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- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
Ann Leamon Abstract—In the past two decades, patents of inventions related to financial services ("finance patents"), as well as litigation around these patents, have surged. One of the repeated concerns voiced by academics and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
Square, set out to answer this question after she started to wonder about her own complicated feelings concerning the changing Square. Diving into Harvard Square’s past and present, Turco explores why we... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
history, and to address the primary concerns of that discipline. In the United States, many history departments are currently heavily concerned with topics relating to culture, ethnicity, and gender. There... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
growing trend for firms with international branch offices, says Harvard Business School professor Jordan Siegel. He discusses the issue in a new study titled "Multinational Firms, Labor Market Discrimination, and the Capture of Competitive Advantage by Exploiting... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
to zero. Are you concerned about the projected $2 trillion in government borrowing that may be necessary to cover the Social Security funding gap created by the President’s... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Action Plan: Fired Up
recognize the power of food and entertaining as a cultural trend.” Listen and learn. “The pandemic paused our live outreach events and created uncertainty about how we’d stay connected and relevant to consumers. Then a customer posted a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
the decision,” she says. “There were those who were quite concerned about the environmental impact and others with experience on the ground in rural India who spoke of the need for electricity in reducing... View Details
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
Working Papers Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work By: Bandiera, Oriana, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—CEOs affect the performance of the firms they manage, and family CEOs seem to weaken it. Yet little is known View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
microscope by thousands of HBS students, tell it like it was and relate what they’ve learned and what they believe about being a leader. Toby Johnson Putting Her People First Whether leading in military or civilian life (bottom, at... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
straight line, it will reduce the huge valuation swings that we’ve seen in the last three years. Greater transparency does not mean that all issues can or should be disclosed — otherwise a company could forfeit competitive advantage. Is a cultural shift needed in how... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
"The best way to go about it in the corporate world is to have good leaders who can lead by example with positive and solution-oriented attitudes." Kevin Bowe added, "Attitudes can be learned, and winning behaviors... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale
America which seeks to holistically redefine business success by certifying “B Corporations” that commit to meaningfully incorporating social and environmental concerns to their bottom lines. Correa... View Details
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
need to be cut, be clear about why. Let employees know that it is acceptable to be frustrated or upset; those emotions are entirely valid. This does not mean condoning unprofessionalism or abuse by any... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
need to be cut, be clear about why. Let employees know that it is acceptable to be frustrated or upset; those emotions are entirely valid. This does not mean condoning unprofessionalism or abuse by any... View Details
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
of Associate Professor Karthik Ramanna, the Henry B. Arthur Fellow of business ethics at Harvard Business School. In a nutshell, the case goes like this: "Jim" accepts a summer internship as a loan officer from a US-based View Details
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
senior leadership positions, the most frequently adopted strategy is to remain silent about race or other issues of inequality or injustice in order to avoid being labeled as an agitator (Cose, 2011). Nearly 40 percent of black employees... View Details
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
outcome that remains within an acceptable range while anchoring its genesis in varied individual experiences; put otherwise, vocal silence tries to combine scale and individuality. “It's crucial for us to gain an understanding of how... View Details
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
the recipient would accept a low price in exchange for a side payment and selected larger numbers as their best guess of the likely proportion of recipients acting "unfairly." The results favor the hypothesis that people avoid... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
Working PapersA Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism Authors:Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra, and Robert MacCulloch Abstract We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
refuse to accept the trivialization of black life and justification of social controls like the persistent shadow of police brutality and lethality. They seek to challenge a legal system that has failed to... View Details