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- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
commitments. We see him flattering Henry; dodging direct questions; carefully examining various legal documents to determine what he could agree to and still stay consistent with his own beliefs; making copies of valuable documents; and... View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
high-reliability organizations give rise to a distinctive way of thinking—workers direct attention at failure (rather than success) and are concerned with reliability (rather than efficiency)—leading to better outcomes. The concept of... View Details
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
control it.” Michah Holmes (MBA 2025)Micah comes to HBS from the National Football League’s highly selective rotational program and KPMG’s sports sponsorships team. Before HBS, he co-founded Overtime Sports Group, providing free youth... View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
every day. Now what you need to recognize is those ads are directed at that second age group of 18 to 24-year-olds. So they're going after the young adults instead of the teenagers. Now they're hoping to have what they call a halo effect... View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
control this risk, the authors write, but you can and should plan for it. They offer three steps to help you survive a corporate scandal. 1. Be forthright. Transparency and full disclosure are key to overcoming the stigma. Executive... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
creativity is a better predictor of unethical behavior than intelligence (Experiment 1). In addition, we find that participants who were primed to think creatively were more likely to behave dishonestly than those in a control condition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
(MBA 1969)—to careers in business. “He taught by the case method, and made sure we had real-life experiences,” Lambert says, recalling a field trip to General Motors in Detroit. “Professor Fitzhugh saw business as a way for the black community to View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
elections shows that voter registration requirements have significant effects on turnout, resulting in unequal participation. We assigned 20,500 apartments to one control or six treatment groups that received canvassing visits providing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
priorities?; (3) Do I give subordinates timely and direct feedback they can act on? Have I developed a succession roadmap?; and (4) Is my leadership style still effective, and does it reflect who I truly am? This highly readable and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
of causes. System-level accidents occur when anomalies or errors in different parts of an interconnected system negatively reinforce one another, spiraling up out of control until they eventually drive the system outside of its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
factors such as "firm culture" and "employee engagement" in driving firm performance? Increasing evidence from a wide range of fields suggests that productivity differs widely across firms, even after the inclusion of careful View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
women was the power to control their own money and time. Koehn quoted Josephine Baker, a factory worker who, in 1847, wrote, "The money we earn comes promptly and comes to us. When we are finished we feel perfectly free until the time to... View Details
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
situation where a smaller number of peers elect to share, and this would end up negatively affecting download speed. We show that this is not the case. It turns out that the behavior of peers is independent of the state of broadband technology. Therefore, only the... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
direct them to specific orbital locations where, as a group, they will provide total global coverage 24/7, rather than viewing some of Earth some of the time. Spire wants to put up 100 of them to provide worldwide weather and shipping... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
controlling shareholder to list equity. Higher valuations support listings associated with greater agency costs. We test the predictions that follow from this idea on a sample of publicly listed corporate subsidiaries in Japan. When there... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
tells HBS Working Knowledge. "Indeed, if you paid your suppliers more slowly they'd almost certainly pay their suppliers more slowly, which would have the desired effect. "You have no control, and yet you have full control... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
preventive treatments," says Greenberg, who plans to open thirty more stores by the year 2000. "Our aim is to help people take control of their health care." —J.A.R. « Back African Adventure As a second-year student at HBS, Monique Maddy... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton Abstract—In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
simply begin with the direction you want to go and take a small step. Thinking alone will never change your life-you must ACT. Then evaluate the lessons you learn from that first step, build on them, and take another step in your desired... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
enabled the organization to grow fast and in whatever direction was needed. He believed in running into any burning building—but he didn’t necessarily believe in org charts or anything that was constraining. “Mercy Corps had always seen... View Details