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- 09 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community
Leadership Development (ALD) discussion group for some of the most stimulating, vulnerable, and raw conversations I had while in business school. In a world in which your professional and personal lives are inextricably linked, the ability to be your authentic View Details
- 19 Oct 2022
- News
If I Were You
society is, and how I can bring my authentic self to the world, how I don’t have to be anyone else, how I don’t have to try to fit in, and so that would be my advice. Like, look inwards, be yourself, bring your authentic self, don’t be... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
merchandise categories or sub-categories online. Best Buy, for example, allots floor space only to higher-end televisions—commodity-level TVs are mostly merchandised online. Virtually all major retailers have rolled out or are... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
economicus, model of human behavior that treats managers as selfish maximizers of personal wealth and power. The Homo economicus model implies that a firm's board of directors can best further stockholders' interests by (a) selecting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
will allow you to bring your whole self and the value that you have to offer to your journey, whether that's in work, with family, or in the community. “Our being best friends was a cultural ingredient in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
of the modern neo-liberal regime. No PDF is available for download at this time. Social Categories and Minimizing Joint Gains: An Ethical Dilemma? Authors:Stephen M. Garcia, Max H. Bazerman, and Dale T. Miller Abstract People prefer maximizing joint gains (e.g., View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
to add that her adult self does not advocate such extreme pet adoption measures, nor does Wagaroo!) When Exley was 17, she adopted a pit bull named Pepper from a local shelter. Photo Credit: Christine Exley Like many startups, Wagaroo... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
linguistic, economic, social,and business-culture obstacles — daunting for a foreigner under the best of circumstances — while making the inevitably unpopular decisions required to achieve a turnaround. Fast-forward a couple of years, to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards
society. And for that, you have to educate people, to give them abilities, competencies, and skills so that they can be better citizens and be more effective in society, whether they go to the private sector, government, or an NGO. Having grandchildren is the View Details
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
actually did. We use the want/should theoretical framework to explain the bounded ethicality that arises from these temporal inconsistencies, positing that the "should" self dominates during the prediction and evaluation phases... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course
how to finance growth. Building The Team—finance And Founders In the second part of the course, students consider the questions they'll face after making the key choice not to run the company alone: Who should the cofounder(s) be? Is it a good idea to bring in my View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
colleagues and I have concluded that nostalgia is best described as a self-regulatory existential resource that people naturally and frequently use to navigate stress and uncertainty and find the motivation needed to move forward with... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. Lightspeed Venture Partners believed that India had tremendous potential for venture capital returns—the question was how best to tap into that potential while also growing the firm's presence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
years? What is it about the event that appeals to us in this particular moment in time? Raiser: You know, we say Burning Man is an experiment in temporary community. And when people come to any Burning Man event, they know they're going to be included. They know that... View Details
- 10 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Out at Business School
closet”. In elementary school, I had crushes on boys just like all my friends. Throughout early adulthood, I loved a wonderful man. I never questioned my sexuality; I didn’t even think about. It didn’t occur to me that I could possibly be gay until I was falling in... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
genocidal Nazi ideology, it was not doomed from the start. Rather it represented Hitler’s best chance to achieve his war aims for Germany. In Ellman’s recounting, Barbarossa did not fail because of flaws in the Axis invasion strategy, the... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
specializing in the burgeoning field of behavioral economics. "Standard economic theory suggests that as long as people understand the full consequences of their actions, they tend to act in their self interest," says John. "If they want... View Details
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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2025 | Working Knowledge
Hise Gibson: Leadership lessons This summer, I'm looking forward to reading Don Yaeger, Bernie Banks, and Karen Cyphers' The New Science of Momentum: How the Best Coaches and Leaders Build a Fire from a Single Spark . It combines... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
relationships when it instead primarily encourages newcomers to express their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large business process outsourcing company, we found that initial socialization focused on personal identity (emphasizing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Keeping the Faith
workplace.” “I believe the emphasis on leadership [in the course] is not as important as the emphasis on being decent and asking, who am I and what do I do,” says John Brown of HDS. “Those questions are best pursued through some... View Details