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- 02 Dec 2016
- News
The Story Behind the Stories
business school? Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: I really believed that business is among the most powerful forces changing the world for the better. And also, for the worse, but I wanted to be part of the for the better part. And really, have a... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
confluence. "For managers, working in the social sector can be more exciting than managing a business - your influence as a force for entrepreneurial change can make an impact beyond your organization," notes Associate Professor J.... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
definition that extends the concept beyond the traditional binary retain/not retain view of retention. We discuss a variety of metrics to measure and monitor retention. We present an integrated framework for managing retention that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
336-339 Abstract Experimental economics and social psychology share an interest in a widening subset of topics, relying on similar lab-based methods to address similar questions about human behavior, yet dialogue between the two fields remains in its infancy. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Women Find New Path to Work
staff to create New Path: Setting New Professional Directions. In this interview, Hart explains the program and her hopes that future sessions can be expanded. Mallory Stark: Could you give some background on how New Path originated? Myra Hart: For a period of View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
where you stand. You also need to prevent competitors from imitating your methods. A second strategy is to up the ante on a competitive level within your industry by raising your own costs in order to provide an environmental good, but also figuring out a way to View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
exercising leadership effectively. The course material is based on our work over the last seven years in developing a course of the same title at the University of Rochester Simon School of Business. (The course is also taught at the U.S. Air View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
from economics and sociology on intra-household bargaining elucidates how negotiations over the allocation of domestic labor at Level 2 influence labor force participation at Level 1. In conclusion, we integrate practical implications... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
product—micro-cap stock research. The firm has hired a group of five analysts who will produce written research reports on micro-cap stocks, that is, publicly traded stocks with a market capitalization of less than $250 million. Peter... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
also benefits of community that a residential experience provides. But that raises the question about situations where people are going to commuter colleges purely to learn accounting, let’s say. So, if you want the throwing-the-Frisbee-in-the-quad experience, you can... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
plunge, new deals dried up, forcing venture firms to return billions in uninvested capital. Even so, venture firms have an estimated $64 billion in capital “overhang” that has not been invested, according to VentureOne, a unit of Dow... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
the changes included moving machines closer together so that parts wouldn’t have to travel from department to department. ET also worked with an outside service provider that was cleaning their aluminum parts to reduce turnaround time from View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
trust. Lavish executive compensation not only drains the corporate treasury and dilutes the shareholders' earnings, but, perhaps even more importantly, it can lead the recipients to believe that they really are worth five hundred times... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
transformative research. Toward this outcome, several interactive forces must be understood and addressed during research design, management, and implementation. The purpose of this essay is to provide a synthesis: a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
percent for loans of up to $250,000 that can stretch for three years. P2P platforms offer amortizing loans with fixed interest rates and three to five year maturities. A third emerging online player in small business lending are... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
Women make up more than half of the labor force in the United States and earn almost 60 percent of advanced degrees, yet they bring home less pay and fill fewer seats in the C-suite than men, particularly in male-dominated professions... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?
brought home to many students that offshoring could affect them personally." Nearly 900 members of the MBA Class of 2009 participated in the exercise, with students divided into learning teams of five or six individuals. The exercise was... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup
used to create the food that ends up in our stomachs (land, water, energy, etc.) is wasted.” Sani’s enthusiasm for Mori grew after speaking with Belsito when he learned more about the company’s focus on integrating within supply chains to add value rather than View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many countries, they often face unstable environments due to violence and civil unrest. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by high levels of political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne