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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
charity, instead of having them buy a product and then 10 percent of that goes to charity, as is typical. Giving customers money to give to others makes them happier and is a strong signal that the company is really genuine. This question... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program
of the classroom. Your comment buddy would give you a signal if you needed to participate, and then give you feedback after class to help improve your comment.” 2. You’ll be inspired by female faculty members in the classroom “I was... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
individuals make decisions in an operations management setting when there is information asymmetry among the participants. Common equilibrium assumptions yield the least cost separating outcome as the unique equilibrium. In this equilibrium, the more informed party... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
challenge ahead. We’ve included direct responses from our 600 CEOs to reflect their current thinking and concerns. Nutrition and hydration This may seem obvious—but under stressful or traumatic conditions the body’s usual signals of... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 17 Jan 2007
- Op-Ed
Learning from Private-Equity Boards
class-action suit against the corporation) had adopted the salient structural characteristics and processes of experienced private-equity boards, I believe that many of the red flags signaling Enron's economic woes and ethical drift would... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
as original equipment, therefore, that was the signal for tire companies either to insist on higher prices to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) -- prices that would not be easy to obtain, or to sell their assets and get out of the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
the same experience and credentials?" Analyzing the content and efficacy of roughly three hundred one-minute pitches, the researchers found that certain words and phrases could be used as signaling devices to create an impression of... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
to signals the CEO and the firm's literature send about company mission and values. Focus on getting a quality boss over a good job title. Don't be afraid to take seemingly circuitous career paths once inside the organization. Have... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
itself (to send a useful signal to constituencies); c) avoiding (or making) statements that inflame (or mollify) the other side's internal opponents; d) helping the other side attractively frame the deal for Level II acceptability; e)... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Duolingo
that phone screens were not giving us a signal if candidates would be successful at the actual work at hand,” Shehata said. “For many candidates, this is their first real go at Product Management because we get students who have come from... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 20 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019
offer need-based financial aid that considerably reduces the price of our program. Read More>>> The Life and Role of a CEO Everything the CEO does is visible, and therefore requires an awareness around the potential signals his... View Details
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
their employer or the geography. In that case—and if the practice does not violate broader social norms—it is then important for the manager to signal that she is "in the know." This signals that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Students Reflect on COP28
signaling mechanism, not a forum for action. These signals are for markets, businesses and 196 countries but more importantly, shaped by them. The direction of causality runs bottom up, not top down. This... View Details
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
questions whose purpose is to engage patients with the purpose "to wake someone up" and signal that the doctor is inviting a dialogue about a patient's ailments. In fact, Groopman asserts that "how a doctor thinks can first... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
the business. At the same time, they want to know what their bosses think is important and what metrics are being used to measure their contribution to the enterprise. That's a primary role of performance accountability systems, which send a View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 08 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits
generate as much uncertainty in future prices, so it's easier to recognize what the return will be on an individual investment." At the beginning of the exercise students are in the dark. No one knows what an appropriate permit price is, but they try to get View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
populations, one expects such attitudes to be sacrosanct and nearly inalterable, perhaps for generations to come. On the other hand, even these attitudes may be informed by social cues that interpret violence in different ways and that View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Women Negotiating in the New Millenium
of her own goals. She could suggest to her boss, "Would it be better to have a high-profile male partner on this assignment?" because that would send a stronger signal to the company and public that the firm took the issue of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
G. Tsimerinov, (PLDA 16, 2017) (right) and Anu Dhir (GMP 2018) (middle) “Club members enjoyed hearing about the principal-agent problem, cash flow measures signaling value, and investor capitalism,” says Boris Tsimerinov (PLDA 16, 2017),... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Spring greetings to all HBS alumni! The arrival of April signals the start of intense planning for spring events at HBS. The MBA spring reunions are fast approaching, and plans for the annual Club Officers Roundtable and spring Alumni... View Details