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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

18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

establishing that cultural values causally impact the contents of gender stereotypes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-097.pdf Characteristic Timing Authors:Robin Greenwood and Samuel Gregory Hanson Abstract We use differences between the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Mar 2002
What Do You Think?

Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?

Summing Up There is no shortage of explanations for what seems to be a current bull market in writings about leadership, according to respondents to this column. Charles Cullinane attributes it to the economic and national insecurity that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jan 2012
News

Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977

Although Andrew Tisch might attribute the family’s philanthropic record to nature—“Being involved in the community has always been part of the family DNA,” he says—nurture has played a role as well. Tisch’s parents and aunt and uncle set... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

Up to the Highest Heights

Global has been called the “new TED,” and kiteboarding has been called the “new golf.” (photo by Quincy Dein) The attributes of a great kiteboarder: “It’s just pure attitude. It’s the confidence that you can do it and the willingness to... View Details

Keywords: April White

Profile

Raymond Hwang

the problem and a surgical plan to address it. Your job is to execute that plan with as little variation as possible. The ‘same way, every time’ is the mantra of the surgeon. Once the operation begins, however, the unique attributes of... View Details

Keywords: Services; Entrepreneurship; Health Care

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Eligibility | New Venture Competition

responsibility to respect their intellectual property and to treat any information received from them as confidential. For EC Students Multiple students in multiple courses working on the same project naturally raises issues related to ownership of the work product and... 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

07 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

is not always possible and suggests an alternative approach. First, when teams discuss what we call "hot topics," substantive disagreements (task conflict) tend to trigger negative attributions about others' motives or abilities... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity

been negligent; it's more notable when a good company screws up. But if the insurance argument held true, then greener companies should at least see more favorable coverage when spills occur, with the media being more likely to attribute... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

21 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?

executive might get caught up in comparing the graphics capabilities and audio quality of various options, when in fact the only factors of importance to users are the size, weight, and security features. Worse yet, even if they narrow down the list of View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2003
News

Patrick Moreton

news programs were also the most “popular.” But that kind of program will only be popular if consumers place enough value on those attributes relative to others. The “flavors” of news offered at any point in time have always been those... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

30 Sep 2019
Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

construction of blackness has been an economic tool for centuries; it has been used as a means of sourcing under- or wholly unpaid labor, rationalized by an attribution of blacks’ biological inferiority. Though research has since amassed... View Details

Keywords: Re: Andi Wang

19 Sep 2024
Blog Post

A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global Flower Market

buyers. However, this is a challenge as RFH is a cooperative owned by the growers themselves. Currently, 70% of their products are certified, but this is largely attributable to the 25% of the larger growers who have the resources to... View Details

12 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Electric Mobility in India

its expanded production capacity of over 400,000 units. With 1,600 employees, the facility hosts two vehicle lines and three battery lines. Ather's success in the market, amid customer uncertainty, can be attributed to their focus on... View Details

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2.1.1 Citing Sources & Plagiarism | MBA

from others. For example, if the source of a particular idea or analysis is a discussion group, the student should acknowledge the group when presenting the information. Students who submit work that is not their own without clear View Details

25 Jan 2016
News

Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home

percent) were in management and another 37 percent were in professional positions such as accounting, law, medicine, engineering, and finance. The report attributed the shortage to emigration of highly skilled workers, immigration... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

20 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Taking Care to Prepare Leaders: Lessons in Leadership Development from DaVita Kidney Care

first roles should be stretch roles,” Fitzpatrick says. “They enable your new leaders to show that they have what it takes to be successful.” Reflecting on the virtues of her own experience, Coyle attributes the success of the Redwoods... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Mar 2003
News

A Casual Approach to Success

down-to-earth mentality is also apparent in Hellman’s athletic endeavors. He grew up riding horses and later played varsity water polo at the University of California, Berkeley. Often attributing his athletic achievements to an ability to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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