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04 Jun 2020
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Let's Talk Resilience

Keywords: COVID-19; financial crisis; leadership; human resources; entrepreneurship; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

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provide students with a platform for shared learning and a cross-functional network to drive change and impact in education. Annual Events Career info sessions and 1-on-1 coffee chats for students interested in pursuing a career within... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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Ink: Talking Shop

Might I Suggest We also reached out to alumni on social media to ask about the books and podcasts that have been keeping them most informed and best entertained over the last year. My sectionmate Wendy Lim (MBA 2006) told me that she read... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

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Tony Shu | MBA

harnessed to address pressing social issues at scale. When I learned out about the Tech Innovation Fellowship, I was so excited to see something that combines my passions for entrepreneurship and technology in a program that promotes both... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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What Industrial Policy?

glory days, when it employed about a quarter of the US workforce. The case for special treatment That said, there are some compelling reasons the government should give manufacturing special treatment: Lowering the trade deficit. It may... View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

14 Aug 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

insight into how firms can realize the benefits of empowerment strategies while mitigating their risks. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54820 forthcoming Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Pettiness in View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1999
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The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change

Chuck Belle (MBA '73) promised to attempt to install a pass-fail system and said that "free nights are few . . . but we have a social committee that shall pleasure the time." Dean Fouraker's welcome included the promise, "You will... View Details

Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer

01 Mar 2017
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Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

business, and social leadership. Similarly, we mandated that respected Zambian private or civil sector leaders chair all negotiating transaction teams. What consideration do you give to the spiritual and ethical components of building a... View Details

22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

and other forms of innovation. We also propose a research agenda to systematically address the social welfare implications of financial innovation. To complement existing empirical and theoretical methods, we propose that scholars examine... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Address the Refugee Crisis A paper written by Swedish student Lovisa “Lisa” Tengberg (MBA 2020) for the spring 2020 elective Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change was selected for development as a case study. “Just Arrived:... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Gregg Petersmeyer

intranet software tool designed to help workers within an organization create their own “communities of interest” in giving back. “It’s a communication platform to improve employee respect and trust, corporate culture, and community... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

11 Jan 2018
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Taking the High Road

James Cash is the James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. In this interview, he advocates for patience and understanding in a world of instantaneous media and rapid-fire social and political commentary. “We all... View Details

08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-093.pdf Componential Theory of Creativity Author:Teresa M. Amabile Abstract The componential theory of creativity is a comprehensive model of the social and psychological components necessary... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

offer the same benefits. While use of social platforms has increased during the pandemic, with Facebook traffic rising by 50 percent in some countries, people don’t get a boost of oxytocin from these... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

where the cost of merchandise is roughly equivalent to in-store prices, Jay Light underscores the significant cost differentials inherent in online trading. "The online consumer can execute a trade for up to 90 percent less than a... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

13 Nov 2020
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Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

part of the HBS's Arthur Rock Center Accelerator program last year. ShelfLife is a B2B marketplace that enables small businesses to take advantage of economies of scale in the food and beverage packaging supply chain. “Specialty food and beverage producers join our... View Details

20 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

model also predicts that bubbles will be accompanied by high trading volume and that volume increases with past asset returns. We present empirical evidence that bears on some of the model’s distinctive predictions. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

investors execute similar trades through the same broker, allowing them to capture returns that are twice as large as their normal trading performance. Similarly, we show that the clients of the broker... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

dismantled a lot of trade barriers, which has led to global prosperity. The only big barrier remaining is movement of humankind to regions which offer better prospects." A number of respondents took issue with this. Some equated... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

06 Dec 2021
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What's the Word?

She·sesh·un (noun) Ly·ing flat (verb) Post·cook·ie (adj.) Bi·o·rev·o·loo·shun (noun) Dig·i·tul no·mad (noun) Di·ver·si·ty wa·shing (verb) Meem Stock (noun) When the price of supposedly “dull” stocks like BlackBerry and GameStop hit the roof earlier this year, driven by... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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