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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Need for Speed: The Impact of Capital Constraints on Strategic Misconduct
By: F. Christopher Eaglin
Under what conditions do firms engage in strategic misconduct? Why do they undertake actions that increase profitability yet break laws or violate strong norms often with costly consequences for public welfare? The strategic management literature offers two external... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Misconduct; Capital Constraints; Organizations; Crime and Corruption; Behavior; Situation or Environment; Capital
Eaglin, F. Christopher. "The Need for Speed: The Impact of Capital Constraints on Strategic Misconduct." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-056, February 2022.
- 19 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
communicating their impressive impact metrics, exploring additional income sources (such as carbon credits), and engaging potential donors to support their ambitious growth plans over the next five years. Dengo is a View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study in Two Financial Institutions
By: Matthew Hall, Anette Mikes and Yuval Millo
This paper, based on a five-year longitudinal study at two UK-based banks, documents and analyzes the practices used by risk managers as they aim to gather and establish influence in their organizations. Specifically, we examine how influence-seeking risk managers (1)... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Making; Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Banking Industry
Hall, Matthew, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo. "How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study in Two Financial Institutions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-068, January 2011. (Revised October 2013.)
- 24 Feb 2021
- Lessons from the Classroom
What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace
leadership, strategy, and negotiations in several conflicts, ranging from the ancient Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta, to World War I and World War II, to the Korean War and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. While it may sound like a View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- Person Page
AOM Ethno PDW 2009-2014
AOM PDW 2014: Being There/Being Them: Entry, Exit, and In-Between in Organization Ethnography
Co-Organizers: Michel Anteby, Harvard; Curtis K. Chan, Harvard; Julia DiBenigno,... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Spot a Liar
win over suspicious receivers. Van Swol dubbed this "the Pinocchio effect." "Just like Pinocchio's nose, the number of words grew along with the lie," she says. Allocators who engaged in deception by omission, on the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree
favorite—members of both my HLS and HBS sections have tried to get me to claim theirs as my “real” section (especially when I’m wearing my jacket from my other section). Even though I was away from HLS for all of my section mates’ 2L year, I was included in section... View Details
- 23 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness
Americans are lonelier than ever—a problem the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated. Could interactions on platforms like Zoom and Twitch come close to replicating the real-life contact people crave? New research suggests that’s more likely to happen if the virtual... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
Certificate of Specialization Learn More about what you earn Syllabus 4 Modules, 35-40 Hours Download full syllabus 1 hrs Prework 360° Emotional and Social Competency Inventory In the first two weeks after the course start date, complete... View Details
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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
Analytics course helped to demystify statistics for me, rendering the subject matter approachable and appealing. The fabulous visualizations and graphics, combined with relevant and interesting case studies, brought the concepts to life in a stimulating and View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?
comments that reflected the views of others. She said, “ being in the office can be fun, but it is like taking a day off. You have to make up for the lost productivity later.” She described “all the people with earbuds to drown out the noise. This makes it really... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
“returnship” programs Search online, or tap your networking community, for more formal programs or coaching engagements that can reinforce your search with outside support and help. There are many reasons alumni seek flexible or project... View Details
- Web
Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
equip you with an intuitive knowledge of financial principles and enable you to understand the market in which your organization operates, create and assess value, and communicate business decisions to stakeholders. Stay active by View Details
- 28 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination
sensitive user information, such as race and gender, in the early stages of engagement with the platform. Automate with awareness of algorithmic bias. Automation and algorithms can help reduce bias, such as the case with Airbnb's instant... View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
skills, (2) broad perspective, (3) teaming skills, (4) expanded social network, and (5) boundary-spanning skills. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our ideas for conducting future team research. Board of Directors'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
sponsorship (PE-backed firms) and those that do not (non-PE-backed firms). The findings indicate that PE-backed firms generally have higher earnings quality than those that do not have PE sponsorship, engage less in earnings management,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
My Week at Harvard Business School's Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP)
from Vanderbilt University and also among three Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholars with the shared conviction to challenge ourselves and work towards a better future. Representing so many different social and cultural backgrounds, we are... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
for granted, ever. Today, social media can quickly amplify the views of even a few vocal opponents, giving voice to latent negative concerns of many otherwise passive groups. As Amazon learned, an apparent “movement” can seemingly spring... View Details