Myth Of Informed Objectivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2010
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This Is What I Do

a victim, Lemmon argues that too often we are comfortable with a narrative that sees women as objects of pity. “Women have been pulling families through dark periods in even the most difficult countries... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information

11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

structural characteristics (team geographic dispersion and task change) that intensify the challenge of knowledge integration. Drawing on information processing theory, we distinguish between a team's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

possibility that the effects of FDI differ by sector. Second, we differentiate FDI based on objective qualitative industry characteristics including the average skill intensity and reliance on external... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Apr 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

Solitary,” a traveling exhibition of African-American abstract art that opened at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans in fall 2017. Now on view at the Nasher Museum View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Oct 2000
News

New Global Initiative Director Takes Broad Outlook

When Kathleen Cooke Ryan took up her new role as executive director of the HBS Global Initiative last March, she joined a thriving organization. After the successful 1999 launch of its first international... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Services

01 Feb 2002
News

Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

two grown children, he resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland. What are the key nonmilitary components of fighting terrorism? Above all else, the key is good intelligence. The objective is to stop terrorists from... View Details

Keywords: counterterrorism; terrorism; National Security and International Affairs; Government

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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

horseback, such representations have shaped the public’s perception of Native peoples and reinforced harmful stereotypes. Many of these objects also portray Indigenous people... View Details

17 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

20 percent compared with the pre-transition period. Why? CEO turnover tends to cause a great deal of uncertainty about whether a new leader will make big changes, like reshuffling or reducing the workforce, as well as shifting corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Ami Albernaz

01 Jun 2015
News

The Giving Tree

same wonderful opportunities that I had,” Draper says, summing up the simple yet heartfelt objective that drives so many alumni supporters. The result? A chain of giving that pays forward the life-changing... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Apr 1996
News

Technology for Learning's Sake

In an interview in last December's Bulletin Dean Kim B. Clark talked of launching "a profound transformation around information technology (IT)," an initiative that would earn for the School an unequaled... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

of products and sell each product infrequently. At the same time, consumer browsing information is typically tracked by online retailers and is much more abundant than purchase data. We propose a demand... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
Supplement

Student Success at Georgia State University (B)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley

This is a supplement to the Student Success at Georgia State University (A) case. The (B) case includes the results of a randomized control trial that Georgia State conducted to test education technology start-up AdmitHub’s chatbot solution as a strategy for improving... View Details

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01 Dec 2008
News

No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis

have CEOs walk off in handcuffs. This is not an Enron kind of situation. People made some bad bets, maybe even some stupid bets, but even though I’m not a lawyer, I don’t think stupidity is a crime.” Mankiw outlined the two basic View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson;Martha Lagace; deregulation; moral hazard; the middle class; Finance

23 Nov 2011
News

Manufacturing a Recovery

Keywords: Manufacturing

11 Apr 2017
News

Keeping the Missions Under Control

great way to advancing what we’re doing in human space flight and I get to work with the astronauts every day. And that is really exciting, and the teams of people that are involved make it enjoyable. That’s what it’s all about. It’s all... View Details

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REITs (real estate investment trusts)

Where do I find information on real estate investment trusts (REITs)? General Background: National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts: Produces the global... View Details

September 2024
Case

Navigating Digital Transformation at Carrefour

By: Sunil Gupta and Emilie Billaud

In 2023, Elodie Perthuisot, Carrefour’s Executive Director for e-commerce and digital transformation, met with CEO Alexandre Bompard to discuss strategies for the company’s digital initiatives. Carrefour, a global retail giant with over 14,300 stores across 40... View Details

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01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Does realizing the American Dream deliver a good life? In this book, Kaufman develops a fundamentally new understanding of how elite undergraduate educations and careers play out in lives, and what shapes happiness among the prizewinners... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

It's the set of processes that transforms either materials or information into a product or service. EE: How has this definition evolved over the past decade? Upton: There have been some exciting changes in... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

execution of plans can be more important than informational and procedural quality. We close by discussing the implications of our findings for organizations and researchers.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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