individual glass of wine). During events like this I got to meet my teammates’ children, partners, and pets, which made me feel like I knew these people even though we’d never met in person. Walking the Walk Towards the end of my... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

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Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) Course Number 1581 Senior Lecturer Gerald Chertavian Senior Lecturer Brian Trelstad Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Paper/Project Career Focus SESC is tailored for View Details

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Instagram Takeover Policy | About

dedicated department contact. ___ Respond to any direct messages. If you see a concerning DM, notify the HBS Social Media Team and your dedicated department contact.* ___ Film anyone without their explicit permission. If an individual... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match

unique training.” That same philosophy, Gardner offers, informs how he runs the company. “We work hard to create an inclusive culture that embraces everyone’s individual contribution. We then try to help them develop their skills.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 1998
News

New Releases

teachings of Muhammad prohibit Muslims from accepting or charging interest. As oil prices and the individual incomes of many Muslims in the Middle East skyrocketed in the 1970s, so too did the need for financial instruments that allowed... View Details

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

Scott Royster (MBA 1992) believes higher education has the power to transform Africa if only its students have access to it. “Statistics from around the world show that individuals who are able to obtain a university degree earn higher... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

agencies, and non-profit organizations. He is the author of the book The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth about Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations recently published by Penguin Random House.... View Details

21 Dec 2022
News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Happens Next in Ukraine?” As attack unfolds, escalation, nuclear standoff among Harvard experts’ worst fears Harvard Gazette Wide range of possible targets for Russian cyber strikes, from infrastructure to smartphones Ex-intelligence officer notes role of View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

management. The authors provide first-hand accounts of M&A transactions that they led or were involved in, assessing each from an insider perspective and outlining the key success factors and pitfalls. The book concludes with practical checklists that include the most... View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

Technology for Learning's Sake

in subjects such as business history and leadership, the contributions of IT were much more limited. The result was a curriculum with pockets of IT excellence. "We had a lot of very bright individuals working on cutting-edge projects in... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

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