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- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Seeding a Better Future for Colombia
forward-looking investment is just what the country’s presence in Milan is designed to elicit. “The perception has been that Colombia is a dangerous country,” he notes, “but we are turning the page. We’re getting ready to play a huge role... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HIV/AIDS and Business
of the workshops is to develop training programs in the prevention of HIV/AIDS that can be scaled to the needs of the organization and deliver key curricular materials and models over the Internet. The challenge is to overcome the View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel
in their products and communication, especially as part of a transformation. Enter Barbie, which had been grappling throughout the 2000s with softer sales as a result of perceptions of problematic beauty standards and gender stereotypes.... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Seth Klarman on the Critical Value of the Long View
In a recent interview with the New Yorker, Seth Klarman (MBA 1982), CEO of the Baupost Group, spoke about the perilous state of the public perception of capitalism. “People will say the words ‘Wall Street’ with a derogatory tone. They’re... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Going Forward
to improve the perception of HBS and business in the world; to engage with the University in mutually beneficial ways; and to build the case for flexible funding that would support innovation at the School. On all these dimensions we have... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
women are not as qualified as men and are only on boards thanks to the quota. Once in the boardroom, a variety of problems can develop if there is a perception that there are two types of directors. That, once again, helps no one.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Averting Crisis
practitioners, and the public. Researchers have found that financial instability often follows periods when institutions, policymakers, and investors have underestimated risks—errors in perception that are visible in the run-up to past... View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
out enough or you had too much sun—what sort of picture has it painted of you? Grana: I'm often wrong in terms of my expectations of—of my perception of myself versus the reality of myself. One is the example I just mentioned—the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money
there are some charities where the volunteer opportunities are so popular, you have to pay to volunteer. When you get into situations like that one, it can start to share traits with other consumption goods, like going to the movies. How do View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
decision theory, Wu looks at the issues affecting people's perceptions of a negotiation - learning not just how people should make decisions but how, in fact, they do make decisions. Robinson, a social psychologist, investigates the... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Dhivya Suryadevara (MBA 2003)
XT4; and in Michigan, I drive a red Chevrolet Camaro. The auto industry has a reputation for being stodgy and bureaucratic, but that perception is outdated. I think the professional opportunities are unmatched when it comes to working on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System
on channeling the keen interest many of us have in financial stability.” There is consensus within the group that financial instability often follows periods when institutions, policy makers, and investors have underestimated risks. These errors in View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
just advantage. It's about recognizing that others will have their own perceptions about us, right or wrong. When you recognize the power in those perceptions and flip them in your favor, you create an... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
she anticipated customer needs, many crews and companies requested she come back. “I felt that I changed some people’s perceptions of the fitness of a woman in such a demanding job and environment,” she says. Since those early engineering... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
another arranges funding new schools. “Some volunteers get a taste for what is not necessarily monetarily rewarding, but quite rewarding nonetheless, and it changes their perception of life,” she says. After HBS, Huebner moved to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
transaction prices and bank deposits — that carry stiff penalties if violated. What are the attitudes overseas about U.S. enforcement efforts? The perception is widespread in developing and transitional economies that the West, including... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
it’s a good thing to do, but because it makes good business sense,” she says. “We’re addressing a massive gap in content.” Aussie advantage: “The general perception of Australians is that we’re easygoing and approachable. And the accent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson
and fund-raising projects. Outside Harvard, he visits with amputees and trauma victims and is working on a national awareness campaign with Easter Seals to educate amputees regarding the availability of aesthetic, upper-limb prostheses. He also enjoys "expanding... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown
performed was correlated to his balance sheet and the perception of the entire industry. Is there ever a circumstance in which a leader of a company needs to use puffery to advance a firm or industry? Dey: There is a fine line here as... View Details
- 03 Nov 2020
- News
One Paramount Priority
us—but that our perceptions of the other side are tearing us apart, she writes in an election-day opinion column in the Boston Globe. An entrepreneur, author, and founder and chair of the consumer collaboration agency C Space, Hessan... View Details
Keywords: Government