behavioral change - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2011
News

Greek Drama

further austerity measures. “What we need the most,” he declared, “is a change in policy mix so that we can regenerate recovery, reduce the deficit, and service our debt.” Added Samaras, “I am prepared to negotiate and take the... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

09 Mar 2021
News

Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

Mills considers the complexities of a school administrator’s job, she says it’s not enough to be just a great manager or instructional leader. “You have to be able to marry the two because you can’t have one without the other and truly effect View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Oct 1997
News

Short Takes

Green Stuff: Value, Risk, and Environmental Management Environmental issues increasingly influence companies in their approach to fundamental business concerns. How these matters play out in terms of corporate behavior is the subject of a... View Details

18 Jun 2007
Op-Ed

Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field

dual-reporting system in the United States, the debate over changing this system to one where conformity would be more common, the international experience with increased conformity, evidence on the View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai

15 Dec 2024
News

Editor's Letter

Illustration by Antonio Giovanni Pinna Illustration by Antonio Giovanni Pinna Change is hard. I am reminded of this every time I get a new laptop and there are new, generational expectations that require me to hunt down videos of overly caffeinated youths walking me... View Details

01 Nov 2018
News

The Power of Civility

that approach in civility, I don't believe that we can turn to somebody else and say, “you need to be more civil.” It has nothing to do with that. It only has to do with how we behave and how we convey our thoughts and our actions and our deeds. By setting that... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

successful capital campaign, as the dean who has steered HBS Publishing through a challenging digital transition, and as a committed and engaging teacher — that it’s easy to forget that Howard is first and foremost a brilliant scholar. He’s View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Mar 2021
News

Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education

leaders, averages 14 projects a year with between 35 and 50 alumni volunteers. While the pandemic changed the way things were done, it didn’t stop the work. “We were able to have more interaction with our clients via Zoom, and in some... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Mar 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York

interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate change and environmental sustainability to racial equity and social and... View Details

24 Feb 2022
News

Using a Mantra to Be a More Inclusive Leader

01 Dec 2007
News

Wells to Lead IMD

HBS Professor of Management Practice John Wells (MBA ’79, DBA ’84) has been named the new president of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), in Lausanne, Switzerland, effective this spring. Beginning in the 1980s, Wells served as a... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 2002
News

Karen Tumulty Reports on America

they don't always translate well into politics, Tumulty believes, "in part because politicians are held to a level of second-guessing and criticism that no corporate executive would tolerate." Since Tumulty's days at the Light, the media industry has View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

22 Nov 2024
News

Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2007
News

Profiles from the class of 2007

has shown a similar ease when it comes to changing course. Although she studied chemical engineering at University College Dublin, she went to work for McKinsey & Co. in 2001. Stints in private equity and commercial banking followed, as... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

relatively high costs for labor and energy as well as the investment and time required to build factories in a country that has much more stringent environmental standards. “COVID-19 has changed only a few of the variables across... View Details

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

01 Sep 2004
News

Promise & Perils

firms to large capital-intensive enterprises, such as banking, telecommunications, mining, and transportation. By the late 1980s, many had developed a good deal of autonomy. Twenty-five years of economic reform have changed the structure... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Mar 2020
News

How Reader’s Digest Became a Digital-first Multimedia Brand

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

others feel that the growing attention to the deeper meaning of work is part of a significant change occurring in the way work is being perceived and structured. As Peter Vaill notes, social and economic conditions in recent years have... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Jun 2004
News

Save the Dates

2004 HBS Global Leadership Forum: “From the Commanding Heights to the Market: The Changing Face of Business” Shanghai, China June 15–17, 2004 Fall 2004 Reunions/1908 Society (MBA classes that graduated sixty years ago and beyond), MBA... View Details