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28 Sep 2023
News

Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive

leaders—who volunteer their time and talent to build and sustain this strong alumni network. There are so many different types and sizes of clubs and varieties of programming. One goal will be to streamline and share best View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; community service

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

It’s simple: They create the most value, says Harvard Business School Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee. In almost every segment of the economy, the very best companies lead their peers by wide margins. They take share by building on proven... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

theoretical and practical implications of our research. Publisher's link: http://francescagino.com/#/motivation_research August 2013 Journal of Economics and Management Strategy Doing Well by Doing Good? Community Development Venture... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade

trade, John Heard explained, “The opium business is the best business we have, not only from the direct, but for the collateral profit it induces. It also affords an excellent vent for exchange from America, rendering us independent of... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

groups that include the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Tata Consultancy Services, and GitLab (the world’s largest all-remote company) highlights best practices and can help leaders decide whether... View Details

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

"leadership gap" and describe barriers to implementing leadership development training in health care. Next, they present evidence that leaders are not just "born" but, rather, can be "made" and offer a set of View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

explanations of workplace silence. We discuss implications of these results for theory and practice and suggest directions for future research. Paper not available Working PapersPlatform Envelopment Authors:Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Delimiters - Research Computing Services

Database Best Practices Delimiters 2ms Word of Caution on Delimiters The field delimiter is the character which splits data or text into separate fields. A field is a column within your database. As an... View Details

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

individuals. In response to the recent scandals, politicians and government officials have stepped in to pass new laws and create new regulations, while prominent persons on Wall Street and elsewhere in the business community have issued their own calls for reform in... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

investments across various countries. Q: You mentioned that you can't predict exchange rates. But are there rules of thumb managers can practice when thinking about exchange rates and how to play them? A: I'll mention several. First, as I... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

percent of its revenues to fraud annually, which translates to a projected global fraud loss of $3.7 trillion. Most of those studies, however, have focused on the practical logic behind the crimes. What sets this study apart is that it is... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

Organizations, in which he argues that observation and imitation are rarely the best ways for employees to learn on the job. “There are some realms of life where that is true, but for the most part, problems in business are more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

27 Nov 2006
What Do You Think?

What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?

worse." Dean Turner expressed the frustrations of many when he said, "What's the best system? After 40+ years in the work force, I am still searching for it." By way of contrast, Richard Tiedeman commented, "Almost any... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

leaders need a new game plan. We asked Harvard Business School professors to provide practical advice for managing large-scale, long-term remote work at a time when many employees are not only distracted by the commotion in their homes,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Dec 2013
HBS Case

Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal

to facilitate it," says Professor of Management Practice Clayton S. Rose, who sees in Armstrong's story an ideal vessel for teaching lessons about business ethics and leadership. Along with research associate Noah Fisher, Rose wrote... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

27 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

practice of onboarding new employees. Although hiring is already a forgotten luxury for many firms, at least for the time being, others are still bringing aboard new people, such as those who made hiring commitments before the outbreak... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

which they have been successful at demonstrating their competence and getting rewarded for it. Yet, these are the very people who, because they have achieved success and hold positions of power, may be best positioned to lead the sorts of... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

07 May 2024
Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

Global, meaning they are more likely to deliver their expected GHG reductions (see FAQ for more detail). Calyx Global is a stringent carbon credit rating organization ranked as the best by Carbon Market Watch and recommended by Harvard’s... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details

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