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- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
increase the reliance on FDI flows and alter the decision to deploy technology through FDI as opposed to arm's length licensing. Several distinctive predictions for the impact of weak investor protection on MNC activity and FDI flows are View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
get access to sites for stress testing of prototype designs, as well as high upfront cost and uncertain timeliness of the regulatory process, that are the primary barriers to raising private capital today.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
students were all thoroughly trained in the technology's use. Five years later, the test scores of the school's students - 95 percent Black and Hispanic - are double the New Jersey average, and 100 percent of the students want to attend... View Details
- 24 May 2022
- Blog Post
Get to Know 2022 Class Day Student Speaker Peter James Kiernan
the response was, ‘Well no, no one who has ever fought a pandemic is still alive,’” recalled Kiernan. Which was how he found himself helping configure policies, restrictions, and shutdowns, setting up the country’s first mass testing... View Details
- 27 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Horrible Boss Workarounds
stresses the importance of zooming—the ability to view the world through an adjustable lens as the situation demands, examining particular details in certain situations and maintaining a broad view of the mission in others. Talented... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
stigmatization and dysfunctional finger-pointing being the result." Stress Or Mental Illness? A culture of 3 a.m. emails and competition in the conference rooms can contribute to workplace stress. A 2013 survey by the American Psychiatric... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Ink
risk, causing us to perform better in job interviews, for instance, and generally configuring our brains to cope well in stressful situations, she says. Her 2012 TED Talk on power posing, with 30 million views, is the second-most viewed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
understand about the current system—like how to best measure credit standards—that makes it harder to advance.” Accounting for Human Nature Sam Hanson, Marvin Bower Associate Professor Changes in financial regulation since the 2008 crisis—such as the Federal Reserve’s... View Details
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, as well as mindfulness and meditation-based stress reduction. This first group logged in to complete various activities and games at least twice per week that showed them, for example, how to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
seen this scale of refugee crisis since the aftermath of World War II. Second, from the late 1990s, the EU has been putting in place common border policies and a common asylum system, but this new institutional infrastructure has not been View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
20, 2007, while Gisholt, Minard, and their three young daughters were waiting in line for Test Track, an auto-testing simulation that advises riders to “Strap yourself in to race up bumpy terrain, roar through hairpin turns, speed into... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Exploring Sustainable Energy: A Visit to Vestas Wind Turbine Manufacturing in Odense, Denmark
the company’s commitment to process improvement and excellence. The meticulous process standardization and data tracking of both components and process efficiency was impressively coordinated at such a massive scale. Finally, we learned that Vestas View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
world in a way that fits the new realities of the global economy, fosters leadership, and uses citizen-diplomats to befriend moderates in troubled regions and business networks to ensure success in the major emerging economies; and (6) building community by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
you really want to be,” she says. “I was lucky to have known all along.” If anything, the pursuit of careers seems more stressful today than ever, Moore notes. “Everyone has been so stressed — moms, kids,... View Details
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
of large banking institutions. "Systemically significant" banks are now required to hold an extra layer of capital and undergo regular and more extensive stress tests to see if they can withstand a... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
the employee onboarding process, Gino says. The researchers hypothesized that companies would see positive performance results by emphasizing employee individuality from day one, testing their hypothesis through a series of field and lab... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
so primarily because of the belief that corporations have a responsibility to several stakeholders. Bing’s comment reflects this: “He deserves an A. The Milton Friedman concept of shareholder value deserves an F. Stressing the increase in... View Details
- 21 Jan 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts
out one or more major owners. It's a good stress test for a business. "It's an emotional process." Buyouts in family companies are not just about the money. Lots of emotions can surface in a... View Details
Keywords: Retail
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Israel on 10/7 and, in the weeks since, mounting civilian casualties and a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. To date, thousands of innocent lives have been tragically lost. The pain, grief, and fear from these events and a rise in antisemitism, Islamophobia, and... View Details
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
yourself and what you can deliver. All these things are typical stresses in the business environment. Where would religion fit in there? Well, religion could fit in a number of ways. One is, first of all, the personal perspective, that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace