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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
and development manager for the United States—and sole US employee—of a Canadian pastry company. The job exposed him to many facets of the food and tourism industries, but it also kept him on the road 200 nights a year, and Bagala yearned... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
what that value is. And so looking inside that decision process, I realized that I’m estimating how much oil is under the ground using, say, seismic data that’s very noisy. And the person I’m bidding against, the other companies, they... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
impact. I think Harvard and HBS are a unique platform for influencing and shaping future leaders in a way that gives us a better chance of dealing with the climate crisis. Rebekah Emanuel: It sounds like you're investing in people as a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
two years at Soldiers Field had prepared us to size up a competitor, motivate employees, and gain market share, but we could not have anticipated the many other ways in which our leadership skills would be put to the test. Much has been... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51407 The Importance of Unemployment Insurance as an Automatic Stabilizer By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Amir Kermani Abstract—We assess the extent to which unemployment insurance (UI) serves as an automatic stabilizer to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
lifelong employer due to global competition and downsizing; rapid turnover of executives and employees; growing concern about the environment; and the crumbling of institutions such as schools and the family. "We're searching for new ways of grounding to sustain... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
as Greece, Israel, and Spain. Between 1978 and 2001, however, Venezuela's economy went sharply in reverse, with non-oil GDP declining by almost 19% and oil GDP by an astonishing 65%. What accounts for this drastic turnabout? The editors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
companies. We're talking Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mary Barra of General Motors and Larry Fink of BlackRock and Brian Moynihan from Bank of America and Tim Cook from Apple and Robert Smith from Vista Equity Partners. And the list goes on and... View Details
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
What strategy do you use when making complex decisions? Do you burn the midnight oil to carefully weigh the pros and cons of each alternative? Or do you take your mind off the decision and follow the age-old... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
United States began to use standardized color, achieved by synthetic dyes, as part of their marketing strategies. The emergence of the synthetic dye industry paralleled the growth of mass production and mass marketing in the American food... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
charismatic CEO. The founders saw a profession in terms of using one's knowledge for the advancement of societal interest. What I found even more interesting was the legitimation and justification of CEO compensation packages and the... View Details
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
case, “lost the initial ‘COVID-stress’ weight”). CEOs chose a variety of approaches—such as running, walking, yoga, “online Pilates,” or using newly bought “home gym equipment”—but almost all of them said they worked out regularly.... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
investment houses could use their funds to promote corporate social responsibility and that such investments could be profitable. This was considered extremely unorthodox in the industry at the time. In the wake of the giant View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
trends. Happiness Adaptation to Income and to Status in an Individual Panel Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch Publication:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract We study adaptation to income and to status View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
change the course of history. Indispensable will also help you understand this new model so you can use it in your own life-whether you're a citizen casting a ballot, an executive choosing your next CEO, or a leader trying to make your... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
process, both in Yamhill and around the country, illuminate something for you? Sheryl: I think the most difficult part for us was that we hadn't realized how dysfunctional lives can be. People of all strata and all education levels, We... View Details
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
a founder of neoclassical thought, Irving Fisher was also an active participant in the field of economic forecasting. Fisher made theoretical contributions to the understanding of economic fluctuations, popularized the use of index... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
warming, I suspect there would be some nasty unintended consequences for our weather and our world." Leading from this line of reasoning, Phil Jackson advises us "we would be better (off) investing in the resources to handle... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
also some sticks and penalties in it. The most important one is probably the first-of-its-kind fee on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, which is boosting the developing market for equipment to detect and measure methane... View Details
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
transpires within the larger, corporate context of Intuit, where founder Scott Cook has been attempting to transform the enterprise into a leaner, more innovative company. The case describes in detail the lean startup methods View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel