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- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
214-039 Note on LBO Capital Structure No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/214039-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 811-024 Felipe Calderón: Leading with Light and Power (A) This sequence of cases explores how leaders get their View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance
Many of us are familiar with the gentle punishment known as "time-out," in which misbehaving children must sit quietly for a few minutes, calm down, and reflect on their actions. New research suggests that grown-ups ought to take routine... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business
years of the AHA, the researchers note, some 95 percent of applicants were approved. Another unusual element of the legislation: Many of the AHA refugees trained in the Philippines for six months to learn English and become familiar with... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
at this time. Publisher's Link: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199730858.do Risky Trust: How Multi-entity Teams Develop Trust in High Risk Endeavors Authors:Faazia Rashid and Amy Edmondson Publication:In Restoring Trust in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2024
- HBS Case
Psychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues
pricing is everywhere—because it still works Charm pricing is one of the most familiar pricing techniques out there: setting prices ending in 99, whether it’s a supermarket advertising fruit at $2.99 a pound or a streaming service... View Details
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
class=infogram-embed data-id=_/6qm38A7pHSn6nsNRtN6U][/div] Stay humble. Leaders, even in digital-first companies, should have the humility to ask questions and learn from in-house experts and digital natives at different levels in the organization. Leaders must be... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance By: Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Jordi Quoidbach Abstract—In two field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success
encourages the psychological safety necessary for cultivating a growth mindset among employees. To nurture that sense of shared purpose, as well as customer-centric thinking, participants described how they sent cross-functional or cross-level View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
insisting that no one's contribution be marginalized, and framing new information within familiar contexts, teams can escape the performance pressure paradox and keep doing their best work when it matters... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Profile
Soltan Bryce
work at Advisory Board and athenahealth, he reflected,“I came to be intimately familiar with this incredibly complex information ecosystem. The desire to learn about how to simplify and scale drove my desire to attend HBS. If I wanted to... View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side
effects, and the dearth of rigorous empirical research, my research team and I set out to tackle the problem. My research team and I investigated time pressure and creativity as part of a multi-year research... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
"Washington" telling them what they can and cannot do with their property. Both sides battle for increased or decreased legislation while ignoring possibilities for wiser regulation through joint problem solving. When a sports View Details
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
Leadership Leadership 2015 Chapter Leave No Slice of Genius Behind: Selecting and Developing Tomorrow's Leaders of Innovation By: Linda A. Hill More than ever, leaders of nearly every kind of organization view their human resources teams... View Details
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Profiles - MBA
an authentic desire to build the world they want to live in. ” Tech areas of interest: AI/ML, Design, Human Computer Interaction, Sustainability, Privacy, Security & Trust Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: The summer before my junior... View Details
- 22 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!
familiar faces before the flood of new introductions come September when the broader MBA cohort begins at HBS. The community also extends well beyond the two years. With only six cohorts thus far, each of 20-30 people, the alumni base is... View Details
- 15 Nov 2022
- Book
Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work
earning billions, kept churning out its pills. By now, this story is a familiar one. But what is less well known is that the company had help not only from management consultant McKinsey & Company, which sold advice to Purdue on how... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 10 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?
If you’ve recently ordered food or coffee on an app, you’re probably familiar with the prompt to tip your barista, delivery driver, or sandwich maker. Or even more commonly, when ordering at a casual dining counter, you’ve been asked to... View Details
Keywords: by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette
- 10 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men
them—a familiar scenario that plays out at a lot of companies. “Merely increasing the number of employees from underrepresented groups and trying to be inclusive isn’t enough,” Ely says. “Instead, companies that are intent on diversifying... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jan 2024
- News
A Wide Net
Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details
Keywords: April White