Understanding Interests - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

historical role of politics (and, indeed, of government) in business, economic production, distribution, and exchange. The artefacts of pre-modern and modern political economy, from the fourteenth through the twentieth centuries, remain monuments of perennial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

their first year in the role. I reveal the complexity of the transition, highlighting the expectations of these managers, their subordinates, and their superiors. I hear the new managers describe how they reframed their understanding of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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1.9 Course Registration - MBA

in multiple sections. Students can customize their schedule based on their interests and goals. The following topics all relate to the Elective Curriculum (EC). Students in Joint Degree programs may have different requirements in their... View Details

26 Apr 2022
Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

Ranjay Gulati Chapter 7: The Purpose-Autonomy-Trust Nexus On one level, the connection between trust and autonomy seems fairly obvious, but analyzing it I found some interesting connections not only between trust and autonomy, but between... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

29 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)

Why did you choose this internship for the summer? As a joint MD/MBA degree candidate, I was interested in this position because it is at the intersection of medicine, business, and organizational leadership. The position provides me an... View Details

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

Henderson Become a purpose-driven leader by learning how to influence key stakeholders and integrate values into your work to catalyze system-level change. 3 weeks, 7-9 hrs/week Enroll by February 6 $1,850 Certificate Global Business Professor Forest Reinhardt View Details

01 Mar 2016
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March 1, 2016

asset returns. We present empirical evidence that bears on some of the model’s distinctive predictions. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50677 Net Neutrality: A Fast Lane to Understanding the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

must be more profound and open-ended, with an intent not only to discover how your customers engage with your products or services but also to understand some of the broader parameters of the constraints they are facing in their own... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

influence the other side to give them what they want. As a result, most people do not go into negotiation with the goal of listening to and learning about the other party. This is unfortunate, because to get what you want in negotiation, you often need to View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

materiality remains unclear. Using a series of vignettes based on actual private investor meetings, I investigate how managers and regulators understand Reg FD. I find considerable uncertainty and disagreement among both managers and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

density, the Byzantine nature of its bureaucracy, and the number of entrenched interests at play can frustrate even modest efforts to alter the status quo. Yet none of that appears to faze Tisch any more than did her first snow day. In... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

25 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Meet the Student Academic Services Support Team at HBS!

Determining how to successfully balance responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges is imperative to a positive and productive student experience. The Student and Academic Services (SAS) Support Services team in the MBA Program assists in helping students to View Details

04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

Trust. Love. Belonging. These are not usually topics of conversation in the office, but if it were up to authors Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss, these concepts would underlie our understanding of effective leadership. In their book... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

25 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

How Transparency Sped Innovation in a $13 Billion Wireless Sector

deliberately makes its drivers available, they're giving up some of that proprietary protection they've made for themselves in the interest of trying to invite more partners.” He adds that he understands why... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology

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Past Issues - Alumni

Blissful Thinking Happiness research is all the rage. How understanding the origins of joy can improve the way we lead organizations—and our personal lives What We’re Reading Novels and nonfiction for your summer book list Complete Table... View Details

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

What I found helps is allowing people to bring back something they were born with, which is curiosity—this genuine interest in discovery—and connecting with others, to understand and learn from them.... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

14 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Top 5 Myths About HBS

well. I mean, I remember last year being in the height of COVID and there was a lot of uncertainty. And it was interesting as we were reading some related cases to hear the stories of doctors in my section who could share their... View Details

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

car, I like to use the teen getting their license metaphor here: Zero-30 employees: Learner’s permit in-hand, understands the basics, but still needs close supervision and training. From 30-75 employees: Passed driving test, but still on... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

the value of HR to people who don’t necessarily understand it.” She decided to pursue an MBA because, “I need to meet people where they are – understanding people’s worlds is the most important thing I need... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Made in Italy

are the things that HBS is the best in the world at teaching today?” he explains. “One of those is the role of capitalism—the interaction of industry and government and how those two things are balanced.” It was that interest that led... View Details

Keywords: April White

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