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May 1997
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Institutional Perspective on Management

Discusses the dimensions of the institutional environment surrounding business, including the role of stakeholders and the need for new collaborations in emerging markets; the key assumptions of the institutional perspective on businesses and markets, especially in... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Skills; Emerging Markets; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Perspective

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20 Apr 2015
Blog Post

India Conference 2015

Madhav (General Secretary BJP) and Mr. Prithvi Raj Chavan (Ex. Chief Minister of Maharashtra). Mr. Madhav, spoke about how the BJP was able to effectively use new social media platforms to not only gauge but also engage with the relevant... View Details

20 Oct 2022
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Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion

entrepreneurial skills and the Lebanese business community is competent and well known around the world,” says Ingea. “Despite the current hardships, she remains hopeful and optimistic about the future of Lebanon.” Ingea says a lively Q&A... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

19 Jan 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered: How do I lead in a crisis? What roles does the Board play? What are the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Mar 2018
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3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)

Above: Rickards on Jamaica’s sense of community: “It’s good to live in a place where the people are expressive and vibrant.” (photo by Marina Burnel) I had a strong sense when I was at HBS that the skills I learned there would have a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Charles W. ("Bill") Cassell

projects-in-process, addressing topics in history, social studies, and science, line the walls. Standing in the midst of this cheery clutter is corporate executive turned newly certified grade-school teacher, Bill Cassell. "Like most... View Details

Keywords: Eileen McCluskey

17 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Tech for the People

free disaster-relief housing to neighbors in need. “It’s the first program of its kind in the US,” he notes. “I’m grateful to have had the chance to help add another resource to San José’s robust emergency response program.” That chance had come by way of a fellowship... View Details

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Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Questions for Hiring Organizations - Alumni

the organizational culture promotes or inhibits its employees in making their strongest contributions facilitated by a day-to-day working environment that empowers them to do so. Does your organization facilitate dialogue around race, whether by internal or external... View Details

03 Mar 2016
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3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)

the uncomfortable moments. The ability to have a difficult conversation is a necessary social skill that mature leaders have to develop. Knowing someone is deceptive is quite different from knowing the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Amy Sennett

Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, I was exposed to many international crises, but I felt that I didn’t have the hard skills to tackle problems in a tangible way.” In her second year in China, Amy worked with the dean of the Woodrow... View Details

11 Sep 2018
News

Bringing Government Up to Code

the foundations of our social safety net—making it easier, for example, for people to apply for food assistance or for probation officers to communicate with their parolees. On today's episode of Skydeck, Ingersoll talks with contributor... View Details

11 Jan 2024
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

photographer, so many of my favorite childhood and adult memories took place in national parks. I spent 80% of the pandemic going up and down parks along the Pacific Coast Highway. Using business skills to give back to an organization... View Details

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Breaking Through the Self-Doubt That Keeps Talented Women from Leading | Working Knowledge

whereas men don’t seem to worry about their skills matching the specific job requirements as much, according to research by Harvard Business School Associate Professor Katherine B. Coffman recently published in Management Science . Women... View Details

02 Oct 2000
What Do You Think?

What Lies Beyond NAFTA?

economies. The conclusion is that it has created jobs on both sides of the border while sharpening the ability of Mexican companies to compete. The Mexican business community is learning to cope not only with foreign competitors, but also with rising labor costs caused... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Diversity | Employment

Diversity Harvard Business School (HBS) is a community comprised of faculty, staff, students, and alumni all committed to welcoming and accepting individuals from diverse global and local communities. Our staff brings varying ethnic backgrounds, View Details

11 Apr 2018
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The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)

appreciated as well!” Do you use what you learned at HBS in your current work? “Every day. There are tangible ways that I use skills from HBS, when I reflect on lessons from marketing to try to figure out how to acquire more ‘customers’... View Details

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Loss Aversion, Diminishing Sensitivity, and the Role of Experience in Repeated Decisions

Three experiments are presented that explore the assertion that loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity drive the effect of experience on choice behavior. The experiments are focused on repeated choice tasks where decision makers choose repeatedly between... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Choices and Conditions; Mathematical Methods; Loss

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Fola Folowosele

developing a business skill set. Given my interest in utilizing business to drive social impact, HBS stood out to me because it is an institution that focuses on multiple bottom lines. I was also drawn to... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products

01 Jun 2012
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What Industrial Policy?

plants, you don’t need to employ highly skilled technicians to maintain equipment. Suppliers of production equipment also tend to cluster near manufacturing. (The countries with the highest production of machine tools—Germany, Japan,... 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

09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

Buried in the middle layers of many organizations resides a strata of highly skilled experts, from HR managers to risk evaluators, whose collective wisdom and experience could prove invaluable in informing strategic decisions at the... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

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