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01 Dec 2017
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Ink: Alumni Book Recommendations

the 21st century: “Advancing women means breaking free of a new set of stereotypes and assumptions, not only for women, but also for men. It means challenging a much wider range of conventional wisdom about what we value and why, about measures of success, about the... View Details

21 Nov 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms

twentieth century was a learning century, then the twenty-first century is a performance century." In considering whether job performance is a matter of each person's innate natural ability or a matter of how well a company trains... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

31 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978

technology platform around naturally occurring beneficial bacteria found on all plants. After a career in private equity and venture capital, Steve became an entrepreneur in 2012, helping to feed a growing population in a sustainable way.... View Details

22 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Motivate Me, Please

Business School research on motivation. The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator The most powerful workplace motivator is our natural tendency to measure our own performance against the performance of others. Excellence Comes From Saying No... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Student-Profile

Celia Stafford

interdisciplinary nature of the doctoral programs. What’s more, the unparalleled access to resources both within and beyond Harvard has opened a plethora of research opportunities to her. Reflecting on the... View Details

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

seniors—a parent, an in-law. Well over 50 percent of workers report they have some caregiving obligation. The question becomes: Do the terms and conditions of their employment and the nature of that obligation mesh? A lot of traditional... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

22 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?

from a Field Experiment, authored by Harvard Business School marketing professors Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas. “With so many people and resources at stake, the design of the sales force compensation plan becomes of great strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

specific issue of organizational transparency arising with increasing frequency is whether or not salary and wage information should be shared by all members of an organization. It may in part be a reflection of the changing nature of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2020
News

Ink: The Habit of Innovation

authors suggest a strategy to determine whether valuable resources in your operation are being drained by projects that aren’t viable. Zombie Amnesty Do you feel like you don’t have sufficient resources to... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off

on Thirteen Natural Experiments, Beer also outlined the controversies surrounding traditional pay versus pay-for-performance. Some scholars assert that pay becomes an entitlement, and an employee's pay is based on her level and not her... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

October, 2023
Article

Cleaning Up the Great Lakes: Housing Market Impacts of Removing Legacy Pollutants

By: Alecia Cassidy, Robyn C. Meeks and Michale R. Moore

The Great Lakes and their tributaries make up the largest freshwater system on the planet, providing drinking water and recreational value to millions of people. Yet manufacturing plants left a legacy of toxic pollutants in the region, tarnishing it as part of the... View Details

Keywords: Valuation Of Environmental Effects; Housing Demand; Water Pollution; Water Quality; Infrastructure; Pollution; Consumer Behavior

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12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

like a renewed democratic process and appropriate regulatory regimes. I believe that these problems are usually best dealt with by the state, but in many cases that is not happening." Moreover the private sector has resources and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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GDPR & Other Data Privacy Laws | Information Technology

information. The most notable is the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but other countries are adopting similar resolutions. From Harvard's GDPR Resource Website : The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Faculty Books

Designing Care: Aligning the Nature and Management of Health Care by Richard M.J. Bohmer (Harvard Business Press) In this book, Senior Lecturer Bohmer, a medical doctor, explains that health-care professionals provide two different types... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

Associate at Advent International. Clark O'Bannon (MBA 2022, Section C), Summer Internship: Summer Associate at Hancock Natural Resource Group Hancock Natural View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

John R. Davis

In many ways, John Davis is a typical businessman. He works long hours, keeps excellent records, and focuses on using resources wisely. He often brings work home, and his trade is ruled by the laws of supply and demand. But Davis, fit and... View Details

01 Jan 2009
News

Henry M. Paulson Jr., MBA 1970

Nature Conservancy. He and his wife, Wendy, have worked tirelessly to protect natural resources around the world, and the Paulson family foundation supports numerous... View Details

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Medium of Artistic Expression - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Competitiveness Recruit Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS Working Knowledge Close Harvard... View Details

05 Nov 2014
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

possibility and addressed the possible practice on its merits and demerits. As Shadreck Saili put it, " all other methods we use seem to be part of neuromanagement any method that can be used to refine the identification of a perfect fit ... for a particular... View Details