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03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

learned from her depression after a movie she worked on “bombed;” and how to be not necessarily happy all the time, but happier. Here's a transcript of the full conversation. Jeffrey Goldberg: Please join me in welcoming to the stage... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

region or with a partner in the region Nonprofit organizations Government agencies, especially those working closely with the private sector The program content is global in nature and applicable to the Chinese business environment. The... View Details

Person Page

AOM Ethno PDW 2009-2014

AOM PDW 2014: Being There/Being Them: Entry, Exit, and In-Between in Organization Ethnography

Co-Organizers: Michel Anteby, Harvard; Curtis K. Chan, Harvard; Julia DiBenigno,... View Details

Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

Addict TuneIn Pandora Audacy Deezer JioSaavn 02 Jul 2025 Climate Rising Forecasting Climate Risk with Geospatial AI: Sarah Russell of X , the Moonshot Factory at Alphabet This episode, part of the Climate Rising series on climate resilience, features Sarah Russell,... View Details

01 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Goldman Sachs

the training, mentorship and support our people need to learn and advance quickly. When you join Goldman Sachs you can expect to work alongside talented people in a collaborative culture on challenging View Details

Research Summary

A major area of Professor Torfason's research is the behavior of individual social network structures. He studies the violation of norms – specifically the use of excessive force in conflict situations – within the empirical context of a large online... View Details

2010
Chapter

Utilizing Team Member Expertise Under Pressure

By: Heidi K. Gardner and Erin McFee

Pressure intensifies on a strategy consulting team as they deliver a critical project, and the team manager faces a dilemma about her changing role on the team. Although she had been the key decision-maker in the early weeks of the project, Julia Narino now finds that... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Managerial Roles; Organizational Culture; Projects; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Customization and Personalization; Consulting Industry

Citation

30 Apr 2024
Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

she contributed to the recently published Research Handbook on Organisational Integrity, Paine revisits her earlier work and again urges managers to see ethics as an organization-wide imperative, not just a personal issue, and lead... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

Working PapersHiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, Christopher Malloy Abstract We test the hypothesis that firms appoint independent directors who are overly... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

economy. Representatives from resource producers such as RioTinto and Shell discussed their work to engrain sustainable practices in their operations, as well as serve as a source of expertise to execute alternative energy View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech

19 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines

management and business development roles within healthcare startups, and/or work in strategy and investing for early-stage health care VC funds. Autonomous surgical robots, health care artificial intelligence, and AR/VR surgery: what... View Details

10 Mar 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Vika Wasyliw

products, the time seemed right to take my next step and attend HBS. Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate plans? Without 2+2, I likely would have stayed at Starry for much longer, continuing to work on technical View Details

15 Dec 2015
Blog Post

One MBA's Path to Boston Consulting Group

These days it seems like many MBAs are focused on launching the next big startup. Entrepreneurship is awesome but you might call me a traditionalist. Consulting was my goal for my summer internship from the start. I have always been analytical and enjoy View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products / Retail

10 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Governance in India and Around the Globe

Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu are engaged in an ongoing project focused on understanding the convergence (or lack thereof) of corporate governance practices worldwide. That is, rules-on-books regarding corporate governance appear to... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu; Technology

Web

Creating Emerging Markets

Thriving in Growth & Turbulence The Creating Emerging Markets project provides a unique research and teaching resource on business leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East over recent decades. At its core are over 180... View Details

13 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Exploring Racial Justice with the Scaling Minority Businesses Course

work on real-world projects with Black and Latinx-led businesses in Greater Boston – a proximate learning experience that seemed like exactly the opportunity I was seeking. The course itself consisted of a... View Details

07 Jul 2022
HBS Case

How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

Lindsay N. Hyde. Eisenmann and Hyde wrote two case studies with HBS case researcher Tom Quinn that analyze the smart moves and simple errors at Ample Hills Creamery, as well as the launch of the company’s new shop afterward. The cases illustrate the challenges of... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

01 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 1

conflict. In IBM and Microsoft's case this conflict eventually led to control over the new business being given to the old and that in both cases effectively crippled the new business. Book: http://www.nber.org/books/lern11-1 Working... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Sep 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Measuring Teamwork in Health Care Settings: A Review of Survey Instruments

Keywords: by Melissa A. Valentine, Ingrid M. Nembhard & Amy C. Edmondson; Health

03 May 2019
HBS Seminar

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