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- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
efficiency and it’s up from near zero just five years ago. The mitigation projects are getting less traction from promoters for their reduction of CO2 emissions than they are getting from their resilience in the face of fuel scarcity and... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
stop cigars and pipes on our flights." We had to go to the government to get approval of that, a simple decision like that, just to give an example. And obviously fares, you could do nothing major in the fare area. AW: You're starting to... View Details
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
that the appropriate leadership style did depend upon the nature of the task, specifically how certain or uncertain it was. However Vroom and Yetton defined the task as decision making, while the others were not so specific about the type... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
loving and engaged parents we want to be, and remain true to ourselves in the process. Whether you’re planning a family, pushing for promotion during your kids’ teenage years, or at any phase in between, Workparent provides all the advice... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
advertising agency's decision to unbundle its services as a tradeoff between the fixed cost to the advertiser of establishing and maintaining a relationship with an advertising agency and pecuniary economies of scale available in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
Harvard Business School Case 718-022 Hank and Nancy: The Subprime Crisis, the Run on Lehman and the Shadow Banks, and the Decision to Bailout Wall Street No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
tend to rebalance more actively. We find some evidence that households rebalance towards a higher risky share as they become richer. We also study the decisions to trade individual assets. Households are more likely to fully sell directly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
or where they are crossing ethical boundaries for the good of their own group.” Gino and colleagues write about this paradox in a new paper forthcoming in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes with a decidedly... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
women, are free to make decisions about our bodies and lives, we will be on the path to a more equal and free society. Until then, you can find us at a conference room, classroom, or boardroom near you... shoulders back and chin up. In... View Details
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
institutions, added Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (HBS MBA '99). A director of the Fate Foundation Nigeria and Fate Foundation U.S.A., two nonprofits that try to promote entrepreneurship in Nigeria, Nwuneli said, "A company can, instead of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Andrew F. Brimmer was one of the nation's leading authorities on economics, who served in senior positions in Washington, D.C., as well as an advocate for increasing opportunities for Blacks in business and promoting economic equity in... View Details
- Web
Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
making hiring, firing, job placement, or promotion decisions You Should Be Worried About Your DNA Privacy The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 Initiatives focus on societal challenges that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
battled it out in an ever-increasing test of nerves, a kind of Darwinian gauntlet. Early NASA executives had decided this was how to identify who had been born with “the right stuff.” Many companies looking to make top staffing decisions... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
School,” he responded. Sills knew he wasn’t being truthful but nonetheless hired him to be the opera’s finance director. Later, he would be promoted to executive director. “This was the first time I challenged the path that seemed laid... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
Richmond R. Jose, and Robert L. Winkler Abstract—Many organizations face critical decisions that rely on forecasts of binary events. In these situations, organizations often gather forecasts from multiple experts or models and average... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
working, and making decisions together if they were to fully embrace the rich diversity of culture, expertise, and experience the team represented. As one manager in a global company put it, “Social media will never replace the dinner... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
professor Michael I. Norton and colleagues Elizabeth W. Dunn and Lara B. Aknin, described in the journal Science, looks into how and why spending money on others promotes happiness. Norton explains more in this Q&A. 7. Marketing Your... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
are incompatible mediated the relationship between ambient cultural disharmony and creativity. Alternative mechanisms such as negative affect and cognitive disruption were not viable mediators. Although ambient cultural disharmony disrupted creativity, ambient cultural... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
what would make people join our clubs and buy our products. Plus, it became fashionable to promote women, and there I was with my HBS MBA. Cathy Benko (MBA 1989), vice chairman and chief talent officer, Deloitte Consulting, Foster City,... View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
professionals can make and investments that only the firm can make, while at the same time minimizing distortions in decisions that either party could make (e.g., promotion and marketing of professionals'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne