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- 15 Sep 2016
- News
For the Good of Society
proclaims, is the pursuit of impact absent available resources, boy did we define that! “I’ve kept a journal for almost 40 years now. And in 1991 I wrote in that journal about the Make-a-Difference Company; it was a new entity that was going to use my View Details
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
retailers gain experience with discount vouchers, these matters may become routine. But for now, there's ample room for error, creating important risks for retailers that fall short of applicable consumer protections. Q: How does the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Turning Point: In Good Company
Aparna Piramal Raje (MBA 2002) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Aparna Piramal Raje (MBA 2002) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) There have been many turning points in my journey of living with bipolar disorder over the last 20 years. HBS has been an integral part of the... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Impact: Toward the Greater Good
example, a research study by professors Mike Luca and Deepak Malhotra that examined gun-purchase waiting periods has the potential to reduce gun-related deaths. Mira Mehta (MBA 2014) drew on her MBA experience and HBS network to help... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
When No News Isn’t Good News
do a good job and that you care about your role in the organization’s success. Try to weigh positive and critical feedback evenly. It’s human nature to focus on criticism while dismissing praise. When someone identifies a problem area,... View Details
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
Imagine two software engineers with similar technical training, both vying for recognition. One is located in London and the other in Bangalore. Both likely do similar work and may experience threats—distinct in intensity and nature—to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
How to Design a Better Customer Experience
Click HereHarvard Business School Professor Stefan Thomke describes how his Executive Education students use LEGO blocks to design customer experiences. (Video by Executive Education) Why do some product or service experiences have enough... View Details
- 26 Oct 2021
- News
What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener
- 2021
- Article
Fundraising for Stigmatized Groups: A Text Message Donation Experiment
By: Katerina Linos, Laura Jakli and Melissa Carlson
As government welfare programming contracts and NGOs increasingly assume core aid functions, they must address a long-standing challenge—that people in need often belong to stigmatized groups. To study other-regarding behavior, we fielded an experiment through a... View Details
Keywords: Demographics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Communication Strategy; Civil Society or Community; Non-Governmental Organizations; Welfare; Greece
Linos, Katerina, Laura Jakli, and Melissa Carlson. "Fundraising for Stigmatized Groups: A Text Message Donation Experiment." American Political Science Review 115, no. 1 (2021): 14–30.
- 04 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
The Peek Weekend Stem Cohort Experience
out of your comfort zone and try something you never thought you would be good at. So take a chance! Apply! You truly have to experience the uniqueness of HBS for yourself. HBS Peek admissions does a great... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Harnessing for-profit strategies for social good
experience to her current position as chief investment officer at ImpactAssets, a $120 million donor-advised fund that invests capital for social and environmental impact through public and private debt and equity. At HBS, Seegull wrote a... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Candy That Is Good for You
we knew there was room to really get in there and disrupt and innovate. “The response has been overwhelmingly positive. Consumers are thrilled to have finally found an alternative to the artificial gums they've been having up until now. They love the fact that our... View Details
- 13 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions
purposes of the experiment, participants had no information other than the data in the original applications. In this way, the researchers could determine whether they made good decisions without the benefit of hindsight. In addition to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
K.O. Chia: The Voice of Experience
the telecom services company’s Asia-Pacific operations from scratch. After six years running nonstop at full speed, he took a break to figure out “what I needed to do for the rest of my life.” When he was approached by Walden, he decided the prospect of working with... View Details
- January 2011
- Article
Good Intentions, Optimistic Self-Predictions, and Missed Opportunities
By: Derek Koehler, Rebecca White and Leslie K. John
Self-predictions are highly sensitive to current intentions but often largely insensitive to factors influencing the readiness with which those intentions are translated into future behavior. When such factors are under a person's control, they could be used to... View Details
Koehler, Derek, Rebecca White, and Leslie K. John. "Good Intentions, Optimistic Self-Predictions, and Missed Opportunities." Social Psychological & Personality Science 2, no. 1 (January 2011): 90–96.
- 22 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Video Blog: My Experience with Career Services at HBS
grad student, first-generation college student, I've never really sat down and actually took the time to really think about okay, Xonana, this is what you're good at, this is what you want to do. Instead, it's been just a series of, I've... View Details
- December 2012
- Course Overview Note
Making a Success of your EC Independent Project: Good Practices for Students
By: Ian W. Mackenzie
Independent project (IP) work in the EC poses challenges over and above those encountered in the project components of RC FIELD. Based on the belief that the success of IPs can be greatly influenced by how well students select and scope their projects and then go about... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
the Bulletin about her experiences as an executive, a woman, a mother, and a New Yorker. In doing so, she shed light on some major social and business developments that have shaped — and been enriched by — the lives and careers of her... View Details