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- January 2025
- Supplement
Colbún’s Angostura Dam Project (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Nicolas Andrade
The A case describes Colbún Chile’s plans for the Angostura dam in the Bío Bío River, a hydroelectric construction venture with major challenges given the region’s history of indigenous resistance. This context was especially unfavorable given the highly contentious... View Details
- 2008
- Chapter
Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model
By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis
Since the mid-1970s neoclassical economic theory has dominated business school thinking and teaching in dealing with the nature of human motivation. However valuable in understanding competitive product and financial markets, neoclassical economic theory employs an... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Ethics; Managerial Roles; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods; Behavior
Khurana, Rakesh, and Herbert Gintis. "Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model." In Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy, edited by Paul J. Zak. Princeton University Press, 2008.
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
and residences with proximity at least as convenient as current bus stops, and a quality of service far above what buses can offer. Right now, the field is wide open. Companies with existing transit View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
skills including clarifying objectives, questioning and listening, and board work 1976 Use of Cases in Management Education by E. Raymond Corey Directed toward students; valuable for professors as well. Briefly describes the process of case writing, the general View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
field and the central research questions that it sought to answer. However, the commitment to engage with the complexities of business and the disinclination to rely on models with simplistic assumptions about business behavior also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2023
- News
New Leadership Role and Structure
MESSAGE FROM ANGELA CRISPI AND DEAN SRIKANT DATAR To: HBS Faculty and Staff From: Angela Crispi and Srikant Datar Re: New Leadership Role and Structure We are delighted to announce that effective January 1, 2024, Jana Kierstead will become Executive Director, MBA and... View Details
- 13 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Outrage Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets
in-group." Past research shows negativity spread fastest in contexts that involved two or more rival or competing groups, where negative emotions were more likely to prevail. The polarized nature of American political discourse,... View Details
- 04 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness
conducted experiments online, telling participants the makeup of a board of directors, as well as the identity of a departing board member, and asking them to recommend a replacement from a list of available candidates of different races... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
theoretical understanding of brand relationship phenomena and ideas for practical application from experiments and execution in commercial practice. Strong Brands, Strong Relationships will be the perfect read for marketing faculty and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
approximately welfare neutral. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-011.pdf Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity: Evidence from Software Development (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Allison Hughes
influences playing on strong natural aptitudes, particularly in mathematics, it's not surprising that Hughes was a high-school standout in Polson, Montana. Among her many honors: being named to USA Today's "Top Twenty All-Academic USA... View Details
Keywords: Charlie Hogg
- Profile
Meagan Hill
Meagan Hill enrolled in Harvard College with the intention of going on to medical school. But through her work at Harvard Student Agencies — a conglomerate of nine businesses that offer students hands-on business experience — she... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 05 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast
of.” The index ranks the 50 best companies along several dimensions, including promoting from within, career stability, and providing early experiences that allow employees to get better jobs with future employers. The top three firms... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- Web
Business History - Faculty & Research
margins of academic discourses and their own institutions. There was a constant struggle to define the borders of the field and the central research questions that it sought to answer. However, the commitment to engage with the... View Details
- 19 Jul 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Helping You Help Me: The Role of Diagnostic (In)Congruence in the Helping Process within Organizations
- 08 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) and the Transition to Venture Capital
opportunity to strengthen his profile and built business development and startup experience through internships. Memme also continued crafting and reflecting on his Career Criteria, had regular check-ins with his Career Coach, Kristen... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS
and accomplished. Yes, I have my anxieties, and so do others, but it’s okay because everyone is in the same boat. At HBS, a diverse student body means people with experience in every field imaginable. As a... View Details
- 06 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Cut Salaries or Cut People? The Best Way to Survive a Downturn
effectively cutting them by about 18 percent. For the sales personnel, that meant 7 percent lower take-home pay. Before the cut, the division’s salesforce had an average take-home pay of $17.30 an hour, comparable to neighboring call centers. That was an important... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 1, 2006
Periodical:North Carolina Law Review 84 (May 2006). We use the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory to explore how changes in the nature of the relationship between law firms and their clients may have implications for the structure of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne