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October 2010 (Revised November 2010)
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YES BANK: Mainstreaming Development into Indian Banking

By: Michael Chu and Namrata Arora

YES BANK, founded in 2003 and highly successful, has consistently been profitable meeting the Indian government's Priority Sector Lending (PSL) requirements, unlike virtually all other private sector banks, which view PSL activity as a necessary but loss-making part of... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Private Equity; Microfinance; Investment; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Expansion; Banking Industry; India

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Confronted by omnipresent threats of job loss and change, even the brightest among us are anxious. In response, we're hunkering down, blocking ourselves from new challenges. This response hurts us and our organizations, but we fear making ourselves even more vulnerable... View Details

12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

successful dual-purpose companies build a commitment to creating both economic and social value into their core activities. This approach, which they call hybrid organizing, includes: setting and monitoring social goals alongside... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Apr 2022
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Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much

to charity, possibly making it feel as if their dollars have more impact. In addition, they may see higher percentages of profits donated as emblematic of a brand’s social engagement. Shoppers may also assume a company committed to giving... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Unfortunately, due to the nature of Internet communications, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. While Harvard Business School remains View Details

19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Norton Abstract—Four studies reveal the benefits of relationship rituals: couples with relationship rituals report more positive emotions and greater relationship satisfaction and commitment than those without them. We show that rituals... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

attractive person whom they thought of spontaneously than deliberately in Study 4, and reported their commitment to a current romantic relationship would be more affected by the spontaneous than deliberate recollection of a good or bad... View Details

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About - Race, Gender & Equity

such as ethnicity, community and family. She examines consequences such as employee engagement and commitment to work, career success and satisfaction, quality of interpersonal and intergroup relations, and performance. In recent work,... View Details

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About - Business & Environment

Reynir is Partner of Summa Equity, an investment firm focused on companies that address key global challenges. Reynir enjoys everything from being part of the deal teams to driving performance and innovation in Summa’s portfolio. Reynir is View Details

16 Nov 2021
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How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

In 2009, a 51-year-old man killed himself in Marseille, a city in southern France, leaving behind a suicide note that blamed his employer for “overwork” and “management by terror.” “I am committing suicide because of my work at France... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

in many different ways and in service of many different priorities. Bronstein, for instance, says that Bank of America’s commitment to sustainable finance, such as issuing green bonds that support projects with positive environmental... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

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Leadership Fellows

students and through the candidate selection and interview process. Ensures sufficient resources to support the experience of an MBA. Commits to pay $65,000 toward the Fellow’s annualized salary plus the costs associated with providing... View Details

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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

patterns of organizations as systems and human beings with sentiments and connections? As Fritz Roethlisberger later revealed in his autobiography, his aim, as well as that of Elton Mayo and others working in the organizations group at Harvard Business School, was... View Details

22 May 2024
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Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

recombining elements of existing content. The system enables an explosion of new content without requiring content creators to have exceptional talent or commit significant time. TikTok has been able to forge a deep connection with users.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology

01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

ideas.” There has been notable movement on that front. In July, the Simons Foundation—whose in uential Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) commits about $90 million per year to autism research—released a reanalysis of... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

23 Sep 2009
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Operational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting

Keywords: by Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer & Michael W. Toffel; Health

2021
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Caccia Selvaggia: Myth, Rites, and the Right in Carlo Ginzburg's Storia notturna

By: Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert

Carlo Ginzburg (b. 1939) is widely considered one of Europe’s leading historians. His masterpiece Storia notturna (Turin: Einaudi, 1989), widely praised for its extraordinary erudition and creativity, is now over three decades old but it continues to inspire... View Details

Keywords: Mythology; Culture; Political Doctrine; History; Government and Politics; Society

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16 Oct 2023
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Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

want from the airline.” The strategy also made good business sense because after all, Bastian told his managers and executives, “If you take care of your people, they take care of your customers.” In committing to the strategy for the... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Join a growing community of students and alumni committed to thoughtfully crafting their lives. The Overlooked Key to Successful Scale-Ups Senior Lecturer Jeffrey Rayport + More Info – Less Info Conventional wisdom says there are two... View Details

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Inside the State: Bureaucratic Norms and Primary Education in Rural India (Book manuscript in progress)

When and how do poor democracies implement primary education effectively? India has earned accolades for its robust democracy. Yet the state’s historic... View Details

Keywords: Education Reform; Bureaucracy; Policy Implementation; India

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