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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
34,000 Pages and Counting
is Class Notes. Divided into three chronological versions whose total quarterly page count is equal to an issue of Vogue, Class Notes require not only editing skill but a sense of humor, diplomacy, and grace under deadline pressure. Editor Keith Larson has brought all... View Details
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Real Estate Private Equity - Course Catalog
of the analysis of specific transactions with an emphasis on whether to pursue a specific transaction or not based on its investment merits. This section of the course will be run as an investment committee. We will focus on the View Details
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity
but ultimately I’m going to hire the best person for the job.’ People say that a lot. You have to say, ‘We are going to go find the person who is qualified for this job and also has these other diverse attributes we want.’ That person is... View Details
- 08 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity
person who is qualified for this job and also has these other diverse attributes we want.’ That person is out there.” But that’s not the last step, she says. “You can’t set one goal and call victory, which is something I did in the early... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
(relative to the hiring manager) influences other organizational members’ support (or lack thereof) for who is hired through perceptions of the hiring manager’s motives and morality. We apply principles derived from the literature on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
by 2030. Around the world, Dediu notes, increasing sales will then drive down prices and make micromobility more accessible for all. A global embrace, Dediu says, is the best bet for reducing the 25 percent of greenhouse emissions View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
providing managers with a convenient excuse when they fail to achieve economic objectives. Mismanagement can be attributed to efforts to be "socially responsible." We elaborate these criticisms and respond to them in another... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
people down the funnel, so they should get some credit—but they don't." Credit Where It's Due In advertising industry parlance, such an issue is called an "attribution problem"—that is, you can't tell which ad to attribute the eventual... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Emerging Information
"a huge chicken-and-egg game" between signing up data suppliers and finding customers willing to pay for the data. But Mueller's perseverance has paid off. Mueller attributes much of Internet Securities' success to learning what customers... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
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Harvard Business School
Johnson (PhD) 1994 Where's the Power in Empowerment?: Definition, Differences, and Dilemmas of Empowerment in the Context of Work-Family Boundary Management David M. Porter Jr. (PhD) 1997 The Eye of the Beholder: the Impact of Race and Gender on Managers' View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Hollywood Story
all day,” she says, attributing her discontent to her type-A personality. At the urging of a friend, Epstein began to write. She soon came up with the idea for a Wall Street thriller. In HBS fashion, Epstein also started networking. In... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
market focus is needed to begin the process in order to know what technological attributes to target in the development, and how to resolve the many trade-offs that arise in the course of development, e.g. cost vs. performance, or weight... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
underwriting public corporate offerings. Nor is this unique to the United States. Britain’s Financial Services Authority has an-nounced that it is increasing its scrutiny of private-equity firms. Among the problems or risks attributed to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
“human transporter.” But tons of funding and big-name partners couldn’t overcome consumer reluctance. “Kamen endowed Segway with many positive attributes but not enough to break through and claim commercial success,” Harris writes. Many... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Author
on skills or education or experience. It is based on personal attributes and approaches to life. Specifically, I have divided the book into four sections: gaining perspective, managing yourself, leading others, and building values. Were... View Details
- 28 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Meet Professor Elisabeth Paulson: A Conversation on Life, Research, and Teaching
scary, but it was also incredibly fun—something that I attributed largely to the case method (and Section I!). It’s exciting to see where the class discussion will go, and witness section mates learning from each other. The case method is... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Short Takes
organizational settings. (One such useful psychoanalytic concept is "splitting," a defense mechanism against anxiety in which the individual ascribes positive attributes to one entity—usually one's own group—while imbuing another group... View Details
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Allie Corless
my professional colleagues and not afraid to ask them for help when necessary. Overall, HBS has helped me to become highly self-aware and action-oriented, attributes that have served me very well in many aspects of my life. View Details
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
leaders who are considered for teaching appointments actually qualify. He attributes this mainly to issues with “status and ego.” In my experience, the problem often was the inability to listen to what MBA students were really saying. I... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
to see if their explanations matched their actions; and traced the performance of the companies they invested in. As she described in a previous paper published in Administrative Science Quarterly, decisions attributed to gut feel were... View Details