Identity - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

the firm's identity in their paper. "The firm was kind enough to give us access to very detailed records about which executives met with which investors," Soltes says. “If a handful of people meet with management at the same time, and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

1980s, the band members' journey to sustain and enhance their identity in the next two decades, and the ongoing commitment to balancing their music careers, fame, personal lives, and—in the case of three of the musicians, their Christian... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

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2.1.1 Citing Sources & Plagiarism | MBA

without permission and acknowledgment. Self-Plagiarism It is expected that all work submitted for any HBS course has been completed solely for that course. Self-plagiarism includes the practice of submitting identical or very similar... View Details

09 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

Harvard Business School 519-017 Tailor Brands: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Branding Using proprietary artificial intelligence technology, startup Tailor Brands set out to democratize branding by allowing small businesses to create their brand View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Profile

Dana Hoffmann

background, such ambition is not a surprise. Hoffmann’s mother is a geophysicist and oceanographer who taught at MIT. Her father passed away when Hoffmann and her identical twin sister Ashley were just two years old and when her mother... View Details

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

presentations had been essentially identical and the audiences at first blush quite similar, the attitudes he encountered were disparate. "In Northern California, 80 percent of the audience thought climate change was largely man-made and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

and more mature economies. He sold off many other unrelated businesses to successfully focus on this one, with remarkable success until very recently. Having forged an identity that defines strategy and the company's animating beliefs and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

Hernandez of New York University, dive into the topic in their working paper Political Identity and Trust. “Our biggest headline finding is that it seems that it’s beliefs that drive trust, not taste" If it seems we are a nation of... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services

26 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind

bags" participants were asked to imagine approaching a supermarket to do their grocery shopping with their own bags. The "without bags" group received nearly identical instructions, but nothing about bags was mentioned. All... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

August 2023
Case

Salma Qarnain: Spaceships to Broadway

By: Leslie Perlow, Mel Martin and Hannah Weisman

Salma Qarnain, daughter of Pakistani Muslim immigrants, is an engineer trained at Stanford and MIT. She began her career building spacecrafts but 30 years later finds herself pursuing her calling, acting on Broadway. The case explores Qarnain’s career path, family... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Job Search; Job Design and Levels; Happiness; Identity; Well-being; Work-Life Balance; Family and Family Relationships; Theater Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Talent and Talent Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Aerospace Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Boston; California

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Educators

26 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade

condition that they would not reveal the firm's identity in their paper. This required a tremendous amount of good faith on the part of the company, which was crucial for the study. "It's really about developing a relationship," said... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Bibliography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

“The Industrial Photography and the Steel Company Archive of Puerto de Sagunto: Representation, Power and Identity (1944–1976).” Revisita Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 149 (January–March 2015): 65–84. Sentner, Richard F.... View Details

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Launching leaders: HBS's new initiative fuels first-generation and low-income student success - Recruiting

challenging classroom encounters and discussions that touched on identities that were really close to my heart but weren’t necessarily visible or obvious to other people—or ones where I didn’t want to opt in as the representative or... View Details

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

groups of people lead to individuals being judged by external characteristics such as gender, race, and national origin rather than the authentic person within. As with many complex issues, business leaders must explore these foundational issues of View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month | Baker Library

feature, where you can filter for companies founded or led by Hispanic/Latine individuals. Explore Mintel's various reports: Hispanics and Symbols of Identity - US - 2024 Marketing to Hispanic Gen Zs - US - 2024 Marketing to Hispanic Moms... View Details

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Privacy - HBS Working Knowledge

identity remains anonymous. In addition, we ordinarily do not disclose to third parties site usage by individual IP addresses, but may do so in very limited circumstances when complying with law or legal process, working with consultants... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?

20th century at best, if not the first half of the 20th century,” Eykher says. To address the issue of trust, the Open Mineral team verifies the identity of every member and only accepts companies with a good history; they require... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres

20 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

communities. The motivation of the external innovators. Those motivated by extrinsic rewards like money and career may choose markets. Those motivated by intrinsic motivations like intellectual challenge and identity may prefer community.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

21 May 2001
Research & Ideas

From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership

differences as well as their collective identity and goals, she advises. Encourage mutual support as well as confrontation within the group. Focus on the performance at hand in addition to opportunities for future learning and growth. And... View Details