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24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy, the theory posits that addictions are not necessarily irrational. Rather, people often willingly engage in a particular behavior, despite knowing that it will increase their... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

lives of people and their societies. Rather, some organizations would be better off measuring shorter-term outputs or individual outcomes. Funders such as foundations and impact investors are better View Details

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Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

professionals. Understand what it takes to combine purpose and profit and how businesses can face today's global challenges. Power and Influence for View Details

26 Apr 2019
HBS Seminar

Maryaline Catillon, Harvard University

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

in very senior positions or are the designated successor and close to assuming this leadership role. A board should not include the company's service providers such as banker, lawyer, or accountant. One... View Details

04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights

In 2019, after more than a decade scaling the heights of product management in Silicon Valley, Lisa Kostova (MBA 2009) decided to take on a different kind of climb. Over a sabbatical year, Kostova trained for and summited Denali, which, at 20,310 feet, is the tallest... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

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Regional Winners - Alumni

New Venture Competition Regional Winners 20ms 2025 Alumni Regional Winners Noolie - Global Winner Noolie creates first-of-its-kind supplements for children in the form of a snack. We are revolutionizing how nutrition is given to kids through childhood View Details

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Planning a Class Session - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

questions, the instructor will be better positioned to design and execute a plan that allows the "forest" to emerge from the "trees" of the class discussion. Planning Skills David Garvin Professor Garvin... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

year into her first A&R job at Def Jam, Simmons asked her to put together a soundtrack for The Show, a documentary featuring interviews with the biggest names in hip-hop. Dixon jumped on the phone. “I called Tupac’s manager, I called... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies, I explore how some leaders embrace “deep purpose” as a generative force that can be a catalyst to achieve both impressive economic results View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

20 Apr 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank

Keywords: by Ashwin Kaja & Eric Werker

Blog

What Black Executives Really Want

challenges, but also their ideas, asking "What do you wish your organization or your boss would do differently?" I cherry-picked my sample, choosing people who went to top colleges and were working in blue chip companies. You would expect... View Details

Portrait Project

Alex Angelopoulos

I still remember the feeling of emptiness while evaluating my career prospects when I graduated college in 2015. With youth unemployment at 50%, I was entering the workforce in one of the worst job markets Greece had ever seen. I was an... View Details

06 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

introduced low cost production methods to manufacture highly accurate quartz watches. Swiss business historians refer to this as the "Quartz Crisis." Companies like Seiko and Casio seized the quartz market. By 1983, two-thirds... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

difference between lowering WTS and reducing compensation, and explore workplace flexibility. Highlights The Problem with Retail Work Breaking the Cycle The Good Jobs Strategy... View Details

10 Aug 2016
Blog Post

3 Benefits of the Case Method

have had the opportunity to learn from them. 3. I learned to take a position and express my thoughts in a convincing manner Every student is expected to contribute his or her views on the case questions. All... View Details

November 2006 (Revised February 2007)
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Microsoft Xbox: Changing the Game?

By: Andrei Hagiu

In September 1999, the Microsoft Xbox team was wondering which strategic choices would give it the best chance against the upcoming Sony PlayStation 2. Initially called "Project Midway" within Microsoft, the console project was intended to counter the perceived threat... View Details

Keywords: Customers; Recruitment; Leadership; Management Teams; Multi-Sided Platforms; Two-Sided Platforms; Production; Strategy; Competition; Expansion; Video Game Industry; Texas

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15 Dec 2021
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The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021

offices and forging new paths in hybrid and remote work models. Many workers decided they didn’t want to suffer through long commutes or return to jobs they hated View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

06 Feb 2013
What Do You Think?

Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?

never mind narcissism and all the disorders of greed We can't fix the world with economic systems too big a job all we tiny ones have is our love and conscience." Etienne... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Events - Business History

decades, a vibrant scholarly community has generated thousands of empirical and conceptual studies on the complex relationship between business and the natural environment. At the same time, many large... View Details

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