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- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
presidency in 1995, Zobel, still in his mid-30s, became president and CEO. In 2006 he was appointed chairman, retaining the role of CEO while his brother Fernando became president and COO. "My father placed a lot of trust in us," observes... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
should be sternly serious, to eat pizza at 2 a.m., to only know what today will bring, to buy books instead of food, to leave my bed unmade, to point out to others when their language is exclusive of others, to head bang on the dance floor, to be unapologetically loud,... View Details
- 17 Dec 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Integrity: Without It Nothing Works
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- Web
Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
consequential decision of his tenure: should he continue at the helm, promote a trusted insider, or become the first in the company’s history to recommend to the board appoint a non-family CEO? Keywords: AI ; Artificial Intelligence ;... View Details
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FAQ - Alumni
#: 026009593 Swift Code (international donors): BOFAUS3N Memo / Reference: Donor name and degree/year; gift purpose: HBS and fund name How do I make a gift of securities (stock)? To transfer stock, contact Alumni and Development Services – View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Burden Legacy
incoming MBA Class of 2004 to restore confidence in America’s free enterprise system after public trust in business had been shaken by the Enron and WorldCom scandals. And in the wake of the global financial crisis, former Treasury... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 13 Mar 2023
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Should Leave
trusted colleagues that they can add to their personal files. Finally, leave a broom-clean office, except for organization manuals and office memorabilia, arrange to have your computers scrubbed, and hand in the office key and parking... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 27 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership
In the deep heat of an 18th-century summer, a crew of pirates was sailing off the Virginia coast when a lookout spotted a merchant ship to the south. Springing into action, the pirates launched an attack, rocking the merchant ship with a cascade of musket balls and... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 15 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Shaky Business: How Handshakes Win Negotiations
the table.” A possible future area to study, the researchers suggest, is whether hugs, high-fives, or fist bumps elicit the same amount of cooperation. Related Reading: The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations Henry Kissinger's Lessons for Business Negotiators... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
- 27 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance
their management in productive ways. The US Census Bureau has already adopted a modified version of the methodology, and census offices in other countries are experimenting with the same approach. Changing a company’s management practices isn’t easy, stresses... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS
born to supportive parents who pushed me to do my best in school and extracurricular activities, being able to benefit from strong education systems in safe environments, and having managers who trusted me to take on large... View Details
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
brands establish this incredible level of trust? A: Trust is essential for nonprofits. The purchasers or donors are not the ones receiving or benefiting from the nonprofit organization's services and programs. Since the purchasers cannot... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 07 Nov 2023
- News
Love and Money
is about what it symbolizes. Whether money means power or trust or freedom. These are the deeper psychological concepts that you really want to understand so that you can better talk to somebody in their money language and try to avoid... View Details
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
be that they should weigh carefully the costs of breaking trust and of risking reputation. The formal study of behavioral economics exactly relates psychological factors to economic behavior, and even more recently has been exploring the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 26 May 2022
- HBS Case
Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?
they can trust the company, say the authors. Hsieh wrote the original case and its 2021 revision and expansion with Henry McGee, senior lecturer of business administration at HBS; Christian Godwin, a researcher in the HBS case writing... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
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- 28 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
How I Landed My Manufacturing Internship at HBS
about potentially not finding an internship. As it turned out, I shouldn’t have worried so much. It’s completely possible to find a great internship if you’re proactive, thoughtful, and willing to trust the process. When I matriculated at... View Details