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better prepare for the future fan Keeping the Beat Artist and activist Madame Gandhi (MBA 2015) on writing music in quarantine and migrating musical events online Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom Interpersonal communication... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Pulmonary fibrosis, the illness that claimed his father’s life, is hereditary. While Kim is healthy, he thinks more carefully about how he spends his time. At first, he was reluctant to sell the movie rights to a story as personal as Offerings: “It’s one thing to View Details
- 02 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
be high than happy.” The truth is that people are afraid to stop; they’re afraid to break away. So you have to break the fear—the fear of jumping, the fear of change. This is the first chain link that you need to break to be free. Morrell: How has View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
Business School faculty led in developing the method. A particular challenge in the writing of cases is finding the balance between enough complexity, so that the problem posed reflects reality and supports alternative approaches to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research The Role of (Dis)similarity in (Mis)predicting Others' Preferences By: Barasz, Kate, Tami Kim, and Leslie John Abstract—Consumers readily indicate liking options that appear dissimilar—for example, enjoying both rustic lake... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23
Publications 2006 University of Chicago Press Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education By: Anteby, Michel Abstract—Corporate accountability is never far from the front page, and Harvard Business School trains many future business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4
PublicationsCases about Redefining Global Strategy Authors:Pankaj Ghemawat and Jordan I. Siegel Publication:Harvard Business Publishing, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10
PublicationsAdverse Selection in Online 'Trust' Certifications and Search Results Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Publication:Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (June 2010) Abstract Widely used online "trust" authorities issue certifications without... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 2008
- Article
It's Time to Make Management a True Profession
By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana
In the face of the recent institutional breakdown of trust in business, managers are losing legitimacy. To regain public trust, management needs to become a true profession in much the way medicine and law have, argue Khurana and Nohria of Harvard Business School. True... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Education; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Management; Trust; Value Creation
Nohria, Nitin, and Rakesh Khurana. "It's Time to Make Management a True Profession." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 10 (October 2008).
- 15 Nov 2022
- Book
Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work
also advising the government—the drug-regulation division of the US Food and Drug Administration—on how to strengthen its oversight of pharma. In addition to this alleged conflict of interest, McKinsey recommended questionable sales tactics to Purdue, including... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- Portrait Project
Selamile Dlamini
Over my lifetime, I have found and lost my voice, many times. In fifth grade, my teacher asked me to change my creative writing submissions. I stopped writing stories about tradition and religion and began... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
- 31 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World
states have implemented different ideas and pursued different strategies in order to gain a competitive edge,” says Reinert. “Franklin could write for the elites—he did so often. But he chose this specific set of guidelines for virtuous... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
study. “Just seeing this race for the sake of it. And so we wanted to write a paper to help slow it down and just think through the risks and harms.” While the paper had already been reviewed by Google and submitted for peer review... View Details
- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
as a matter of course: "I hear you." Really listen. Be fully present and don't judge. Encourage employees' questions and concerns. Listen actively—no side glances at the phone. "When someone shares that they're struggling, you won't always know what to say or do,"... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- 19 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Answering Your Questions About the HBS MBA Application
waivers. We do accept the online versions of these exams where available even if they do not have a writing section (AWA). Scores from these online tests will be accepted at HBS in any future admissions round as long as they are valid... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
PublicationsThe Future of Organization Design Authors:Baldwin, Carliss Y. Publication:Journal of Organization Design Abstract The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of organization design. Such firms can be likened to nation-states: they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Peter Tufano
Tufano’s research has focused on financial innovation and financial engineering—and for more than two decades, household finance. While he continues to study these topics, his current primary research is on the role of business in addressing climate change. With... View Details
- September 2011 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear!
By: Willy Shih
This case is set inside IBM Research's efforts to build a computer that can successfully take on human challengers playing the game show Jeopardy! It opens with the machine named Watson offering the incorrect answer "Toronto" to a seemingly simple question during the... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Standards; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mathematical Methods; Research and Development; Information Technology
Shih, Willy. "Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear!" Harvard Business School Case 612-017, September 2011. (Revised July 2012.)
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FAQs - Doctoral
Individuals who are selected for PRIMO must commit to being on campus for the entire 9-10 week program. Who should I choose to write my letter of recommendation? One letter of reference is required for PRIMO. This letter should be written... View Details