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Global South, offering a unique space for interdisciplinary discussions. The goal was to bring together a community of scholars who have utilized oral history to enhance their research and teaching on management and business leadership in... View Details

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Organizations and professionals from around the world participate in our Executive Education programs, access our research publications, and interact with our students and alumni through field-based projects, recruitment activities, and View Details

01 May 2020
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Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

home. You also see what your favorite pundit has read since most seem to broadcast in front of their bookshelves.) The experience is different from working side by side as social animals, but thanks to 5G, internet, and cloud capability that didn't exist just a few... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Angela Q. Crispi | About

transformation. During her tenure, the School has expanded to include 18 global locations; opened 8 new buildings; and launched HBS Online, a groundbreaking online education platform. Angela also served as Chief Planning Officer,... View Details

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

online versus face-to-face, so some form of redundant communication would be helpful so things don’t slip through the cracks,” Neeley says. 6. Move to more asynchronous work Given the disruption to the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

May 2021
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Choice Architecture in Physician–patient Communication: A Mixed-methods Assessment of Physicians' Competency

By: J. Hart, K. Yadav, S. Szymanski, A. Summer, A. Tannenbaum, J. Zlatev, D. Daniels and S.D. Halpern

Background: Clinicians’ use of choice architecture, or how they present options, systematically influences the choices made by patients and their surrogate decision makers. However, clinicians may incompletely understand this influence.... View Details

Keywords: Choice Architecture; Health Care and Treatment; Interpersonal Communication; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competency and Skills

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18 Dec 2018
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peers. Across three online experiments and a field experiment of entrepreneurs, we identify an interpersonal strategy that can mitigate feelings of malicious envy in observers: revealing one’s failures. Despite a general reluctance to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

year. And there are mounting signs that her other plans for the neighborhood—a smaller retail-residential site that will house her African-themed online clothing business, a 51,000 square foot live-work building for artists and digital... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

familiar arguments both for and against. Private developers and other supporters argue that new restaurants and retail shops, high-rise housing, and other spruce-ups revitalize communities by attracting outside investment and luring new... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

application intake, i.e. you must begin working within eight months from the time of application. If your employment start date is after the first week of January, you are invited to apply in that year’s application cycle. You are in good academic and View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Leading Businesses in a Web3 World

Illustration by Daniel Hertzberg Web3 is poised to transform everything we do online by decentralizing and democratizing the internet. That transformation is already underway in the business world: built on blockchain technology that offers increased security and... View Details

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

course and the introduction of online courses; expansion of the School’s intellectual agenda through research projects, new initiatives, and Global Research Centers; creating a more inclusive community with... View Details

10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

Nanda and Tarun Khanna Abstract This study explores the importance of cross-border social networks for entrepreneurs in developing countries by examining ties between the Indian expatriate community and local entrepreneurs in India's... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Mar 2022
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Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

HBS feel supported, both professionally and personally. Our mission is to connect, empower, and celebrate the next generation of women leaders. We feel it's our responsibility to ensure the women in our campus community have the resources... View Details

23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

http://hbr.org/search/113057-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-147 Affinity Labs, Inc. In November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet

in social networks and online communities as a source of support. And 19 percent of all U.S. marriages are now the result of bride and groom meeting via the Internet. When regulators start trying to... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising; Publishing

24 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet

this way, rich offline communication might make online communications more valuable, suggesting complementarity between face-to-face and digital communications.” The book... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/aknin%20dunn%20norton.pdf Correlation in the Multiplayer Electronic Mail Game Authors:Peter A. Coles and Ran Shorrer Publication:B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (forthcoming) Abstract In variants of the Electronic Mail Game... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

percent of Porsche-driving television and movie characters have been male. SUVs, however, are commonly associated with women drivers. To gauge the effect of the change among loyal Porsche owners, Avery analyzed online conversations among... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

The Social Enterprise Initiative has long supported students and alumni starting organizations with a social impact focus. Our curriculum, career support, community building, and funding supports students in exploring social... View Details

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