Managing People - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2007
News

A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968

the company puts a premium on new product development and innovation, while providing help and hope to people of all ages with disabilities. Mal Mixon takes his guest on a tour of the product showroom on the first floor of the Elyria,... View Details

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

(Study 1B) and not their interpretation of the questions (Study 1C). The second set of studies suggests that divulgence is anchored by the initial questions in a survey; people are particularly likely to divulge when questions are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jun 2016
News

Again in a Great City

investment in improving everyday life in Detroit by a national retailer—that people didn’t believe could happen in the city. “Uncertainty is a horrible constraint for investment,” Cummings says of Detroit’s financial chaos prior to the... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

01 Jun 2015
News

Screen Grab

allows viewers to watch new (and archived) HBO content without a cable subscription for a monthly fee of $14.99. “HBO realized the number of people who view programming via digital means was sufficiently large enough that it wouldn’t... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

(MBA 2013), James E. Lysinger (MBA 2013), Cory Rothschild (MBA 2014), Thiago Santelmo (MBA 2013), Jordan Strebeck (MBA 2014), and Maxeme Tuchman (MBA 2012). At each of the HBS Campaign regional events, Dean Nohria has spoken about the need to position the School for... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

02 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Women, Work, and the "M" Word

already overwhelmed as caregivers themselves, the added burden of the menopause transition can push women out of the workforce completely. Women described their struggles to manage their hormonal health, the lack of care, treatment, and... View Details

02 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

customers. By having each company specialize in one activity, the companies together do everything more efficiently for the customer. Of course, managing all of these different suppliers of services can be a hassle for consumers.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

Traditional investment criteria such as proprietary technologies and experienced management teams are also important in social purpose investing. The most important finding was that if investors follow a disciplined strategy that... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

06 Dec 2018
News

Cold Call Horror Stories

of alums who excitedly told us about how they managed to avoid this—some of them for their entire tenure—we’ve collected some of our favorite stories from those who actually faced the experience, and lived to tell the tale. READ MORE My... View Details

05 Mar 2020
News

Green Light

problem-solving, so you’re probably going to be able to see two or three solutions around something in a way that other people don’t.” The other benefit, the neurologist noted, was creativity. While Lo never saw herself as a creative... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

25 Aug 2010
News

Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations

every hand in the class went up. Needless to say, the faculty had never seen such eagerness to participate before. Some people began playing multiple cards. To rectify this unfairness, we brought market discipline to the fore and started... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

great business cultures, building on over a century of academic thinking. They share a simple, highly predictive measurement tool, the Total Motivation (ToMo) Factor, which enables managers to measure the strength of their business... View Details

20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

expressed support for the RFRA. “We didn’t find any evidence that people who were opposed to Cook’s view were less likely to purchase from Apple after learning of his view,” Toffel says. Of course, it’s possible that this loyalty was due... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One

when he began his own pottery workshop in 1759. Nevertheless, each of the three, she writes, instinctively grasped the fundamentals of earning long-term customer trust and loyalty. Effective brand creation and management have a vital... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Web

Day in IFC: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017), Africa - MBA

diversity of shoe styles, sizes and colors triggered thoughts about the diversity inherent in our group and the corresponding perspectives we would bring to the work ahead. After spending a day learning about Ethiopia, in addition to its View Details

04 Dec 2019
News

Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

beyond the bottom line, and so we need to have all that data ready to sort of slowly move that that oil tanker around. >Hi, I'm Georgia Zocca (GMP 23) from the General Management Program in 2017. My question is, if we want to invest in... View Details

23 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It

nation, Keloharju believes the findings are generalizable to other countries, including the United States. Widely cited for its management practices, Sweden has 24 companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list of largest companies in the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

throughout the region. I’m a huge believer in responsible capitalism and hope I can become one of the people who can push this forward. The "Reimagining Capitalism" course convinced me that business leaders have a responsibility to lead... View Details

18 May 2017
News

Pioneer Spirit

programming for a life insurance company, and once he finished his law degree he stuck around and rose to become the firm’s secretary and general counsel. Along the way, however, Freeman realized he was more interested in general View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 2002
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes

even in the womb!” explains Erdoes, who heads global investments for the private bank of J.P. Morgan Chase & Company. Her job puts her in charge of more than $200 billion in assets, managed on behalf of an exclusive group of private... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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