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Ann Chao
at my disposal to pursue my passions. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? From the beginning, the consistent message I received from HBS and my classmates was to pursue my passions and resist the View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
students and seasoned leaders, we have learned that the greatest challenge to following one's True North comes when the pressures and seductions are intense. That is when it is most crucial to be self-aware. This of course is not a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Carla Small
during my first year at HBS!" Small says. Be it personally or professionally, the soft-spoken Small has been involved with family issues since her days as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College, where she was a peer counselor in an... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
research shows that in the 10 cities with the largest Airbnb market share in the US, the entry of Airbnb resulted in 1.3 percent fewer hotel nights booked and a 1.5 percent loss in hotel revenue. The paper, The Welfare Effects of Peer... View Details
- 10 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Out at Business School
sexuality. Before my peers even understood what sexuality was, they noticed deviations in my gender expression and performance and sought out ways to violently stamp those deviations out of me. Coming home to my mother in tears day after... View Details
- 30 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Reflecting on my service
notion of the ultimate sacrifice became very real, and very personal. Enlisting in the Marine Corps the day after my eighteenth birthday has become a defining moment of my career. It represents the first step along what could only consistently be described as a... View Details
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
more collective credence than others. "On Yelp, Elites are given the same weight but they give better reviews," Luca says. The influence of other reviewers. There's peer pressure on Yelp, and elite Yelpers... View Details
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
themselves. If they cannot leverage themselves, they have no time to build relationships with their peers and bosses to get access to the resources their teams need to deliver. And let’s face it, reaching out and cultivating relationships... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
Pressure as a Savings Commitment Device Authors:Felipe Kast, Stephan Meier, and Dina Pomeranz Abstract We test the effectiveness of self-help peer groups as a commitment device for precautionary savings,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way
join a start-up and the lessons she learned. 1. No pressure, no diamonds.In the cash-strapped environment of a start-up there is pressure to deliver direct results; there's no hiding behind the delayed consequences and layers of... View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
of the board, which is a complex set of variables. Very little of that can be seen from the outside. Q: Why do you focus on the redesign of boards? A: Boards face a lot of external pressure to change. It comes from government, e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
about needs and generate peer pressure for giving. And different locales do seem to have developed different conceptions of what is appropriate activity in this realm. In Silicon Valley, it is well known... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)
I made controversial or cringeworthy comments, they always gave me the benefit of the doubt. When I doubted myself, they offered excuses and encouragement. And when I began to crack under the pressures of HBS, they provided safe harbor.... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
elements in life that drive you away from working on something you're passionate about. It can be peer pressure (e.g., 'you should do consulting or finance'); money (e.g., 'a hedge fund is the job with the... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
the world are trying to respond to the tremendous pressure to reduce costs-but evidence suggests that many of their attempts are counterproductive, raising costs and sometimes decreasing the quality of care. Using evidence from field... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
idea of business school. “A lot of my smart peers were deciding to get MBAs so I kept an open mind. Then, through the Management Leaders of Tomorrow program, and speaking with HBS alumni, I got excited about it and decided to apply to HBS... View Details
- 03 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2)
students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds to follow their dreams and make a positive difference in the world. Kareem Stanley, Class of 2024 In my experience, FGLI is equivalent to thoughtfulness. I noted that I had to be more thoughtful about the resources at my... View Details
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
the merit system was based on peer comparisons at the salaried level. There were no executive bonuses. Stock options were awarded as recognition. But there was also a lot of pressure in the company, said... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
the new program, "women executives long for the same kind of camaraderie and exchange that men can find with their peers in more informal settings." Among those in attendance was Jessie d'E. Bourneuf (MBA '75), then president of the King... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Publications August 2013 California Management Review What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale & Scope of Social Performance By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan Abstract—Organizations with social missions, such as nonprofits and social enterprises,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne