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01 Mar 2005
News

House of Bread on the Rise

stumbled from day one and finally closed. It was a nightmare.” McCann can laugh now, but only because she “learned more from that one bakery that failed than from all the others that have since succeeded.” Today, House of Bread has... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Jun 2005
News

Profiles from the Class of 2005

as a prospective student in 2002, it was her first trip to the United States. “I love the freedom of expression in America, that you can be who you are without hesitation,” says Mlotok. “It isn’t an easy decision for me to return to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Julia Hanna; James E. Aisner; Graduate profiles; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

2011
Report

State of the Region Report 2011: The Top of Europe's Quest for Resilience--A Competitive Region Facing a Fragile Global Economy

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

The State of the Region Reports provide an annual discussion of competitiveness and collaboration across the Baltic Sea Region, covering the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries, Northern Germany, Northern Poland, and Northwestern Russia. The 2011 edition, the 8th in... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Cooperation; Baltic Countries

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1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA

complete the program within five years of when their original leave was initiated. Ordinarily a student may return by notifying the Registrar’s Office by June 1 of the previous... View Details

26 Jan 2017
News

Finding a Path out of Poverty

differently.” One course that sparked Magwegwe’s imagination was Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE), taught by Professor Richard Vietor, author of How Countries Compete. “It provided... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

07 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay

the cash registers, unloading trucks, and cleaning the parking lots, floors, and bathrooms,” the study notes, citing the original lawsuit. They weren’t actually managing people. Phony titles, big corporate savings This is no niche... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

01 Jun 2003
News

Portraits from the Class of 2003

Number of Countries Visited: 55 Best Job: assisting refugees in Côte d'Ivoire Founding Member: University of South Carolina's women's soccer team Speaks: French, Spanish,... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

Article

Everybody Else Is Doing It: Exploring Social Transmission of Lying Behavior

By: Heather E. Mann, Ximena Garcia-Rada, Daniel Houser and Dan Ariely

Lying is a common occurrence in social interactions, but what predicts whether an individual will tell a lie? While previous studies have focused on personality factors, here we asked whether lying tendencies might be transmitted through social networks. Using an... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Values and Beliefs; Social and Collaborative Networks

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Harvard University's Real Estate Academic Initiative website. If Harvard Business School and the Graduate School of Design seem miles apart both literally... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

2023
Working Paper

Procedural Burden and Patterns in the Monetization of Regulatory Benefits Across the Federal Regulatory State

By: Elliot Stoller

When do federal agencies provide monetized estimates of regulatory benefits during the regulatory development and review process? Using an original dataset with information on nearly all major rules and their respective regulatory impact assessments between... View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics; Equality and Inequality

20 Jan 2023
Blog Post

The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang

Ting Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Hellman Faculty Fellow in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School, where she teaches the Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (LEAD) in the... View Details

2014
Book

Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth

By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan

At the time of the American Revolution, China was the strongest, richest, and most powerful civilization in the world. The Great Qing Empire ruled China and dominated East Asia by a combination of power and cultural prestige. China's economy was the world's largest.... View Details

Keywords: Economic Systems; Leadership; Power and Influence; China

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17 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

Nolan. The 5 most-engaging stories on social media How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists How Countries Use Financial... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Article

A Multi-country Test of Brief Reappraisal Interventions on Emotions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Ke Wang, Amit Goldenberg, Charles Dorison, Jeremy Miller, Jennifer Lerner and James Gross

The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing negative emotions and decreasing positive emotions globally. Left unchecked, these emotional changes may have a wide array of adverse impacts. To reduce negative emotions and increase positive emotions, we will examine the impact of... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Emotion Regulation; Reappraisal; Interventions; Health Pandemics; Emotions; Global Range

2018
Report

The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III

The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World study is the eighth in the MIT Energy Initiative’s "Future of" series, which aims to shed light on a range of complex and important issues involving energy and the environment. A central theme is... View Details

Keywords: Nuclear Energy; Carbon Emissions; Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Energy; Energy Policy; Energy Sources

01 Apr 1997
News

HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

forceful keynote address, Earl G. Graves, president and CEO of Earl G. Graves, Ltd., and publisher and CEO of Black Enterprise magazine, observed that a silver anniversary connotes "the blessings View Details

17 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

movies—represents an estimated loss to music and movie companies of up to $180 million a year in India. Plagiarism-—making films based on the ideas, plots, characters, and other "inspirations" from famous films—results in an... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video

Winter 2012
Article

South Sudan: The Birth of an Economy

By: Eric D. Werker, Kelly Wyett and Shannon Ding

We discuss the birth of a new economy in a society that has only recently emerged from a 22-year-long civil war. The pace of growth so far has been fast but uneven. We find that aid and oil money are flowing rapidly into certain sectors, while other... View Details

Keywords: Sudan; Developing Markets; Foreign Aid; Conflict; Oil Prices; Private Sector Development; Emerging Markets; Policy; Developing Countries and Economies; Innovation and Invention; South Sudan