Tolerance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2008
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Lesson from the Fall

is unclear and the spirit of the law is open to interpretation. A close reading of the record suggests that much of Enron’s behavior fell into this penumbra. But that same record also suggests that Skilling lost his way in this shadowed space by encouraging and View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

19 Mar 2015
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Walter Salmon Remembered

room. I raised my hand and said, “Hang it from the ceiling!” The class found that remark funny and not much else, but to his everlasting credit, Professor Salmon replied, “That is creative and inspiring!” He had very good tolerance for... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2012
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Ideas in Action

open power pose (e.g., feet on desk, hands behind head) decreased cortisol (the stress hormone), increased testosterone (the hormone linked to power and dominance), and boosted a subject’s tolerance for risk. “Wired magazine called this a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices

sometimes be skirted, frauds sometimes perpetrated, society’s resources misallocated, and the environment sometimes damaged. Managements are sometimes tolerated or even embraced who should not be—managements preoccupied with... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

01 Dec 2019
News

John McArthur

grateful. —Nique Fajors (MBA 1993) I arrived at HBS in 1969, one year after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Frankly, I arrived with doubts regarding whether, as an African American, I would be welcomed or merely tolerated... View Details

Keywords: Dean

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

everywhere, those in small towns and rural communities must be nimble and have a high tolerance for failure. HBS senior fellow Allen Grossman, who worked with Marietta at PELP, sees social enterprises like Pine Mountain as laboratories... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know

direct lesson about economic policy from that period for a couple of reasons. For one thing, as the country has grown richer and our capacity to deal with some of these problems has increased, our tolerance for loss of life is lower—as it... View Details

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

leadership, unsure of its direction. By the early afternoon of May Day, with the noise of the parade starting to die down, Gordon sits in the courtyard of a casa particular—a private-home-turned-hotel—and traces her tolerance for... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

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