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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

considers approaches to grow the company while maintaining the company purpose—to provide value to customers and improve their quality of life. Keywords: Small Business ; Change Management ; Decision Making ; Ethics ; Values and Beliefs ;... View Details

08 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate

lingering effects—with legal repercussions, such as the recent fall of Roe, and economic consequences. These views could shape beliefs about what women are permitted to achieve, holding them back in the workforce, Becker says. She... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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Business History - Faculty & Research

Management ; Business Earnings ; Financial Statements ; Change Management ; Disruption ; Volatility ; Transition ; Crime and Corruption ; Cost vs Benefits ; Decision Making ; Decision Choices and Conditions ; Decisions ; Demographics ; Ethics ; Values and View Details

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Team - Case Method Project

writer, researcher, and curriculum developer for the Case Method Project. A native of Amherst, Massachusetts, he received his A.B. in social studies from Harvard College and currently lives in San Francisco, California. Motivated by the View Details

10 May 2021
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Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

those from traditionally underrepresented groups, so that all can reach their full potential. “It’s critical when giving feedback to hold the belief that the person has the capacity to learn and grow,” Ely says. “If a manager delivering... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

Angeles Lakers basketball team. Supporting material shows film clips of some of the more notorious Knight moments as well as Coach K's press conference after turning down the Lakers job. Students come away with a deep sense of each coach's personal View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

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Strategy Execution

By: Dennis Campbell

This course takes strategy as given and teaches what students need to know to execute and win in highly competitive markets. Using fundamental building blocks based on accountability systems and structures, this course is divided into seven modules:

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February 2016
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Banking and Politics in Antebellum New York

By: David Moss and Colin Donovan

After a long period of solid Democratic control, Whigs secured a majority of seats in the New York State Assembly in 1837, the same year that a major financial panic had crippled the banking system and shaken public confidence in the state's governance. The next year,... View Details

Keywords: Governance; Central Banking; Ethics; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; History; New York (state, US)

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05 Jul 2012
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Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

had given little thought. He said: "the problem starts with management having a belief that they (already) are trusted." Carrying that thought to its ultimate conclusion, therefore there is no need to pursue the question. Do... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

stability, pioneered by researchers at Harvard, is that financial instability often follows periods when financial institutions, like investors and policy makers, have underestimated risks. These errors in beliefs were an important cause... View Details

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Data - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

chart images are available for download. Visit the ICCP website Social Progress Index The Social Progress Index is a rich framework for measuring the multiple dimensions of social progress motivated by the belief that to truly advance... View Details

March 2023 (Revised September 2023)
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Patagonia: 'Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder'

By: Brian Trelstad, Nien-hê Hsieh, Michael Norris and Susan Pinckney

In September 2022, Yvon Chouinard, the iconoclastic founder of outdoor apparel company Patagonia, announced a new ownership model for his company. Chouinard and his family had held complete control of the company's voting and non-voting stock since its founding 50... View Details

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Spreading the Word – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

1933, Mayo published The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization . Modern society, he wrote, had destroyed “the belief of the individual in his social function and solidarity with the group.” 11 It would be up to an administrative... View Details

18 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

The Cost of Leaning In

between men and women, there’s also a persistent belief that women could close that gap if only they’d negotiate more frequently. In April 2012, the US Department of Labor hosted the Equal Pay App Challenge, in which students competed to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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A Vital Residential Community | About

A Vital Residential Community Designed with the belief that daily interactions increase the potential for learning. Map & Directions Take a Tour Contemporary Art A Commitment to Sustainability HBS is the only top business school in the... View Details

25 Jun 2012
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Collaborating Across Cultures

"affective trust," an emotional belief that another person has one's best interests at heart. "Affective trust is especially critical in creative collaboration because unlike collaboration that merely involves the sharing of labor,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Jun 2021
HBS Case

Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm

including the massive infusion of liquidity and confidence into capital markets that took place under the Federal Reserve’s and US government’s various COVID-relief programs, a belief in the long-term growth prospects of the cruise... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Travel

23 Oct 2000
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The Strategy-Focused Organization

moving in favorable directions. McCool confirmed his belief in the strategy when he confidently told the employees to stay the course, to keep improving the performance driver measures on the scorecard. And his faith was soon confirmed:... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

04 Apr 2023
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Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

01 Oct 2007
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Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

beliefs that foam strikes incurred during the launch of the space shuttle Columbia posed no risk to its fuselage. This propensity to maintain silence, a flaw at once personal and organizational, is "widespread and problematic"... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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