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Anastassia Fedyk

am trying to better understand how psychological biases affect decision-making in organizations and financial markets. I have been long interested in optimal incentive design for employees subject to self-control problems. For example,... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)

before forming Indivers, a holding company that included Europe's first independent maker of extrusion dies. When a fire forced him to rebuild his facility in 1966, he discovered that he could also use his new machines to drill precise... View Details

Keywords: Georges F. Doriot; John G. McLean; Alumni Achievement Award; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

27 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 27

explain how to generate ideas with these skills, collaborate with "delivery-driven" colleagues to implement ideas, and build innovation skills throughout your organization to sharpen its competitive edge. They also provide a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

becomes undeniable, they shift to blame—trying to sue new entrants, for instance, for not playing by the old rules. Third, they begin to take action, but only in the form of insignificant alterations. At this point, a company's leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

December 1999
Article

Changes in the Work Environment for Creativity during Downsizing

By: T. M. Amabile and Regina Conti

This study examined the work environment for creativity at a large high-technology firm before, during, and after a major downsizing. Creativity and most creativity-supporting aspects of the perceived work environment declined significantly during the downsizing but... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Situation or Environment; Creativity; Resignation and Termination; Employees; Business or Company Management; Motivation and Incentives; Management Practices and Processes; Crisis Management; Groups and Teams; Communication; Announcements; Interpersonal Communication

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Rye Barcott

provided the scholarship for his education, Rye studied Swahili and, in his junior year at the University of North Carolina, took his new language skills to Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, one of the largest slums in the world. "I lived in a shack and View Details

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PJ Meyer

it's shaping the way I think so that I can be a more effective as a manager. The case method is a subversive form of instilling business experience!" PJ has also been able to acquire management experience through extracurricular... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

Faculty Books

politically more influential, and industry less influential, than is commonly assumed. The prevailing view—that diffuse interests like those of consumers are too difficult to organize and too weak to influence public policy—represents, he... View Details

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HBS Alumni Events

Alumnae Circles Open House: San Francisco

Women's groups are launching- are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer

leadership position in the Northeast through the strategic use of new technology, marketing savvy, and a management style that encouraged staff to invest themselves in their work. In 1996, BayBanks merged with Bank of Boston to form... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Mar 2004
News

Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference

Canada for prescription drugs as a form of civil disobedience. This kind of grassroots response is an important preliminary step toward addressing the rising costs of medicine, he said. Other speakers included Raytheon Chairman Daniel P.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 2002
News

Amy S. Langer

More than fifty thousand women die from breast cancer every year in the United States. Another two hundred thousand are diagnosed with the disease — the most common form of cancer among women. Sitting in her apartment on Manhattan's Upper... View Details

23 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 23

PublicationsInflection Point: New Vision, New Strategy, New Organization Authors:Nancy O.Andrews and Nicolas P. Retsinas Publication:In Investing in What Works for America's Communities. San Francisco: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2024
News

Solving the Underemployment Crisis

the organization does. Tell us a little bit about it. Moret: Sure. We’re the largest nonprofit organization in the country with the singular focus on strengthening the link between education and opportunity.... View Details

02 May 2023
Blog Post

Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

a position within the nonprofit space and specifically for an organization that had mission and purpose in their DNA. I was fortunate to find a position in the marketing department for HBS’s Career Professional Development team. I spent... View Details

26 Nov 2018
News

New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change

focused on climate change organized by the BEI, leading up to the BEI Alumni Conference at HBS set for the fall of 2019. Dallas Alumni Get a ‘Taste of Forum’ The HBS Club of Dallas hosted a Taste of Forum event on November 1, where alumni... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; clubs; alumni clubs

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

with Azure, acquiring LinkedIn in social media and Activision/Blizzard in gaming, and investing in OpenAI to gain control of ChatGPT. Equally important, he transformed the Microsoft culture from an arrogant bureaucracy into an empowered View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

20 Mar 2017
Book

Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies

Harhoff, director of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich. The book includes 25 original contributions providing an extensive view of user and open innovation by scholars from all over the world in a variety of industries. As the book... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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HBS - From The Dean

halt, the pandemic required us to find new ways to achieve our mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. It propelled us into a future full of possibilities we otherwise might never have imagined. Over the past year, our vision for that future... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Takeaways

Edited by April White Peter A. Gudmundsson photo by Susan Young Peter A. Gudmundsson photo by Susan Young “All organizations need great people. Veterans are great people, so all organizations need to hire... View Details

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