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  • 01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

Leonard M. Harlan (MBA '61, DBA '65), president of Castle Harlan, Inc., who has been a guest lecturer in Poorvu's class several times over the years. Part of this understanding is learning how to make deals in a fragmented industry where nonstandard pricing is the... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade

than using more explicit cosmetics. In Shanghai, two women shade themselves as they walk past an ad for a skin-lightening cream. Powered globally by marketing, media, and entertainment, commercial beauty ideals may challenge local cultural View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

some firms selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while masking their true performance. We identify key company- and country-level factors that limit firms' use of selective disclosure by intensifying scrutiny on them and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

positive theory of integrity that has no normative content and argue that there are large gains from putting integrity into finance-into both the theory and practice of finance. We define integrity as being whole and complete and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Departments | Employment

makes it challenging to work in Executive Education Cyclical business with intense peak periods characterized by long hours and weekend work (not a typical 9-5 business). Being responsible for generating a significant financial contribution but respecting the culture... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

with the responsibility to enforce rules may penalize transgressors more harshly when they are faced with a conflicting motivation to be lenient. Specifically, we test how transgressors are punished when it is their birthday: a day when social View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

Moreover, we find that relatively higher wages also promote social norms such that coworkers are less (more) likely to collude to steal inventory from their company when relative wages are higher (lower). Our research contributes to an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

would have otherwise been undertaken at home. These two tempting claims are found to have limited, if any, systematic support. Instead, modern welfare norms that capture the nature of multinational firm activity recommend a move toward... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

early 1990s, but foreign brides currently comprise 4% to 35% of newlyweds in these developed Asian countries. This paper argues that two factors account for this rapid increase in "bride importation": the rapid growth of women's educational attainment and a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Past Issues - Alumni

Complete Table of Contents June 2005 One-on-One with Grover Norquist President, Americans for Tax Reform Do You Speak Business? Global Management Norms in a Cross-Cultural World Profiles from the Class of 2005 Bringing Hope to a Violent... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

clamor for accountability, it is tempting to accept the popular normative view that more accountability is better. But is it feasible, or even desirable, for nonprofit organizations to be accountable to everyone for everything? The... View Details
  • 10 Mar 2021
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COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

down, it is likely that hybrid remote arrangements will become the norm at workplaces globally. It is important to design hybrid-remote work arrangements that also allow for geographic flexibility and work-from-anywhere. Additionally,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

number of structural changes that forced an ongoing re-examination and modification of traditional norms and policies emphasizing exclusivity in agency-client relationships. A typology of conflicts that has arisen in the U.S. shows the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

“Ramen head.” “These things are traumatizing for an elementary school kid—when you don’t fit in perfectly,” she recalls. And there were different customs and norms that required acclimation. The school had no janitors, so the students... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
  • 12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

book on it.” MARCH 18 Khan Academy founder Sal Khan (MBA 2003) announced plans to help students and parents navigate the new norm of distance learning. Read more about his work here. MARCH 16 Moderna, led by CEO Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000,... View Details
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other parts of the world, including Europe, the UK, the Middle East, South Africa, and Latin America. Throughout the course, we will explore differing conceptions of “good governance” and what they mean in practice. We will consider, for instance, departures from the... View Details