Social Attachment To Place - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

relationships with key stakeholders, and placed a big bet on innovations in high performance computing and Artificial Intelligence to make AMD a tech powerhouse by late 2023. Lisa Su and AMD (A) and Lisa Su... View Details

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Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

The i-lab is a great workspace open to all registered students in any Harvard school, including undergraduates, who are working on a startup. It has been described as a place of “structured spontaneity”... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

identities into five different theoretical perspectives: social psychological; microsociological; psychodynamic and developmental; critical; and intersectional. I then propose a way to take research on... View Details

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

by launching the Akamai Technical Academy, which asked the question: “Why don’t we go out and find smart people to train, and create our own talent pool?” Slides Impact Investing at a Crossroads Amelia Angella (MBA 2001), Director, HBS... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now

celebrated its 20th anniversary. Watch a video and learn more about its place in the HBS culture. Since its inception, the Portrait Project has become an increasingly familiar aspect of HBS culture, with graduating students and their... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

Umit Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—The patent system is commonly justified as a way to promote social welfare and, more specifically, technological progress. For years, however, there has been... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

demonstrated that Unilever could make a hostile acquisition, while the acquisition of Chesebrough-Pond's two years later showed that Unilever could move quickly and decisively if it wished. Effective procedures were put in place View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

11 May 2022
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MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

a mom at HBS? Being away from family and in a new place was hard because your back-up options for child care are more limited. And COVID unfortunately did not help. What advice do you have for prospective student moms? At the end it is a... View Details

16 Mar 2020
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How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

worked on by encouraging employees to develop a personal regime: Exercise at home, meditate, and make sure you reach out and talk to people, even if that socialization takes... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

15 Nov 2018
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Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

is attracting increasing attention, and when business leaders are increasingly expected to contribute not only to financial value creation, but also to View Details

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

at how that anxiety can change the outcomes of negotiations. In order to induce anxiety in participants, she asked them to listen to the theme from the horror film Psycho;... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jan 2007
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

allows its 600,000 resellers to sell their unused telecom minutes to smaller customers for a profit. "These kinds of entrepreneurial activities strengthen the social fabric by... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Thinking Ahead

As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

social and environmental policy issues not directly related to their company’s core business. Distinct from nonmarket strategy and traditional corporate social responsibility,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22

Publication:Journal of Peace Research (forthcoming) Abstract This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the geographic, economic, and social factors that contributed to the spread of civil war in Nepal... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Dec 2022
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Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem

“People said, OK, for moving candidates, I chose only males, but don’t worry, I made up for it in other tasks,” she says. The research team found other limitations to fair ranking algorithms. For instance, candidate profiles were a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

27 May 2015
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What is an HBS Section?

case; your section is always there to make sure you understand the topics being covered in class. How do you get to know the people in your section? Philipp: There are a lot of View Details

22 Jun 2022
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Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

our world, have a growing sense of our place in the world in terms of our personal qualities, our deeply embedded life interests, and the skills that we bring to any given situation. The two root questions... View Details