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01 Sep 2012
News

The School of Life

may indeed have been the best of the best, McCall’s theory gives a causal explanation of why. It wasn’t because they were born with superior skills. Instead, it was because they had honed them along the way, by having experiences that taught them how to deal with... View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

01 Apr 1997
News

A Conversation with Dean Clark

I'd say it was to educate leaders and build knowledge on a global scale. BULLETIN: In several previous interviews and speeches, you've stressed the importance to the School of what you've called "globalization." What's your current... View Details

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

work out," Clarizio said. "Kids get sick; you can't control everything." One thing she learned was not to make her life more stressful than it needed to be. "Travel less and be flexible about working at home," she... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

strong—and mainly Chinese-dominated—business class. In this context, FDI as well as public sector firms proved very valuable in a political sense. Huang stresses that he does not question the political rationale behind those policies that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

and face the dire condition of the US government's finances. In fact, it's time to press snooze. First, the fiscal stress on the United States is not imminent. Borrowing costs for the government are at historic lows. Bond markets, which... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

06 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine

Months of binge watching, doom scrolling, home schooling, and stress eating have left many people more determined than ever to start a new fitness regimen in January. Even a global pandemic that is closing gyms and keeping people indoors... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

04 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony

say hello and residents of SFP2 cheering us up from their balconies. Rehearsals are both musically and socially fun. Hearing beautiful harmonies when we strike the right chords helps us forget about all the stress and worries we may have... View Details

09 Jan 2020
News

Your Whole Self

challenges as opportunities and we really meet the occasion with our effectiveness and with a greater ease. And then there's leader B mode, when we are less effective, when we're resisting the moment and we're just a little more stressed... View Details

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

five adults report feeling that they have too much to do and not enough time to do it. These time-poor people experience less joy each day. They laugh less. They are less healthy, less productive, and more likely to divorce. In one study, time View Details

Keywords: All Industries

12 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

global south to explain how clusters work as major tools for international business. Particularly in the developing world, multinationals have used clusters as platforms for channeling foreign investment, knowledge, and imported inputs. The study concludes by View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Build a Better Board

should pause and ask, "Are we working the way we want to work, have conditions changed, should we do something different because we have a new CEO or because the new CEO is a more experienced person in whom we have more confidence?" It is important to View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

impact. We connected with faculty who were creating the curriculum and started a mentorship program to connect the impact investing alumni network with students. I cannot stress enough how amazing the alumni community is. On the... View Details

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

multi-platform digital company innovating in the uses of weather data. He assesses progress and considers strategic choices and organizational challenges ahead. He created a new narrative for the company in the era of Big Data, putting science at the center (great... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

says. “That is enormously satisfying to them—and it motivates them to work even harder.” Also, research shows that employees who take time off are less stressed and more engaged, more creative, and more productive. Give the gift of time,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Commencement 2016 Address | About

self-assured you are about your moral compass, you are vulnerable, under stress or in certain contexts, to losing your way. Remember the Milgram experiments you studied in your Leadership and Accountability class. Although we would like... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Minding The Gap

MBA Class of 1957 Professor of Management Practice, was a driving force in PELP's creation. He stresses that raising educational outcomes across the board is at the heart of the initiative's mission. "The challenge is to build great... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Blagg, Deborah; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

10 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

large, but we have not made progress in measuring it. That is a future question for research." Despite the difficulty of assessing the effects of regulation, Srinivasan stresses the importance of continuing to look for ways to do so,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accounting; Banking

05 Sep 2008
What Do You Think?

Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?

"Cases help to develop 'pattern recognition' skills that are very important in decision-making ...." Dave Schnedler added that cases help develop "critical thinking," teach that "digging hard pays off," View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Education

29 Sep 2015
First Look

September 29, 2015

activation inspired improvements in people’s emotions, resistance to disease, resilience to stress and burnout, creative problem solving, performance under pressure, and relationships with their employer. Results also revealed that... View Details