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- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
energy needs that they view as essential to development of their nations and the lives of their citizens. The aggregate sum of those national plans presents a stark reality to the world’s leaders. The accumulating greenhouse gases,... View Details
- 03 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
The HBS Show Must Go On
The HBS Show is a cherished tradition at Harvard Business School. Twice a year, theater nerds among the student body congregate and perform two productions – the fall cabaret and the spring full-scale... View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
The International Experience at HBS
and American students themselves have often lived in two or three different countries. It’s been particularly rewarding to be able to discuss topics from Chilean copper to nightlife in Tokyo with both... View Details
- 14 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What is a Career Coach?
and focus to the process. What do you think career coaches find most rewarding about their work? I really enjoy the interaction I have with HBS students and alumni. In... 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... View Details
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
Mixing Risk And Reward The basic model that the biotechnology industry has followed for over twenty years is also changing, and for the better, according to panelists at a... View Details
- 08 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How to Hire a Millennial
General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s decision to uproot its long-time headquarters from suburban Connecticut is nothing less than a... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
credible prospect of an attractive return on the assets required to create and expand the model. . . . Implications The biases introduced by an established business model can cut two ways. First, as noted earlier, they can mask the... View Details
- 30 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
Management; and Fiona E. Murray, associate dean of innovation at Sloan and Kearney's thesis adviser. “Our paper provides concrete proof that gender discrimination exists in the context of entrepreneurial... View Details
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
erosion of the economy, which could lead to a decline in the standard of living. An individual company, though, can move assets anywhere. So companies can reward their shareholders regardless of what happens to the national economy. As a... View Details
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
What's good for General Motors may no longer be good for the country. In its place must arise a new model of the company, one that serves society as well as rewarding shareholders and employees, Kanter... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
to drink the Kool-Aid and buy into the agenda or move on." On the flip side, the executives noted that employees who embrace the mission should be rewarded in a variety of ways, whether in terms of glowing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
education, health care, and the environment at the organizational level of analysis unless we figure out a way to measure collective performance when multiple actors are involved. But funders tend to want to View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
other research examines the design of performance measurement systems and incentive contracts for rewarding teams and channel partners. In short, this research explores the... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
Fellow HBS Classmates Enriching the Internship Experience
our out-of-work time. I think relationships with HBS classmates are particularly rewarding for several reasons. First, we have known each other (in many cases) for almost an entire year. This degree of familiarity breeds a natural trust... View Details
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- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one mechanism generating this relationship and argued that dense networks provide an opportunity structure to reward those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent this Summer Coding
It’s empowering to see how much you learn and what you can do with technical skills. At its core, coding is problem solving at its best. It’s also a creative, personal expression because there is never only one way to write a solution.... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
When private equity (PE) firms buy a company, they typically follow a standard playbook to create value—streamlining operations, restructuring debt, changing management, and cutting costs. However, as digital technologies View Details
- 05 Mar 2008
- What Do You Think?
Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?
including hiring, training, and firing personnel. All reward teams at all levels for performance. All provide generally unmonitored time for employees to develop product and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
lobbying efforts in local and federal circles for stricter regulations governing Airbnb. The study focused on data from 2014, and the impact on hotels could be even greater today given Airbnb's strong growth... View Details