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Dan Vallone

the way I hoped that it would. I wanted to be closer to the ground. That launched me on a journey to get closer to the communities I want View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

positions. One of the first things Thomas and Gabarro discovered in their research was a variation in the rules of the traditional "corporate career tournament." According to the tournament concept, Thomas explains, managers who... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

13 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success

business reasons and family reasons why we think this is true. The Business Reasons In today's competitive environment of rapid technological change and quickly evolving industries, it doesn't pay to become too View Details

Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts

15 Sep 2015
Blog Post

On the Road: HBS in Israel

apply and attend HBS. Students from Israel are a diverse group, but there are some things they tend to have in common including excellent military service records, strong entrepreneurial sense, and a meaningful commitment View Details

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

joke and saying, ‘Am I being politically correct?’ is also insulting, and someone needs to let that person know. That’s when you start to tilt the balance in the culture.” View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists

the data showed that customers tended to order a higher percentage of "should" items (like leafy greens) and a lower percentage of "want" items (like candy bars) the further in advance they placed an order.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Blending my Tech and Managerial Mindsets

and attach a more business-oriented perspective to the challenge: from added customer value to pricing, marketing, and so on. It's always a shame View Details

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

Bearing full responsibility for a company's success or failure, but being unable to control most of what will determine it. Having more authority than anyone else in the organization, but being unable to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

24 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

contest. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54708 June 2018 Management Science Personal and Social Usage: The Origins of Active Customers and Ways to Keep Them Engaged By: Lee,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

28 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback

have an experience and learn about products, but now that can be decoupled from the act of taking possession of a product because there are better and cheaper ways of doing that. Malls are going to increasingly transform into View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Retail

03 Jul 2018
What Do You Think?

Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

that those creating powerful technology have to ensure what they build is used for good, and not for harm.” Within 48 hours, over 300 (out of about 120,000) Microsoft employees had attached their names View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

traded on an open market. Quite the contrary, U.S. law ensures that sufficient protection is in place so that this could never happen. However, the ability to legally acquire a cadaver and reimburse a... View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

17 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking

paramedics, how do gray zones operate and why are they significant? A: Occupations, de facto, provide the shared, collective level of understanding that allows moral gray zones to exist. Nurses, paramedics, or flight attendants, for... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 May 2013
Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

Planning to ask a big company for a charitable donation? You may be wise to time your request around a huge sporting event—specifically, an event that takes place in the firm's... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Status: When and Why It Matters

evidence that buyers are willing to place a premium on status, holding constant quality and the reputation for quality." What sounds easy in theory may be difficult in practice, however: "Look... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 27

Publication:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

constructive co-existence of unit autonomy and organizational affiliation, organizations must have in place a clear process for making decisions as to who will perform the functions necessary for the system,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

addresses interventions that firms, governments, and other parties deploy to shape household financial outcomes: education and information, peer effects and social influence, product design, advice and... View Details