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- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
HBS Working Knowledge recently celebrated its tenth birthday, and we mark the occasion by looking back and looking forward. We've asked HBS Dean Nitin Nohria and a number of faculty to both remark on what they view as the most significant... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2020
- Article
One of a Kind: The Strong and Complex Preference for Unique Treatment from Romantic Partners
By: Lalin Anik and Ryan Hauser
Individuals prefer romantic partners who universally treat others well (i.e., partners who exhibit trait-level generosity) and also prefer partners who treat them uniquely. Previous work supports both preferences, yet the literature has largely ignored what happens... View Details
Anik, Lalin, and Ryan Hauser. "One of a Kind: The Strong and Complex Preference for Unique Treatment from Romantic Partners." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 86 (January 2020).
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
pretty simple. If the door is open, you can aspire to go through it. If it doesn't seem to be open, you can't. In the company I wrote about in Men and Women, a lot of it had to do with the placement mechanisms. If the expectation was that... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 17 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience
your hometown or moving to a new country can be a tough transition for students and their partners. Having a partner’s support while navigating this new life can make or break the experience. Uwais marveled with gratitude at how View Details
- 20 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey
Keywords: by Asli M. Coplan & Geoffrey Jones
- Web
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports Course Number 1914 Professor Anita Elberse Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Paper/Project Career Focus This course is primarily designed for students who are pursuing... View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program
and influence of the WSA is a huge support system in itself. I wanted to become more involved in WSA primarily because I wanted to meet all the incredible women here at HBS. In terms View Details
The Challenge of Maintaining Passion for Work over Time: A Daily Perspective on Passion and Emotional Exhaustion
Passion for work is highly coveted, but many employees report struggling to maintain their passion over time. In the current research, we explain the challenge of pursuing passion by conceptualizing passion as an attribute with temporal variation. Viewed through... View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
- What Do You Think?
Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?
as consumers. Then came September 11 and the perceived need for increased surveillance of possible terrorists. According to a survey by Harris Interactive the very next week, 86% of Americans responding... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 2011
- Working Paper
From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Practice; Business Education; Labor and Management Relations; Decision Making; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Change; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Finance; Knowledge; Production; Business Conglomerates; Education Industry; United States
Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana. "From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-071, January 2011.
- 31 Jan 2022
- News
Michael Trejo Brings Business Back to the Valley of the Sun
bring back to my community,” he explained to the magazine. “It was time to come home.” Trejo is now president and CEO of Standard Printing Company, a commercial trade printer located in an industrial Hispanic neighborhood View Details
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
meetings, emails, and chats, then who is seeing the data that I’m generating?” Polzer says. Organizations have to think comprehensively about these issues and establish transparent policies and practices to gain the support View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- Research Summary
Characteristics of Corporate Bond Transactions: Evolution Through Time and Across Liquidity (with George Chacko, Marti Subrahmanyam, and Jeffrey Sutthoff)
The US corporate bond market is one of the most opaque, illiquid markets for corporate securities. Large, comprehensive bond databases are scarce, making it difficult to formally study and understand bond trading behavior. In this paper, we use a unique database of... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
An economist by training, Professor Greenstein spans boundaries in his research, which extends to issues of strategy, regulation, history, marketing, information systems, and organization design. View Details
- 2008
- Other Unpublished Work
From Public Purpose to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
- 04 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change
longer-term vision.” (04:09) Angela Noori Son: At the intersection of climate change and workforce development. Another challenge in fighting climate change is the shortage of labor to View Details
- 2021
- Chapter
Multinationals' Need for State Protection: The Creation of the Swiss Investment Risk Guarantee in the 1960s
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This chapter focuses on the role of Industrie-Holding, the Federation of Swiss Industrial Multinational Companies, in the introduction of an investment risk guarantee during the 1960s. The chapter therefore contributes to a) the growing body of literature on how... View Details
Keywords: Investments; Multinational Companies; Political Risk; Business & Government Relations; Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Switzerland
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Multinationals' Need for State Protection: The Creation of the Swiss Investment Risk Guarantee in the 1960s." In Security and Insecurity in Business History: Case Studies in the Perception and Negotiation of Threats, edited by Mark Jakob, Nina Kleinöder, and Christian Kleinschmidt, 111–134. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2021.
- 03 May 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China, 1880-1930
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization
that,” Manso-Brown said. “I want people to come at this work from an ethical and moral calling.” When an organization makes the commitment to be anti-racist, it creates a culture that values the collective and individual humanity of its... View Details
Keywords: All Industries