Exercise - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?

navigating the corporate ladder remains a strategic exercise for underrepresented groups. “There's a lot of pressure for many organizations to have certain amounts of diversity,” Chang says. “If you’re part of an underrepresented... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Management Control Systems in Multiunit Companies

By: Tatiana Sandino

Professor Sandino conducts research on early-stage multiunit companies that introduce management control systems to help maintain operations, as well as company culture, as they grow, but also to enable adaptation to the different markets that they serve. Building... View Details

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

cardiovascular exercise and hydration. It’s not that we are uninformed, unable, or lazy. It’s that we’re just not in the habit. “The idea is that habits are equivalent to addictions” With that in mind, the researchers designed a field... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Decision Making Under Uncertainty

By: David E. Bell

Many of the decisions we face are made complicated by having uncertain consequences: how should I set my inventory when I don’t know what demand will be, should I refinance my mortgage when rates might go lower, how big a bet shall I make in a new business, and so... View Details

13 Nov 2017
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Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

negative moments in the day as another key to happiness.” As incomes have risen in many countries over recent decades, more people have reported greater “time scarcity.” Those who feel time stress show signs of lower life satisfaction, including more anxiety, poorer... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

and hence will have an impact on your program grade. Does my performance on "knowledge checks" count toward my course grade? "Knowledge check" questions and interactive exercises are present throughout each of the courses. They were... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Copenhagen Business School . Boris Vallee : Winner of the 2015 Arthur Warga Award for Best Paper in Fixed Income from the Society for Financial Studies for “Call Me Maybe? The Effects of Exercising Contingent Capital.” Boris Vallee :... View Details

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Data Privacy Statement (MENA) - Global

consent if the Center requests such consent from time to time for particular processing activities. The Center does not share personal data of alumni with third parties except as may be required by applicable law. In accordance with Article 11 of the Law, any person... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

worked on by encouraging employees to develop a personal regime: Exercise at home, meditate, and make sure you reach out and talk to people, even if that socialization takes place virtually, just to make sure employees are happy, mentally... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Perfecting the Project Pitch

marketing song and dance. "People with engineering backgrounds tend to struggle in this process," says Harvard Business School Associate Professor Thomas Steenburgh, who teaches the Business Marketing course that includes an View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher

17 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

them to perform, and they can exercise more of their own individual player preferences. By contrast, when performance is weak, coaches feel more pressure to improve, and so they put aside their internal biases in favor of more impartial... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

18 Nov 2002
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Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

assuming responsibility, adhering to ethical standards, or exercising moral judgment. But abundant evidence shows that companies today are expected to do all these things. In every region I've studied, I've found business leaders who are... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

explores choices we make as consumers of products and services, many of which she has observed in her numerous experiments. Her definition of choice is "the ability to exercise control over ourselves and our environment. In order to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

18 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

held control over others; in other cases, they didn't. The results were striking. The "high-power" leaders who had done the writing exercise dominated the discussion, talking for 33 percent of the time, while the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

that getting sleep and exercising were among my very top priorities. Sometimes that meant sacrificing social events, but I never felt bad about it because it was a conscious and active choice. It has made such a difference for my life and... View Details

07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit

of the gym itself, is no-nonsense but friendly, beginning with a series of warm-up exercises before moving to instruction in different punching and kicking techniques. In Muay Thai (sometimes called “the art of eight limbs”), fighters can... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

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Summer Associates | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

How to Post Your Commitment Why Hire a Summer Associate? HBS students offer exceptional talent, a record of accomplishment, demonstrated leadership potential, cooperative spirit, and a commitment to making a difference. As part of their experience at HBS, students... View Details

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Working Paper

How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools

By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura and Marion Fourcade

The question of institutional change has become central to organizational research (Powell, 2008). Recent scholarship has demonstrated, often through carefully researched cases, that institutions can and sometimes do change. According to this research, there are two... View Details

Keywords: Change; Business Education; Business History; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Behavior

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Recent Alumni - Alumni

on the date in September when the exercises are held. Class Communications Help your class stay connected through Class Notes in the HBS Alumni Bulletin. As Class or Section Secretary , collect news and photos from your classmates and... View Details

17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

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