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- 01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn
awareness around the importance of soil health and the benefits of more sustainable agricultural practices like no-till farming and polyculture—in other words, the same practices used by indigenous cultures and promoted by Sacred Seed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
withhold information-from a job application, a dating profile, or a Facebook page-starting with the fact that they don't think it's anyone else's business. In this case, it helps for observers to be aware that hiding information isn't... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
earlier, but end up having more impact than folks who are more specialized when they engage with the new knowledge,” Nagle says. The findings give credence to the idea that people with a broader range of interests may be more likely to be View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
modern-day sales management. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity: Kristen Senz: What shifts in sales should managers and executives be aware of right now? Frank Cespedes: Prospects are now online and offline throughout... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Profile
Peggy Mativo-Ochola
business skills to social programs Peggy came to HBS with "an awareness that some of the challenges in education can’t be solved by teaching alone; we have a lack of resources that could be alleviated by business." Personally,... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education
- 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
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
we’re all aware of and can address together.” “Working parenthood has changed in that it’s [now] more visible...” “Working parenthood has changed in that it’s [now] more visible...” When I grow up: “Like most kids, I wanted to be a lot of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Web
Industry Information - Alumni
current awareness and perspectives on business and policy challenges and trends in the banking industry. International Banking Library The International Banking Library is a web-based platform for the exchange of research on cross-border... View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?
AVs to drive with common sense may partly entail making them aware of what humans expect of other drivers. For example, an AV that slows down near crosswalks could lead a pedestrian to infer that the AV has detected her, even when it... View Details
- 10 Sep 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Branding Yoga
Bikram yoga” (The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) has weighed in on the debate as well. The organization launched an awareness campaign called "Take Back Yoga—Bringing to Light Yoga's Hindu Roots." The goal was not to convert... View Details
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
not going to be incredibly successful. But, if they are, then that’s a conversation that the regulators need to be aware of. In the short run, my great worry is patient privacy. They’re going to get something like 10 or 15 years of... View Details
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
necessitating a value downgrade, compared with an industry average of 10 percent, according to the case. And because the cheese is aging under the bank's own roof, the bank is constantly aware of what the product is worth. If producers... View Details
- 03 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First
Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Home Finance
urged prospective home-buyers to save the entire purchase price before acquiring a home. In practice, however, most home-buyers and home-builders after the Civil War got themselves a mortgage—or three or four. By the 1920s, economists were becoming View Details
- 24 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors
seeking help explicitly call out their identity as Black, Latinx, or female, others become more aware of the potential for discrimination, the research shows. And when people are on high alert for their own unconscious bias, they tend to... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
stakeholders and good workplace practices. They are better prepared to deal with and mitigate crisis, like the current coronavirus pandemic. If there were ever a time to “think outside the building” and be more aware of the wider system,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.
New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
of such subordinates. Leaders need to be constantly aware of something that several of us have discovered in our research: Every decision made by a leader—particularly decisions involving hiring, recognizing, and firing people—is judged... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups
the cubicle. “When you are really high-performing, it makes you sometimes forget about the more objective metrics and you could tend to become more racially biased and exercise more personal preferences,” Zhang says. “Being aware of that... View Details
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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online
apply to third-party websites and applications. We encourage you to be aware when you are redirected to a third-party website or application and to review the privacy policies and terms of use of each website and application you visit and... View Details