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05 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors

As these advances in understanding human behavior are used by marketers, they will be able to serve their markets with greater success. Q: What are you working on next? Gerald Zaltman: I have had a long-standing View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

In the summer of 2023, Initiatives intern Skye Bluestein conducted important research with the BEI on the intersection of environmental justice (EJ), policy, and business. The resulting paper posted below provides an interesting and... View Details

2010
Casebook

Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro

All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations

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15 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

Human Decision Processes Seeker Beware: The Interpersonal Costs of Ignoring Advice By: Blunden, Hayley, Jennifer M. Logg, Alison Wood Brooks, Leslie John, and Francesca Gino Abstract—Prior advice research has focused on understanding when... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

participants showed a relatively low need to get clean, regardless of whether they had used Facebook or LinkedIn. Implications And Next Steps The overall findings pose a paradox: Networking makes low-power employees feel unclean, which View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

Understand who controls what and the degree to which it is desired and you understand a great deal about a power relationship. Of course, power can be used for good or “dirty” purposes. “Power poisons,”... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Oct 2019
News

Bridging Business and Engineering

in the new joint degree program. (photo by Susan Young) To build on the technology skills he acquired in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Erez Perelson (MS/MBA 2020) came to Boston to pursue an AB in engineering at Harvard College, but his academic path didn’t end... View Details

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

conclusion and conventional practical understanding of these politics are both wrong. The roots of this realpolitik cannot be found in realist theory. Europe's realpolitik has, instead, fundamentally commercial and ideational origins.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

expert who has studied advertising for forty years, believes the future of Internet advertising depends on improvements in technology. "We won't really understand the full potential of Internet advertising until broadband service... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

01 Sep 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

administrations, “have been too much influenced by the domestic aspects of the view of China.” Kissinger urged global leaders to recognize “the importance of understanding the permanence of China.” Anyone who has spent time in mainland... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

27 May 2015
Blog Post

What is an HBS Section?

to share ideas and interests where you quickly find people to connect and debate with inside and outside of the classroom. How do you think the section set up impacts the academic environment at HBS?Philipp: The group of 90 is extremely... View Details

Research Summary

Career Histories and the Biotechnology Industry

Professor Higgins' other major project focuses on the consequences of individuals' career experiences for firms and industries. This second research stream centers on the careers of executives in the biotechnology industry.

Professor Higgins has written... View Details

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Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents Reflect on Their Time at HBS and the Current Health Care Systems - Blog: Health Supplement

Care Systems Morgan Moncada & Hannah Truong Author MBA Students tag Health Care Entrepreneurship Health Care at HBS Morgan Moncada (MS/MBA 2023) How has your time at HBS changed your views on health care? HBS has greatly diversified my View Details

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

the writing of popular film scripts like The Matrix or Star Wars. Character behaviors, actions, and motivations hook the interest of readers at all levels, regardless of their professional experience with IT, while the plot sets up a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Sep 2018
Blog Post

10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

intense class format that forced us to spend a lot of time together, maybe because we have similar interests in technology, maybe because we feel like we understand each other better than people from other... View Details

25 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

do," says Harvard Business School professor Raffaella Sadun. "Most of the time it's difficult to codify the qualities of a good manager." “We went in with the curiosity of trying to understand the life of a CEO” Despite... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

participants rated human recommenders as easier to understand than machine recommenders. “When participants thought the recommendations had come from a human, they were able to make sense of why someone might have chosen them,” the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Leader as Beacon: Understanding and Setting Direction Leader as Beacon: Communicating Direction Leader as Architect: Designing to Deliver Value Project Week Leader as Catalyst of Change Leader as Catalyst of Innovation Leading Self at... View Details

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

not initially interested in a role because it is not quite big enough or broad enough for her, they’ll often say, ‘OK, OK. You can have this other division of the company as well.’ They will absolutely happily pay more for women. There is... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

09 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

tight labor market, it is critical to understand how to effectively reward employees. To address this question, we review relevant evidence that explains the importance of workplace rewards and recognition. Based on a review and synthesis... View Details