Mobility - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt

suggests that cortisol reactions may represent energy mobilization within the metabolic system in preparation for a potential threat (the ‘fight or flight’ response), and that this cortisol reaction may not be accessible to the subjective... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Library Equipment: Printing, Copying, Scanning, Wireless

style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Printing info on this page for mobile printing. Other Library Visitors: please use... View Details

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Women at HBS - Alumni

and mobilizes professionals who deliver strategic and tactical advice to a wide range of clients. Chief , cofounded by Carolyn Childers (MBA 2008) , supports New York—based women in their journey to executive leadership. The private... View Details

25 Jun 2018
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In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

either way, labor market competition among firms would close these gaps over time for mobile workers. Immigrants account for large percentage of patents Outside immigrant business owners, Kerr’s previous research shows that immigrants... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

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Regional Winners - Alumni

faster to implement. Rajiv Singhal, MBA 2007, CEO & Founder Region: Europe and International Closing Theory Studios Closing Theory Studios is a mobile game development company creating games like Househunt, which combines elements of... View Details

12 Aug 2019
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How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

contributors. Put a process in place at your company that allows upward mobility in both specialist and management tracks, and allow them to move between each. Make trying new things a positive experience versus an ego hit or failure when... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Our Values | About

composition of this group before the end of the month. Second, I am mobilizing small groups of faculty, staff, and students to revisit and clarify aspects of our campus culture. One group will look at our classroom norms and how we... View Details

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The New Role for Government & NGOs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

infrastructure, input availability, and the like. The active engagement of corporations is essential to mobilizing these elements. new stakeholder roles & relationships Government and NGOs are facing limited resources and difficulty in... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Vital Signs

Image by Edmon De Haro Illustration by Edmon De Haro The signs of strain were there long before the pandemic: Health care workers had been managing under tremendous pressures while working long hours in understaffed hospitals. Then COVID unleashed an unprecedented... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

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A Commitment to Sustainability | About

Environment Initiative works across all departments of the School, and connects with students, alumni, and faculty to shape curriculum and research agendas, to educate, connect, and mobilize business leaders to address climate change and... View Details

18 Jun 2024
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Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement

Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: by by Janelle Conaway; Green Technology; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing

23 May 2019
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Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

homelessness, to promoting health. “We work to unite uncommon partners around the common goal of serving society,” she explains. Under Palandjian’s leadership, Social Finance has advanced historic federal legislation and mobilized over... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Historical Data Visualization - Business History

Median US Home Prices Unadjusted Trends Over Time Managing Distance Merchant Shipping Tonnage Trends Over Time Managing Distance Mobile Phone Subscriptions per 100 People Trends Over Time Corporations Natura Cosméticos Trends Over Time... View Details

16 Jul 2007
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Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision

to more effectively mobilize citizens to vote. Voting is an important domain where people know what they should do (they should vote), but do not always follow through on it. Todd is working on a handful of other projects looking at how... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Entertainment & Recreation

15 Aug 2022
Book

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

at least from its public institutions, China has shown an unmatched ambition to build more of the best, ‘world-class’ universities than anyone else. To this effort it has mobilized both state and private resources, and it has at hand more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

March 2024 (Revised July 2024)
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WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health

By: Ranjay Gulati, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ashley Whillans, Allison Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean

In December 2023, the 60-year-old weight management industry stalwart WeightWatchers announced the launch of WeightWatchers Clinic, which incorporated GLP-1s , a new class of prescription weight-loss medications, into the company’s portfolio of products and mobile app... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)

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L'entreprise, une affaire de cœur

By: Hubert Joly and Caroline Lambert

A remarkable turnaround by a leader with a remarkable philosophy: Find your noble purpose. Put people at the center. Unleash human magic.
"It was fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early,... View Details

Keywords: Capitalism; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Leading Change

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By: Andy Wu

How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Technology Platform; Technological Innovation; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Video Game Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia

The Heart of Business—Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism

How to unleash “human magic" and achieve improbable results.

Having recently stepped down as Chairman and CEO of Best Buy, Joly shares the leadership principles – illustrated by multiple vivid and concrete stories -- that underpinned... View Details

08 Mar 2019
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Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

desperately vied for the prize it bestowed on New York. Yet well-organized opponents overcame the unorganized supporters of the deal. Old-school reliance on the mayor and governor, powerful power brokers, proved unable to mobilize... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

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