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  • September 1994
  • Case

Leadership Problems at Salomon (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Deryck Maughan, a vice chairman and co-head of investment banking at Salomon Brothers, learns that his superiors have been less than candid about their knowledge of bidding improprieties by the firm's government trading desk. He must decide what, if anything, he should... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Crime and Corruption; Rank and Position; Financial Services Industry
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  • 07 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President

Pundits love a political horse race, parsing the latest polls to predict who might win an election. And in the final runup to the US presidential contest, these forecasts can influence markets and shape public opinion and policies. But as America heads to the polls in... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 30 May 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

world—characterized by the practice of the tried-and-true in management, and focused on the ownership, conservation, and growth of assets. Managers and their careers are a product of their beliefs and interests, but are also influenced by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Education
  • 06 Sep 2005
  • Research & Ideas

When Product Variety Backfires

slightly different than the other? It's enough to give a shopper, well, a headache. The belief that variety is good "is not always true," argues Harvard Business School professor John Gourville in "Overchoice and Assortment... View Details
Keywords: by Poping Lin; Consumer Products
  • Profile

Florence Evina-Ze

Florence, “said that as outsiders, we were able to see details insiders overlook.” Different regions, different styles, different leaders Florence’s experience in Chongqing challenged many of her expectations. “My grandfather and his sisters were born in China, and I... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Removing Barriers

professionally and personally as I did.” With a strong belief that “funding shouldn’t be a factor” in the decision to attend HBS, Anita points out that it can be prohibitively expensive, especially for international students. “I want to... View Details
  • 24 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Growing the Seeds of an Early-Stage Startup

couldn’t afford, especially when Aaron’s baby was due a week after my start date. Yet, the lean experience has proven to be a blessing. The first thing I saw is that all of us have a deep belief in Brass Roots’ mission. We live and... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail
  • 22 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

Section Life: Your HBS Family

my section mates hailed from. Sections are diverse on every metric ranging from work experience to political beliefs to undergraduate fields of study.  Because you take all your classes together RC year, diversity is critical to the... View Details
  • 29 Apr 2021
  • News

Equal Partner

Today, she serves as chief strategy officer for the firm, which has connected more than 1 million investors with some 300 companies, raising in excess of $250 million. But Aditya didn’t stop there, reflecting her belief that, “if you want... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion
  • 23 Feb 2011
  • News

A Capitalist in China

Kuhns: Wrote the book on Chinese business realities. When it comes to investing in China, financier and industrialist John Kuhns (MBA ’77) looks backward to see the way forward. “I have always invested in China based on my belief that it... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 30 Sep 2019
  • Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

speak out about experiences of bias (Hewlett, Marshall, & Bourgeois, 2017). Silence about race in the workplace compromises relationships (Phillips, Dumas, & Rothbard, 2018) and work engagement (Hewlett et al., 2017). It also feeds into a View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
  • September 2010 (Revised October 2010)
  • Case

HBS Class of 2009: All Talk As They Prepare to Walk?

By: Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria and Dalia Rahman
Max Anderson, HBS Class of 2009, founded the MBA Oath Initiative. The oath was a voluntary pledge "to create value responsibly and ethically." Anderson and a team of students and faculty worked to launch the first MBA Oath Ceremony conducted on campus during Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Higher Education; Values and Beliefs; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Value Creation; Education Industry; Massachusetts
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  • May 2008 (Revised September 2009)
  • Case

IBM's Dynamic Workplace

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
IBM already competed for talent by being a best workplace. It was one of the first companies to provide paid vacations, health insurance, sick leave, job sharing, and domestic partner benefits. Its human resources portfolio included a full array of progressive policies... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Social Enterprise
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  • Profile

Max Reichel

and potentially expand my own beliefs of what is possible." The case method creates a meaningful forum for these multiple perspectives. "After completing my master's, I didn't want to be lectured to for another two years,"... View Details
  • 24 Feb 2011
  • News

Show Time

the first MBA student to give birth while at HBS and then go on to complete her degree. At the Entertainment & Media Club’s annual conference a couple of weeks ago, keynoter Gerry Lopez (MBA ’84), CEO and president of AMC Theatres, stated his View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • Profile

Jonathan Arena

design “shapes how users interact with things, not just how things look.” At HBS, he was impressed by how “the i-lab and the FIELD program integrate design thinking into business.” Jonathan decided to put his beliefs into action and push... View Details
  • 18 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

Meet the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative

rooted in stereotypes and other beliefs that are not supported by the evidence. As a result, even well-intentioned programs aimed at advancing inclusion within organizations do not achieve their goals—and in some cases, can even be... View Details
  • 01 Oct 1998
  • News

Merton Named University Professor

reflects on all my colleagues at the Business School," said Merton, "particularly so because the University Professorships symbolize the belief that teaching and research need not be confined within departmental or disciplinary... View Details
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

evidence related to globalization, which is surprisingly scanty on many important issues. While many traditional forms of arbitrage may look dated, new ones with more contemporary accents have emerged.— Pankaj Ghemawat Consider, for instance, the basic View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52729 May 2017 Judgment and Decision Making Is Saving Lives Your Task or God's? Religiosity, Belief in God, and Moral Judgment By: Barak-Corren, Netta, and Max Bazerman Abstract—Should a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne