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- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
arbitrariness of the set. Drawing on Gestalt psychology, we develop a conceptual account that predicts what will—and will not—act as a pseudo-set and defines the psychological process through which these pseudo-sets affect behavior, concluding that over and above... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance
percentage points higher in patient satisfaction surveys than specialists with whom the primary care doctor didn’t train, finds new research published in JAMA Internal Medicine. PCPs and specialists who spent their early years together... View Details
- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
School of Business to lay out best practices as well as challenges. They also highlight three domains already using probability forecasts successfully: meteorology, economics, and political science. Probability forecasting differs from simple View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
glass, paper, and metal for recycling, as she points out; one day textiles will be just another stream. In the meantime, Looper is investing in tech to innovate its collection and near-infrared sorting processes to improve outcomes,... View Details
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
autonomy beauty companies have to shape ideals. Unilever's current Dove marketing campaign, which uses senior women as models to make the point that one can be beautiful beyond one's 30s, shows that a large company has the power to... View Details
- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
managers. This underscores a point discussed in chapter 10: the importance of links between sales and HR. Sales managers know (or should know) the key sales tasks. But HR managers typically know a lot more about the tools, techniques, and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage
luxury of long breaks between jobs or extended periods of time to think about their transition before they step into the next thing. Additionally, as Bridges points out, we often don’t see when we are in a neutral zone, that time when we... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
leaders across all sectors to tackle society’s toughest challenges and make a difference in the world. How can I get involved? The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS is a focal point for the creativity and energy of its worldwide... View Details
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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
People walking on the street transitions into data points on a map Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program will be added... View Details
- Web
Our Curriculum - Business History
the United States offers students a comparative point of reference for considering business strategy as well as economic and social change across time and national boundaries. Course syllabus... View Details
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Future of IT Consulting
Johnston: Your research refers to the PC in the 80's and the Internet in the 90's as triggers of explosive growth for the IT consulting industry. Have you identified a third trigger for this decade? Nolan and Bennigson: The trigger in... View Details
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Jiaojun Wang
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After seven years of working, I wanted to take a step back, reflect upon my major life decisions, and start afresh. I miss campus so much! Walking on the tree-lined roads, studying in... View Details
- 05 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations
moves forward and the relationship builds. Express the hope that when a mistake or misunderstanding occurs, as some inevitably will, both sides will see it as a natural part of the learning process and redouble efforts to reach an understanding of the other's View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Four Strategies for Making Concessions
counterpart views your initial demands as serious and reasonable. Accordingly, spend time legitimating your original offer and then use it as a reference point when labeling your concession. The... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- Web
Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
They find that the predation leads to profits of brokers’ clients of about 25 basis points and increases the liquidation costs of the distressed fund by 40%. See Andrea’s other research here , Marco’s other research here , Francesco’s... View Details
- 22 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture
places to work. -- They become well known among prospective employees. -- The level of ownership—referral rates and ideas for improving the business of existing employees—is often high. -- The screening process is simplified, because employees tend to View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security
passed white rates in mid-1942. It stayed that way until the US ended voluntary enlistment, the authors write. "Our point is not that African Americans did not participate. In fact, they did volunteer—and did so at high rates." A large... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
pricing is complicated. As with usage-based pricing and point guarantees, the actual amount to be paid can not be determined until after delivery, and often even after usage, of the product or service. Thus, for example, time of day... View Details
- 05 Jun 2009
- What Do You Think?
What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?
What do you think? Original Article During the past several weeks, economists have begun to predict substantially slower growth rates for the world's economy into the foreseeable future. Characteristic of this is the reduction of roughly 100 basis View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details