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09 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.

government organizations, conversion to quasi-government status may be politically unacceptable. Nevertheless, certain management practices may lead to better performance in both government and private organizations. View Details

Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint

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Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

for the fund, your role in the fund, and impact of the investments. For applicants either founding their own organization or working at for-profit social enterprises: If you are granted loan assistance, it will be based on the current View Details

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

know how to manage. While this might alleviate tension in the short run, it also perpetuates the status quo. The consequence: negotiations that involve listening, learning, and the exchange of authentic views between peers do not become... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

25 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

by nearly 1,000 female sales agents across the country. How did Walker journey from the cotton fields to the status of an enterprising businesswoman, perhaps even the first self-made African American millionaire in the United States? Her... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

and other GM executives placed a series of important bets on what American consumers wanted (different makes, models and prices; cars that were status symbols and identity holders as well as transportation sources) and they did so with... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

process is too top-down. Or consider how achieving high levels of dedication to the firm (a strong culture) can easily slip into an attitude that resists change. Only if learning and change become an equally valued outcome can the status... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Blog

Leading Successful Digital Transformation

be doing. It is the same with digital technology. A natural reaction of most companies is to protect the status quo and find ways to avoid or discredit the new technology. Apple Pay, digital currency, decentralized finance, cryptocurrency... View Details

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

test. They will also affect employment, wages, and union negotiations. Widespread use of temperature screening and tracing of people’s physical movement and health status will generate debates on privacy and data protection. These... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

nor was she scheduled for a formal performance appraisal. Rather, the managers simply wanted to do something nice for Leslie, so they decided to surprise her with a promotion. Her job responsibilities would not change, but the new title would give her greater View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

27 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

inappropriate because of your hierarchical status or role. It’s a really challenging puzzle.” With employees’ professional and personal lives continuing to collide in cyberspace, the research team says workers should be aware that... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

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Monitoring Jobs & Troubleshooting - Research Computing Services

Kill a job or kill all jobs bkill bkill JOBID bkill 0 View current/pending jobs View specific job View details (long format) of job bjobs bjobs bjobs JOBID bjobs -l JOBID View the output and error files of a job bpeek bpeek JOBID View queue View Details

05 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Exploring the Beauty Industry through an Independent Project

regularly, understand that different mediums attract different audiences across demographics and age groups, and engage brand partners who are able to elevate their status and help them reach new audiences. I had also taken an interest... View Details

12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

had to be careful to focus on function as well as fun, lest Clocky be relegated to fad status along with past products like Sony's now-discontinued robotic pet dog, the AIBO. “Apple succeeds because in addition to providing an appealing... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

“People might be intimidated to approach the sales superstar and reveal that they are having problems because of self-image issues,” Stanton says. “And the best salespeople may want to hold on to their information because it gives them View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Jan 2022
Op-Ed

3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

Washingtonian magazine, said in an opinion piece last May that employees working from home should worry about keeping their jobs. She noted “if the employee is rarely around,” there is a “strong incentive to change their status to... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

women’s wages should be deposited into their individual bank accounts. Even so, the more conservative state of Madhya Pradesh and the villages of Rigol’s study were slow to adopt this policy. Status quo dictated that wages would be... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Frequently Asked Questions - Research Computing Services

the reason and your jobs do not start after a number of hours, contact RCS. How can I tell if the cluster is busy? Sometimes you want to know the status of the cluster and scheduling -- this can help you determine why your jobs might be... View Details

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Join the MOC Affiliate Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

impact in their home regions. Prospective MOC affiliate institutions are evaluated based on the following criteria: Institutional Requirements Accreditation status of the university by either international accreditation standards or... View Details

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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

transcended the boundaries of her industry in terms of her social impact” by using – and in doing so risking – her status as an actress in order to fight for change. Working Knowledge A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur... View Details

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