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- 28 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Banking
can grow. It is important to recognize the reality of investment banking recruiting with regards to location. While students interested in specific geographic areas have been drawn View Details
- 27 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right
design flaws in the toys with the magnets that could come loose. But Mattel deserves praise for now stepping up to its responsibilities as the leading brand in the toy industry. What has Mattel done right?... View Details
- 09 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Career Advancement Without Experience
depending on the types of skills individuals hope to acquire. Further work could also be done in other industries; while the high-tech and film worlds are far apart in some... View Details
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
eliminated poverty immediately but only got it to a hundred thousand people, we would have done nothing but win a small skirmish in the war. To really have a meaningful impact,... View Details
- 15 Nov 2022
- Book
Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work
organization’s behavior align with its stated mission? Increase diversity. More voices and more perspectives reduce the complicity of those in the majority who may be perpetuating inequity. “You need to ask... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
financed them—declared such brick-and-mortar businesses were dinosaurs on their way to extinction. The success of Bluemercury proved the critics wrong. “We’ve always had a hard time being able View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
- 19 Sep 2023
- HBS Case
How Will the Tech Titans Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money?
across business units in a company. It’s not being done well enough right now, based on my experience. Companies already have a fairly complicated portfolio of different databases and enterprise products... View Details
- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
Harvard Business School. "There seemed to be a constant need for people to give status updates on what they were doing. It was very bizarre to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
lifestyle, these other products can add brand value and, being produced by others under license, they deliver some extra profit to the Trump organization. "In the world of representative democracy, you... View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Negotiating a Price, Never Bid with a Round Number
one and a half years, or maybe some other time.” Social psychology in finance Previous research has shown the benefits of precise bidding in the real-estate industry, where a precise listing price indicates that the seller has done... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?
employment, and points to some surprising new developments for working moms. Despite all the upheaval, the changes aren’t all bad. “Children got to see how their moms and dads managed View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
element that must be designed at the beginning of any initiative Leaving culture purely as an outcome is an oversight that indicates leadership has not done the necessary work of defining and agreeing on... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 24 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?
book This Time Is Different, credit markets particularly mortgage markets are prone to boom and bust cycles that can have long-lasting and devastating economic impacts. Regulation is going to have View Details
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
Many of us feel time-pressured, tethered to our smartphones so we can stay on top of work and home responsibilities. It can be tough to step off the daily merry-go-round, put... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Mar 2023
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Should Leave
stay on. If you’re a valued employee, your boss will appreciate being given the chance to see if anything can be done View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 16 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
The Rituals of Case Method Teaching
Pre-performance rituals are the stuff of legend for musicians and athletes—Keith Richards eats Shepherd’s pie before every Rolling Stones concert (and must be the one to break the crust); Beyoncé prays and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
8 FAQs on the MBA Application
much detail as you would like). 2. How should I choose and prepare my recommenders? A good recommender knows you well and is able to speak to your specific strengths and abilities. We prefer View Details
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Don't Deny the Facts
Investor's Business Daily, April 27, 2010
The ability to see facts objectively is paramount to business success. An interview with Richard S.... View Details
- 29 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?
there may be no reason for them to interpret this as a gift or concession from the employer. More likely, they just assume that their expectations were wrong, and $4 is 'the going rate' for this type of... View Details
Keywords: by Chuck Leddy & Harvard Gazette
- 12 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones
Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details