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- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
to the inaccuracy of barrel bombs to examine the effect of having one's home destroyed on political and community loyalties. We find that refugees who lose a home to barrel bombing, while more likely to feel threatened by the Assad regime, are less View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
observes Dean Nitin Nohria, who deferred his plans to step down as dean until December in order to lead the School through this crisis “Every day, we must make key decisions amidst significant uncertainty and with incomplete information.... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 14 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
On the Road: Zurich, Warsaw, and Istanbul
business. “Is the HBS MBA still valuable for me?” The alumni reflected on their own experiences and provided the following views: The HBS MBA is more than a credential. It is a transformative two year experience that teaches you how to confidently make View Details
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An Emerging Entrepreneur | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
program for children, and VincuVentas, a tech-based talent agency for sales professionals. Bichara is quick to note the Social Enterprise Initiative’s backing over that summer and as he heads back to his native Mexico with a Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship . That... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model of disaster prevention, supported by case studies and preliminary empirics to explain why some governments prepare well for disasters and others do not. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
negotiate and compromise, Lees says. “If you are a legislator, you are thinking no one across the aisle or in my own tribe will support compromise, but that’s in fact wrong. Both sides might be okay with compromise, but no one’s willing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
"Where was (the) support for manufacturing when it really counted, before much of it escaped offshore? Why should we believe this 'new thinking' now?" Citing " high labor costs and uncooperative unions," Philippe... View Details
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
on the name in the interest of creating public support for research were advanced. Far from being concerned about the loss of NERC control over the naming process, the majority of those commenting positively on the name saw it as a result... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
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- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
Abstract—To create social ties to support their professional or personal goals, people actively engage in instrumental networking. Drawing from moral psychology research, we posit that this intentional behavior has unintended consequences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?
crush us." Tom Birmingham started to object. "Where are we going to find local staff to install and support this product?" he wanted to know. "I mean, this is not just about setting up an office to sell: ClearCloud is... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
this way, maintain John Kotter and Lorne Whitehead. In Buy-In, they reveal how to win the support your idea needs to deliver valuable results. The key? Understand the generic attack strategies that naysayers and obfuscators deploy time... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
Working in a small fishing village on the Panama-Costa Rica border, Skelly helped to make decisions about micro lending in order to generate small-business growth. “I didn’t know much about business, but when you’re trying to figure out... View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
support, benefits continuation, and visa support are all indications to remaining employees and future hires of how they might be treated in the future. Intuit managed communication well: By 9 a.m. PT, all employees impacted by the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
of development process for a project. But my past work (studying projects in high-tech industries) had convinced me that we were missing an important level of analysis. It seemed that decisions made in a project sometimes worked against... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Baker Library's Latest Collection: Little Black Library
Little Black Library was perfect,” said Stark. “This is not Baker Library saying, ‘These are the books you should read,’ this is Cathy’s work. We’re not collaborating, we’re supporting a student-led initiative. It gives our students... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Shari P. Hubert
successfully applying to a local community college. "I have definitely benefited from the support and advice of some wonderful mentors," Hubert continues. "Helping that woman is the closest I've come so far to repaying those who have been... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Clubs Hopping
computing changes the way people use data to make decisions. “We’re seeing more of analytics and big data as a means not just to support the decision a person wants to make, but also as a way to provide... View Details