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- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
Struggle is an experience we instinctively avoid, looking for any way to minimize the hard work and pain involved in getting what we want. And yet—nearly every book we read and movie we watch involves someone struggling mightily to achieve their ends. Like them, we... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- February 7, 2023
- Editorial
Business Schools are Ignoring Students’ Changing Aspirations: They Must Focus on Management as a Calling
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Many management students today are concerned about the mounting threats of climate change, income inequality, health care, and more. They increasingly see business as a place to make a difference in the world. Andrew Hoffman writes that business schools are slow to... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Business Schools are Ignoring Students’ Changing Aspirations: They Must Focus on Management as a Calling." LSE Business Review (February 7, 2023).
- February 2021
- Tutorial
What are Agile Teams?
By: Tsedal Neeley
This video explores the elements that constitute agile teams. From its history in the "Agile Manifesto," this philosophy for organizational behavior prioritizes working software over comprehensive documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, and... View Details
- August 1995
- Case
Slade Plating Department, The
By: Linda A. Hill
Describes a conflict between the values and norms of a segment of an internal social system and those of management and the wider culture. Includes decision opportunity. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Hill, Linda A. "Slade Plating Department, The." Harvard Business School Case 496-018, August 1995.
- September 1989 (Revised August 1990)
- Case
Don Burr
By: Shoshana Zuboff
Traces the career development of People Express founder Don Burr. Shows how an individual's evolving set of needs and values influences career choices and how each successive working environment meets these needs or spurs the individual to move on. Concludes as Burr is... View Details
Zuboff, Shoshana. "Don Burr." Harvard Business School Case 490-014, September 1989. (Revised August 1990.)
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: The Business of Burning Man
Jennifer Raiser (MBA 1990) (photo by Sidney Erthal) Jennifer Raiser (MBA 1990) (photo by Sidney Erthal) A self-described “experiment in community and art,” Burning Man takes place each year in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert during the week leading up to Labor Day. Launched... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Portrait Project
Chris LaColla
hiding it. The art of kintsugi is underpinned by the belief that the cracks and imperfections make something more beautiful, for they are part of the story of that object. I realized in that moment, standing on the other side of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
Understanding how the brain’s cognitive system relates to social and economic phenomena—including financial markets—was the focus of an April workshop on Belief Formation and Prediction, sponsored by the Behavioral Finance and Financial... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Driving the family business onto a global stage
Scorpio is now a case study at Harvard Business School. Mahindra’s contributions to business and society in India include his founding, in 1996, of Project Nanhi Kali, which provides primary education to underprivileged girls and furthers the View Details
- Article
Divided We Lead: CEO Activism Has Entered the Mainstream
By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
Leaders in all sectors, from business to sports to education, are increasingly wading into controversial political and social issues. Based on interviews with leaders who have made activism part of their core activities, we found that they feel compelled to address... View Details
Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel. "Divided We Lead: CEO Activism Has Entered the Mainstream." Special Issue on HBR Big Idea: Leadership in a Hot-Button World. Harvard Business Review (website) (March–April 2018).
- Portrait Project
Dami Adesanya
I started my career. For a moment, I thought maybe I ought to shout louder until my voice is heard? Or become more aggressive to prove I belong? But my Christian-rooted belief that love is the ultimate gift has never changed. And while... View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
Spiritual Philanthropy in Emerging Markets
By: Valeria Giacomin and G. Jones
This working paper discusses the ethics and drivers of philanthropic foundations in emerging markets. A foundation organizes assets to invest in philanthropic initiatives. Previous scholarship has largely focused on developed countries, especially the United States,... View Details
Keywords: Foundations; Philanthropy; Business Leaders; Spirituality; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Emerging Markets; Ethics; Values and Beliefs
Giacomin, Valeria, and G. Jones. "Spiritual Philanthropy in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-117, April 2021.
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
to increased representation of women in the top percentiles of achievement. Stereotypes and Belief Updating By: Coffman, Katherine B., Manuela Collis, and Leena Kulkarni Abstract— We explore how beliefs... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Residential Life | MBA
Residential Life The Harvard Business School campus was designed with the belief that daily interactions increase the potential for learning. 65 % of MBA students live on campus The MBA Program at Harvard Business School is a full-time,... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kimberly Dionne Spears
I want to dispel the belief that "every man is an island" because I refuse to live bound by the ignorance that isolation brings. I want to embrace the freedom to explore the world to no end. Traveling to nontraditional places;... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kurt Scherer
all need and want the same thing. Security. A belief in someone or something. A chance. Part of this sparkle is created through demonstrating how to be curious. I want to learn everything. To seek. To push. To find the hidden connections... View Details
- Portrait Project
Derek Aframe
Be curious - never stop asking questions But remain open-minded and heed all suggestions. Stand for my beliefs with a lion's roar And remember for all others to hold open the door. Make the world vast by meeting as many people as I can.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
information, it lacks advantages over the traditional model where the retailer just places orders. “When I started my research, there was a belief that these systems were unambiguously beneficial,” says Kulp, whose research on the topic... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- September 30, 2019
- Article
Climate Change and Our Emerging Cultural Shift
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Today, we have made climate change trivial by making its solutions easy, looking for simple answers that are palatable, generally framing it in the language of commerce. In the long run, it won’t work. There is no technological or political silver bullet to solving our... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Climate Change and Our Emerging Cultural Shift." Behavioral Scientist (September 30, 2019).