Individuals And Teams - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association

finance, and many more. Our second Female Founders Pitch Competition awarded $15K to the top three winners, amongst five final teams who pitched to 3 female VC judges. NEW WSA Fall Retreat This year, we... View Details

Research Summary

Models of optimal experience (flow)

Flow is a state of profound task-absorption, involvement, and intrinsic enjoyment that makes the person feel one with the activity. Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory states that flow is more likely to occur in situations in which the person feels that the activity is very... View Details

05 May 2011
What Do You Think?

How Ethical Can We Be?

Sports Are Played and Games Are Won. It was biased judgment on the part of supposedly unbiased referees and umpires. They hypothesize that the cause is a natural tendency to avoid excessive booing by the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

17 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

that coaches demonstrate less racial preference when their team is on a losing streak or in playoff games. More than any other American sport, basketball is dominated by African American players. Three-quarters of athletes running up... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

22 May 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders

singers Björk, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga; and Gulla Jónsdóttir, principal of Gulla Jónsdóttir Architecture & Design, a Los Angeles-based design studio, whose projects have included Sushi Roku, the Getty... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Beauty & Cosmetics; Apparel & Accessories; Auto; Tourism

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

the default position that nonprofit organizations are accountable primarily to funders, simply because that's the money source. "Nonprofit leaders must prioritize among accountability demands—from foundations, government agencies, View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Web

Matthew C. Weinzierl | About

effects of tax changes, the use of fiscal policy to counteract recessions, the proper price-indexing of Social Security, and the impact of differences in beliefs and tastes across View Details

Blog

Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?

Chambers in Australia, says, "The CME has far exceeded my expectations. The three programs work very well together and have enhanced my skills as a negotiator, a team leader, View Details

01 Jan 2012
News

Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993

effort, he mobilized Rakuten’s merchants in the south to help disaster victims in the north. The Rakuten Eagles, whose crimson uniforms symbolize the role that Harvard has played in Mikitani’s life, are based in the region hit hard by the disaster, View Details

20 May 2022
Blog Post

Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research

national and looks to expand to even more US cities next year. Our founding goal was to help take university research out of the lab and help form startups around it to tackle real-world problems in... View Details

Profile

Peter Gumulia

Growing up in Indonesia, Peter Gumulia experienced life as a cycle of “school, athletics, homework, and repeat. Discipline played an important role early on in my life.” This pushed Peter onto the national golf View Details

10 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

it to capture the benefit of doing something good for the planet on its balance sheet. Reduce the participation cost like FOSS does. Free and open source software allows newer individuals to contribute in... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Jan 2002
News

Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

advice," he asserts. "Sometimes that means the best person for the job is already in the company." Although Egon Zehnder International is also involved in helping corporations find outside directors and in appraising the effectiveness of... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

From Big Pharma to Startup

offered additional coaching and peer support. (He also received a need-based award through the Rock Center’s loan forgiveness program, which benefits select graduating entrepreneurs.) Goble was still in his pandemic-delayed second year at... View Details

Keywords: April White

Web

Judging Criteria - Alumni

appealing to acquirers or positioning it for an IPO. Financing: How much money do you need and for what purpose? Team: Can the founder, key team members, and advisors operate... View Details

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods, published in the journal Organization Science, Nagle interviewed technology professionals and examined data from the Linux Foundation on View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

Web

Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Journal of Finance for “Transactions Costs and Capital Structure Choice: Evidence from Financially Distressed Firms” (1997). Paul A. Gompers : Winner of the 1998 American Association of Individual Investors... View Details

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

identifying future scandals, he says—but in preventing them before they occur. Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Reviews, Reputation, and Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

Portrait Project

Neda Navab

The black and white photo of my grandparents' wedding captures two strangers – a bride, hooked into a stiff corset gown, and a groom, rigid in a starched tuxedo – timidly posing beside each other. They were... View Details

Publications