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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
Payne’s downtown office, Rodakis laid out the rationale for a nonprofit. He also shared the concern that he might not have the right skill set to run it and wondered whether he should try to hire someone. “You’re the perfect person for... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
to innovate in the climate space, and shares his advice for those interested in careers in business and climate. Beyond Net Zero: How Seventh Generation Plans to Achieve Real Zero Carbon Ashley Orgain, chief impact officer at Seventh... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
pause to ask you how you are doing. Subway cars don’t stop to help you on the side of the road. Airplanes don’t take time to look you in the eye. Life gets messy—which is both bad and good. Parents have more severe medical issues, some... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
transmission on a car works great. Lying by omission involves holding back relevant information—for example, by failing to mention any information about a faulty transmission. The researchers conducted two pilot studies and six... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
first of the three fundamental approaches to reflection has traditionally been called contemplation, or downshifting from time to time. At work, many people tend to focus on output, and their minds act like race car engines, firing on all... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
the Directorate of Intelligence, which established a Field Intelligence Group (FIG) and new security analysts at each of the FBI’s field offices. That didn’t sit well with some old-guard law enforcers, who didn’t take kindly to sharing... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
- 27 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall
Drivers on Interstate 25 in Colorado have been speculating about the fate of hundreds of Volkswagen cars sitting in a lot near Pikes Peak International Raceway. It’s one of 37 sites in the United States where the automaker is storing... View Details
- 29 Sep 2022
- Op-Ed
Inclusive Leadership Advice: Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable
“yes, and” principle that lies at the heart of improv: “Yes, and we can fill it with poison before we offer it to the queen.” "Dissent is welcome, but only when there is shared respect and everyone feels they are on the same team." Some... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
(Editor’s note: Fix This! is a series of occasional stories about industries that provide bad consumer experiences and how they can be fixed.) Consumers routinely list buying a car as the worst shopping experience imaginable. So it may be... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
lose hope in their organization and become cynical and passive. “People who are this discouraged stop bothering to collaborate with others to improve the organization,” he says. The antidote: Organizations need to allow critical information to be View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?
options. Both seats had equivalent safety ratings, but one came with additional convenience features and an almost 20 percent higher price tag. Higher- and lower-income Alex both bought the more expensive car seat; however, lower-income... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Blog
Recent Insights from HBS Podcasts
enterprise that provides financial advice to a class of customers that had not been addressed by market incumbents—the 75% of American households that lacked access to high-quality, affordable, and unbiased financial advice. Volvo Cars... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
W. Hall Wendel, Jr.
relished exceptional personal challenges - running in big-city marathons, amateur race car driving, and, as befits a graduate of the Naval Academy, skippering his 58-foot sloop Integrity to victory in the 1991 Bermuda Race. "I lead a full... View Details
- 29 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.
Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for General Motors? Or are those just headlights from an oncoming train? Among Harvard Business School faculty, it depends on whom you ask. The carmaker—home to such storied brands as Cadillac, Buick, and Chevrolet—enjoyed a 46... View Details
- 08 Apr 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It
Research released recently by iseecars.com seems to indicate a fleeting happiness with luxury cars. New buyers of BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche sell them more frequently in the first year than owners of other models. View Details
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
making all decisions solo), and still needs some oversight. More than 100 employees: Capable of borrowing the car for a weekend road trip with friends. Hand over the keys! If your leaders feel that you won’t give them the keys, that you... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 25 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing
by consolidating some of their credit card debt saw a deterioration in those scores months down the line as they began to use their credit lines to consume more goods, from purchasing a car to buying everyday items, the researchers... View Details
- 15 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Don't Bring Me Down: Probing Why People Tune Out Bad News
No one wants to hear that their car exhaust is hurting the planet, or that their jeans were made in a sweatshop, or that their doughnut might give them diabetes one day. In fact, people often go to great lengths to avoid information that... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz