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- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
so you end up with a better deal, or at least this is what people tend to believe, especially in situations where they are claiming value.” And here’s another reason paltering may be popular: It works.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
period. However, the Global Competitiveness Report does include an analysis of the short- or medium-term economic impact of these tragic events and it is cut with a number of specific policy recommendations. I wanted to draw your... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
isn’t necessarily about being charming, entertaining, or charismatic. It’s about entering high-stakes situations with ideas for wowing others with the unexpected. Years ago, Huang’s colleague at an... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
experiments with college and graduate students, which are detailed in the paper, Gino and Margolis set out to induce individuals to focus on either promotion or prevention via a series of situational cues.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Research Summary
Research
The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details
- 14 Mar 2023
- In Practice
What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?
exhaustion after several years of dealing with surprises ranging from shortages and runs on basic goods to the Fed’s limited ability to control or even forecast inflation. Something will also have to be said eventually about the... View Details
- 19 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Answering Your Questions About the HBS MBA Application
prepare my recommenders? A good recommender knows you well and is able to speak to your specific strengths and abilities. We prefer to have one of your two recommenders be a current or former supervisor, but we also understand that not... View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
A New Paradigm of Individual, Group and Organizational Performance
By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen and The Barbados Group
"The committee is therefore unable to draw conclusions, based on scientific evidence, on what does or does not work to enhance organizational performance" —Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance of the U.S. National Research Council Commission... View Details
Erhard, Werner, Michael C. Jensen, and The Barbados Group. "A New Paradigm of Individual, Group and Organizational Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-006, July 2010.
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
November–December 2015 Operations Research Active Postmarketing Drug Surveillance for Multiple Adverse Events By: Goh, Joel, Margrét V. Bjarnadóttir, Mohsen Bayati, and Stefanos A. Zenios Abstract—Postmarketing drug surveillance is the process of monitoring the adverse... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
What makes a successful entrepreneurial leader? Is it the technical brilliance of Bill Gates? The obsessive focus on user experience of Steve Jobs? The vision, passion, and strong execution of Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo? Or maybe... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
- Profile
Joy Chen
opportunity, I promise I will change the world.’”At the time, Joy was five or six years old. As childhood moved into adolescence and young adulthood, Joy seized every educational opportunity she could, first in China, and after age ten,... View Details
- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
exhaust themselves attending to a special needs child or ailing parent. Everyone frets over their physical and financial well-being. Who among us isn't anxious, stressed out, and off our game right now? From bolstering remote... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- 10 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing
Dey: It would be interesting to understand the other avenues of motivating employees to come forward. To do that, we would need to study to what extent the environment within a company or specific society... View Details
Keywords: by April White
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
you can create the right environment for a group to address issues together." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Never underestimate the importance of the 'softer' management lessons you learn at HBS—the ones that revolve around working with and leading... View Details
- 20 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think
work presentation or exams, may help you focus on concrete details of the future situation that you might otherwise overlook. In her book Giving Voice to Values, Mary Gentile offers a framework to help... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs
Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel
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HBS - The year in Review
Alumni Conferences Held In May 2023, External Relations (ER) and the Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) hosted Accelerating Climate Solutions, a conference focused on the role of business in driving solutions to the climate... View Details
- 16 May 2023
- In Practice
After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?
status and manage tricky processes under pressure. For example, how to get a timely board resolution to temporarily tap into personal funds to make payroll during the SVB situation could translate into how to fast-track a decision on how... View Details
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
race was no longer relevant or that we had somehow collectively moved beyond race in the workplace,” Roberts says. The picture that emerges from the essays in Race, Work, and Leadership echo the same message: Race not only still matters... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman