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- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
accountable? Nonprofit leaders tend to pay attention to accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program
Reflecting on his Leadership Fellows experience at Mercy Corps, he notes the significance of the fellowship on his career trajectory. “It was an unbelievable catapult,” he shared. “I was able to take the relationships, experience, and seniority I got out of my first... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
Authors:Jakub Wojciech Jurek and Luis M. Viceira Revised Working Paper Author's Abstract We develop an analytical solution to the dynamic portfolio choice problem of an investor with power utility defined over wealth at a finite horizon... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Emerging Art of Negotiation
The first group is more likely to resort to competition and problem solving in the negotiation, while the second prefers more indirect means of arriving at a solution. Less research attention to date has addressed three other important... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
multiple award-winning actress Viola Davis during this period and together they formed Shoulder Up, an organization dedicated to educating women about finance. They have also founded Shoulder Up Ventures, the first women-founded and... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
probably seen the beginning of the decline of the actively managed mutual fund," Charles Broming expressed the hope that "money management will become another technical job and compensation will reflect its real added value." Part of the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
unethical. In four experiments, participants wore purportedly fake or authentically branded sunglasses. Those wearing fake sunglasses cheated more across multiple tasks than did participants wearing authentic sunglasses, both when they... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
relevant ideas and concerns they have is the focus of this research. Upward voice refers to communications directed to someone higher in the organizational hierarchy with the perceived power or authority to take action on the problem or... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
Addressing that question, she noted, “is how you solve the multiple problems that life throws at you.” “Hot dog day” is one school innovation. Students divide into teams once a month to either procure, cook,... View Details
- Web
Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting
backgrounds, could be sharing living space with limited private quiet areas, or managing multiple responsibilities including child or elder care. None of these factors impact how well a candidate could do the job. Being aware of how... View Details
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’
especially in changing the culture of the School and the broader world. The W50 Summit in particular was a way to reach out to the women who "have sometimes felt disenfranchised, disconnected, unwelcome at Harvard Business School," Nohria told an View Details
Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
selection problem (consumption complementarities often lead to multiple equilibria, which result in different utility levels for the users); and (iii) a coordination problem... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Profile
Maria Brewer
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? During my time in operations, the more I was able to work with multiple areas of the business and see how they interact, the more excited I was by my work. Observing how one decision in a... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
ordinary drill bits, severely limited time, and the potentially immobilizing fear that plagued the buried miners. Could the trapped miners and rescue workers mobilize before air and resources were depleted? The case describes the ensuing efforts that draw the resources... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
processes that cut across companies and may involve multiple systems. 51 Both of these approaches have proved productive for manufacturing firms. Multi-partner Integration In addition to enabling rich point-to-point links, the Internet is... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
to break ground on a massive district cooling system that may pave the way for the complete replacement of natural gas usage with industrial waste heat for the city of Holbæk. Making sustainability accessible and breaking the “chicken and egg” View Details
- 21 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Accelerating Climate Solutions - Short Intensive Program 2023
entrepreneur in many different environments,” said Laurans. Offering nearly half of the curricular content of a standard semester in just one week, the course acted as a testbed for future climate-focused course offerings across multiple... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
multiple centers for a broader exploration of a topic. For example, this past year, the centers coordinated more than 50 interviews in 10 countries to help Professor Rafaella Sadun examine how resilient businesses can effectively and... View Details
- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
conversation around how analytics are used in the sports and entertainment business.” The job draws on her experience as an athlete, her MBA degree and undergraduate psychology major, and a fascination with technology-based problem... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg