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2.1.4 Classroom Non-Attribution | MBA

statement. To support our educational objectives and to enable excellence in teaching and learning, it is vital to foster the norms and conditions that will encourage free, open, vigorous, and respectful classroom discourse that allows... View Details

03 Nov 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?

Legislation is therefore a problematic way to achieve the golden mean in normative behavior." Edward Hare agrees, pointing out that "Corporate governance is a system that continues to fail us ... and joins the ranks of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Hayling Price

change While Hayling could make "compelling ethical and normative arguments for social and economic justice," he felt driven to go further, to learn how to "make a business case for change." He sees the joint MBA/MPP... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit/Government/Education

17 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking

focuses on potentially contested practice where few norms seem to prevail. Whole-body donations for medical education and research provide the setting for this project. The goal is to understand how individuals and organizations operate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow

As companies ride the digital wave, many find that switching up old, tired practices and deviating from the norm can be crucial to survival. But sometimes things can be taken too far. During the Digital Initiative Summit at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education; Advertising

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and anti-Arabism in our community, including in our programs and courses; explore the ways they are experienced at Harvard Business School; and create avenues to raise awareness, build understanding, and cultivate inclusive mindsets. Classroom Culture and View Details

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

international norms in the area of stakeholder relations (e.g., human- and workers-rights issues, and environmental matters). Thus, among its other ramifications, globalization is forcing companies to operate and conduct themselves... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition, multinationals have been increasingly pressed to move toward international norms in the area of stakeholder relations... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

property rights by showing that both of the predicted linkages (from marginal returns to investment and from investment to revenue) exist in a single empirical setting. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-007.pdf Why Do We Redistribute so Much but... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2007
Op-Ed

Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

sharing, it is helpful to look at private equity's older sibling, venture capital. VC syndication has been the norm here for many decades, and the impact of such syndication has been extensively studied. From this research, several clear... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

01 Mar 2004
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HBS Alumni Explore Tanzania

Tanzania photo galleries Photography by Graeme Johnson, Alan Steinert, Jr., and Susan Young. Mt Kilimanjaro photo galleries Photos courtesy Norm Boone (MBA ’77) and Linda Lubitz. It’s 5:30 a.m. As our Jeep bumps along a dirt road under a... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2016
What Do You Think?

When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?

organization’s mission and culture, and great places to work have been shown statistically to produce higher returns than the norm for an industry. Lou Gerstner, in reflecting on his stint as CEO of IBM, said, “Until I came to IBM, I... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

27 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy

challenges traditional manufacturing norms and promotes inclusivity. This commitment to diversity reflects a broader goal of aligning the green transition with social impact and equity. Exponent EnergyExponent Energy is addressing one of... View Details

20 Aug 2020
Blog Post

“Business as Usual, In a Different Way” – Creating an Impactful Remote Internship at Actis

roles became more formalized with norms for daily check-ins that eventually became weekly check-ins as Summer Associates became more settled into the program. Introducing an HR buddy system was a new addition to offer more opportunities... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Other Financial Services

01 Sep 2012
News

Curb Your Smartphone Habit

much bigger, which is the amount of time we are “on”—meaning at work or monitoring work remotely. Workaholics are nothing new in the managerial ranks, but technology has made a 24/7 connection to work the norm for many more people than... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; smartphones; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Telecommunications; Information

01 Oct 2000
News

Laura Scher of Working Assets

and T-shirts. Going against the corporate norm is nothing new for Scher, who shunned the usual perks and salary an HBS graduate typically commands in favor of the glamourless, risky, and low-paying job of starting up a company that wasn't... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

20 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: December 20

majority of newsvendor settings. When demands are uncensored, subjects tend to order below the normative quantity when facing high margin and above the normative quantity when facing low margin, but in... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2009
News

From Bytes to Bites

in the food world are just several of the demands that have kept Thomas engaged in her new career. “Crisis management is the norm in the restaurant business,” she notes. “That doesn’t work for me because I was trained as an industrial... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

consistent with our field interviews of R&D executives from laboratories involved in our study. The study provides further evidence of the geographically bounded nature of knowledge. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2423341 Bureaucratic View Details