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- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
Microfinance in particular has often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether access to, and marketing of, an individually held commitment savings product leads to an...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?
introduction to Ms. Hesselbein in 1988. Case preparation, appearances in my classes, and writing for her later publications then followed. "As Hesselbein put it, 'the power of language is so important in this job.'" Welch and Hesselbein...
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Re: James L. Heskett
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
School Case 811-064 Aardvark is an online social search service that allows users to pose questions and receive answers from other users in their extended social network. The case explores the process that Aardvark's founders used to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
welfare of the overall firm and to its members if less powerful participants are to follow. So far we have focused on the implications of the drives to bond and to acquire and the interplay between them. The drives to learn and to defend...
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by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
participants showed a relatively low need to get clean, regardless of whether they had used Facebook or LinkedIn. Implications And Next Steps The overall findings pose a paradox: Networking makes low-power employees feel unclean, which...
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by Carmen Nobel
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Electricity - Business & Environment
especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change: hurricanes, wildfires, and sea level rise pose immense risks for the reliable delivery of electricity. As one example, restoring electric power in...
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- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
challenging task. We outline how to effectively mobilize groups through the power of communication. This note will serve leaders and members of diverse groups as they find their voice to inspire, unite, and engage others through...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
Performing Multiple Regression Analyses New Concepts in Multiple Regression The Caesars Staffing Problem Featured Exercises Estimate the relative predictive power of different combinations of variables by performing and interpreting a...
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- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
managerial human capital explanation of retention. Download the paper: http://people.hbs.edu/jwulf/TargetCEOWulfSinghSeptember2010.pdf Working PapersReversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas Author:David Moss...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
dramatically weakened portfolio of both current and future products. Although much attention has been focused on electric cars, hybrids, and fuel cells, I believe that the key player in the carbon-conscious automobile market of the next ten years is the compact car,...
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will mean meeting each week’s course module deadlines and fully answering questions posed therein. This helps ensure your cohort proceeds through the course...
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
their selected Learning Track within 18 months. Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework for each program in a thoughtful and timely manner. They must meet each week’s course module deadlines and fully answer the questions View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
through a conceptual lens, asking what theoretical mechanisms appear to be most consistent with the data. And he poses the question of what policymakers can do—with either regulatory tools or monetary policy—to help moderate credit-driven...
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
session, Professor Beshears will lead a mini case discussion that serves as a launching pad for a presentation illustrating the power of the “choice architecture” approach for influencing the behavior of customers and employees....
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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
Three Wheels of Profit Planning Building a Balanced Scorecard Selecting Goals and Measures Powering up Performance Goals with Incentives, Part I Powering up Performance Goals with Incentives, Part II...
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
Love to Profits The Current Energy System Transatomic: Bringing Nuclear Power to the Forefront Show Hide Details Concepts Lipton Tea Business Models Jumping the S Curve and Dealing with Uncertainty Featured Exercises Business model and...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
On May 28, 2022, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) held the championship game of its second season, pitting the club team Petro de Luanda, from Angola, against US Monastir, from Tunisia. Traffic snarls outside the stadium, congestion tightened by temporary road...
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Dan Morrell
- 04 Feb 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has Listening Become a Lost Art?
management don't listen or don't know how, we can't tap the full power of the amazing talent in our own organizations. Listening is learning." Rosa Urtubi added that "listening is assuming the responsibility, generosity to do something...
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by James Heskett
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This means completing each course module and fully answering questions posed therein by the required deadline. This course also features recommended weekly deadlines to help ensure...
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- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
“Early wins might help depolarize the national discourse on climate change and kickstart more investment into the transition.” He thinks there are specific opportunities for his clients and the larger industry: “The proposed power plant...
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