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Limor Moshkovich
making decisions." What Limor saw of HBS during Admitted Students' Weekend made a deep impression on her. "I'm a people person," says Limor. "I feel it's very important to have good people around me. At HBS, everything is organized to give you the... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
posting to Senegal. Hunt had hoped to work with entrepreneurs, but was instead assigned to a midwifery program. “It was overwhelming and humbling,” she says. “But it was also so rewarding to help people when their needs were most acute.”... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Clubs Help Nonprofits Succeed
In towns and cities across the country, HBS club members are putting their expertise to work helping local nonprofit organizations solve an array of interesting challenges. Alumni agree that it's a rewarding and enjoyable way to make a... View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
they were back to doing visits in person and are much happier with the results." Several CEOs mentioned the salesforce as a category especially affected. “Sales were sharply down” because of the pandemic, and some salespeople faced “overwork with less View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
Abstract—An essential element of capitalism is corporate reporting. Today’s capitalism is supported by financial reporting. Critics of today’s capitalism argue that it is too short-term oriented and rewards companies for creating negative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
the more retail prices increase to cover the intermediary's fees. Consider OpenTable.com, the best-known restaurant reservation website in the United States. The company woos diners with its OpenTable Dining Rewards Points program, which... View Details
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
to spur innovation and creativity, and to improve the branding and reputation of their organization. Intentionality: Even in the most casual two-person chat, the two people in question will each have some sense of where they want the conversation to go. Talk that's... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
your brain to manipulate you. Sex sells, and it has since the dawn of time. It sells because it engages that pleasurable reward center of your brain. As academics, neuroscience just helps us to understand how." View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
Management Practice in the General Management Unit at HBS. Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss: Managers, it’s story time The tech sector continues to shed workers after hiring prodigiously during the demand peaks of pandemic living, a shift that markets have View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
persistence of behavior modifications between subjects rewarded with a monetary award with subjects that are exposed uniquely to peer pressure. Using hand hygiene performance data from a California hospital, I find that monetary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best
told a specific goal," says Chung, noting that 80 percent of firms in the United States use some type of bonus to reward employees. The field experiment spanned six months in the second half of 2013, and involved 80 full-time salespeople... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
searches and appropriately rewards their efforts." The result of this dynamic has been one of history's great technology success stories. In a second volume of Design Rules, the authors will examine how the interrelated processes of... View Details
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Tawanda Sibanda
what I want to study.’” Challenging, but rewarding “I thought I had the whole diversity thing down,” Tawanda says. After all, he grew up in Moscow, where his father was the Zimbabwean ambassador to the Soviet Union. His mother is a... View Details
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Amy Sennett
rewarding opportunities in the developing world or in unconventional investments.” In January, Amy participated in the first Rwanda IXP where she worked with a consulting group helping a furniture manufacturer redesign its layout for... View Details
- 29 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Latinx Women in the Spotlight: Marimar Pérez-Riera (MBA 1994)
and even other neighbor titleholders who mistakenly use their board posts. The feeling of reward from doing what is right is unmeasurable. HBS gave me that license to do what I feel is right (including taking time to raise my two sons!).... View Details
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Site Credits - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
individuals and institutions with career transitions was far more rewarding and energizing than what I used to do, so I started my own firm." Loughran is quick to emphasize the role played by club chairman Bruce F. Avery (MBA '69), EVP... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
worked at Bain long enough to get that “business is war” mindset — don’t turn your back too long or else.... What’s the most rewarding aspect of your job? Seeing the impact of HBR. I recently gave a speech to a group of CEOs, and one of... View Details
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Kevin S. Rollag
nuances — legal, ethical, and global — of all this unbounded technology," says Kevin. "I needed a comprehensive introduction to business fundamentals while getting a high-level vision of how organizations are put together." At HBS, many of the biggest... View Details
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Kimble McCraw
impact." Experiences outside the classroom have been rewarding as well. Over winter break, Kimble joined a number of HBS colleagues on the Silicon Valley trek. "We met with VC firms, start-ups and established tech... View Details