Aging Society - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

London in the 1960s. The Whitehall researchers attributed shorter life expectancies among lower-level civil servants, who tended to die at younger ages than their bosses, to the psychological stress of working in subordinate positions.... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

homogenization of beauty ideals. Beauty became associated with Western countries, and white people, and with women. These assumptions reflected wider societal trends. Western societies as a whole underwent growing gender differences in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

01 Dec 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

Philippines, or Brazil, companies should consider knowledge capacities and not price whenever they decide to use such ('cheap') labor . The only companies that still look at labor through the same eyes as during the industrial age are... View Details

Keywords: by by Jim Heskett

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

has an MBA from Harvard Business School and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University. He is a Trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and serves on the boards of Manugistics (MANU), Exult (EXLT),... View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

suppliers to curate subscription boxes of artisanal food sold online. Why employees don’t want to return Barriers to rebuilding restaurant staffing begin with ensuring the safety of restaurant workers, including the need to take into account the View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

The Late 19th Century US Postal Service Expansion, Firm Creation, and Firm Performance” with Astrid Marinoni. Raffaella Sadun : Winner of the 2023 HBR Award for the best article of the year in Harvard Business Review for “Reskilling in the View Details

01 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

bequeath themselves expensive office facilities and luxurious corporate jets make different business decisions than those who do not? In this age of Wall Street excesses, these are pertinent questions that could further our understanding... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

inhabitants of Seoul, a sprawling metropolis packed with boutiques, nightclubs, and skyscrapers. Kim left Korea in 1974, at age 11. Educated in the United States, he returned as COO of Asia-Pacific investment banking at Salomon Smith... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

April 2008 (Revised May 2008)
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Commonwealth Care Alliance: Elderly and Disabled Care

By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron

Individuals enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, known as dual eligibles, are among the highest-cost beneficiaries in the US. Commonwealth Care Alliance, a small nonprofit insurer and care delivery system in Massachusetts, operated under a public demonstration... View Details

Keywords: Programs; Public Sector; Alliances; Policy; Age; Service Delivery; Value; Health Care and Treatment; Welfare; Insurance Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts

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Digital Innovation - Alumni

new ways. HBS for Life HBS supports alumni in their professional development and personal growth at every age or career stage through extensive online resources and programs and events. How You can Help The easiest way for donors to... View Details

01 Nov 2022
What Do You Think?

Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

Shapes Business, Economy & Society (Stanford Business Books, 2021). Tara Watson and Kalee Thompson, The Border Within: The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear (University of Chicago Press, 2022)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

West and Southwest Influence: High 90 1990 s Immigration tops 9 million (largest number since first decade) Baby boomers age Hispanics become fastest-growing minority Population grows from 250 million to 281 million Influence: Medium-High... View Details

11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

pension starting from a young age ." Vernon McKenzie and Akhil Mehta described successful efforts to do just that in Australia and India, respectively. In Australia, "Every employee, by law, must contribute 9 percent of the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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William R. Kerr | About

The Managing the Future of Work project considers the unprecedented set of challenges and opportunities presented to businesses, including rapid technological revolutions, shifting global product and labor markets, aging workforces, and... View Details

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Ramya Sundar

your life that you admire the most today? My dad – He is a strong feminist. He taught me to believe from a very young age that both men and women can be equals even if the society around me did not think so.... View Details

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

implicated in recent acts of corporate malfeasance—could have become so depraved, this is probably the wrong question. Given that human nature does not change much from age to age, the real issue is the effectiveness of the constraints... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

age who were also exploring. I found a well-known gay dating website, where in the first time in my life I spoke with multiple guys my age and felt relieved to know that I am not alone. On the last day of my... View Details

01 Jan 2012
News

Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993

owners of small businesses, as well as Japanese society as a whole, Mikitani began working on a web-based shopping mall. “At the time, the Internet was at an early stage,” he notes. “No one was buying things online in Japan.” Working with... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Alejandro Ramirez: A Very Good Time for Mexico

environment drastically. Suddenly, we found ourselves facing international competition.” Although he felt “a little bit torn,” Ramirez returned to Mexico. “My family had always been there for me, so I wanted to help in whatever way I could,” he says. In less than a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; World Bank; United Nations; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

change the foundations of business and society by 2032—AI, blockchain, ubiquitous networks, synthetic biology, and brain-computer interfaces—and examine their impact on who we are as individuals and as a species. What does it take to live... View Details

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