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- 11 Jan 2018
- News
Taking the High Road
lack of exposure. What you have to do is ignore what they say and watch what they do, because the opposite of that is a lot of people know how to be extremely politically correct and have no positive intent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
gives leaders a simple vocabulary and set of tools for managing and measuring the different sets of behaviors and activities, across all levels of the organization. Wedged: How You Became a Tool of the Partisan Political Establishment,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
extreme volatility as Bitcoin, and does volatility impede transactional utility? In other words, can Bitcoin really function as a “currency”? — Jay Precourt (MBA 1962) Bitcoin has been volatile, though it has had periods of stability (in... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
“We need to be educating students to work in complex environments with people of different races, genders, ethnicities, religions, and political views to make the most of these differences.” —JAN HAMMOND SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN “We need to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
acknowledgment of the government’s intentions surprised Abrami. “Before China’s accession such a comment may very well have jettisoned domestic political support for the WTO,” she commented afterward. “Everyone knew that domestic View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Books
looks at the emergence of capitalism and democracy as systems of economic and political governance and considers how they may be both mutually supportive and antagonistic. Chapters on the theory and history of these systems challenge the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
wants to open a chain of retail shops selling a commodity product you can get anywhere for 25 cents, but he will charge 2 dollars. Of course, you listen politely and then fall off your chair laughing when he leaves. [Starbucks founder]... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
we are facing today is a result of previous government actions, and today’s government actions will give rise to future problems as well. The lesson should be that we need to get to a point where we don’t need to intervene in the future,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Books
how to “fix the broken sales process” while applying the concepts and actions to a case study of a fictitious software company. The Breakthrough Imperative: How the Best Managers Get Outstanding Results by Mark Gottfredson (MBA ’83) and... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: A Nation Transformed by Information
of information that makes recent technological innovations seem measured by comparison. Television, computers, and the Internet would later continue this tradition of information as a driver of the country’s social, economic, and View Details
Keywords: Information
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
or specific job history. Like Shackleton, today’s leaders need team members and other stakeholders who can acknowledge turbulence, embrace its opportunities, and meet its challenges with confidence and effect. Abraham Lincoln When Doing Nothing Is the Best View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
disparity of wealth and income in many countries and across regions. In turn, they thought these gaps could lead to populist politics that would adversely affect the conduct of capitalism. A second major concern was that our productive... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
many factors including technology, climate change, demographics and inequality. Such extreme change is throwing up unprecedented opportunities and creating an ‘adaptive challenge’ for individuals, organizations and societies. Those who... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
common theme in the actions of successful people and organizations: When a "click moment" (a completely unexpected opportunity) occurs, they take advantage of the serendipity to change their fate. Johansson uses stories of successful... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
United States. Our goal is to make fact-first news extremely easy to consume, by publishing a daily digest that covers the day’s most important stories stated factually, with any relevant context. BA: Media businesses in general are... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
combined with a rich empirical illustration, of the C-suite’s transformation to enhance our understanding of these elites’ new command posts, sources of expertise and identity, competition and collaboration, and ways of getting things done. In doing so, it extends the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
differently while pregnant?” The focus is on practical, actionable recommendations. Risks are put into context so women can make their own choices, aware of the trade-offs they’re actually making. Pursuing Other Opportunities: A Corporate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Books
Predictable Surprises by Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins (Harvard Business School Press) Professor Bazerman and his coauthor show that many disasters are preceded by clear warning signals that leaders either miss — or purposely ignore. They explain the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
it’s an extremely high risk. So people with children were in this tough spot: They wanted to start a firm, but they were constrained because of this risk. Making a household eligible for SCHIP actually made them about 20 to 25 percent... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
Illustration by Ken Orvidas/theispot.com In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the headlines and provokes the most... View Details