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09 Nov 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Securities Litigation Risk for Foreign Companies Listed in the US

Keywords: by Beiting Cheng, Suraj Srinivasan & Gwen Yu

10 Dec 2009
Working Paper Summaries

State Owned Entity Reform in Absence of Privatization: Reforming Indian National Laboratories and Role of Leadership

Keywords: by Prithwiraj Choudhury & Tarun Khanna

07 Jun 2021
Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

the donors and for the organization. For the donor, you are introducing them to new ways to contribute to society and enabling them to feel better about themselves. You are bringing enrichment and context into their lives. For the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Demonstration Policy | About

intellectual honesty, respect for the dignity of others, and openness to constructive change. The rights and responsibilities exercised within the community must be compatible with these qualities. In the context of a University, reasoned... View Details

10 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself

how do we truly show up at our best and bring our ideas forward no matter what the context is? Boz [Bozoma Saint John] has really done that, loudly and effectively. Gazette: What does it mean to be a badass? Gino: It means having the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

16 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem

fair-ranking algorithms can be helpful in increasing the number of underrepresented candidates selected. However, their effectiveness is dampened in those job contexts where employers have a persistent gender preference,” the researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

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Openings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

instructor opening. Please see Questioning, Listening, and Responding and Cold Calls for advice on the other parts of the opening call. The instructor opening serves three objectives: Provide Context and Connect One of the most powerful... View Details

25 May 2021
Research & Ideas

White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?

Indeed, Zhang’s research found that prior to launching the algorithm in 2015, Airbnb’s white hosts made $12.16 more per day than Black hosts, according to the study, Can an AI Algorithm Mitigate Racial Economic Inequality? An Analysis in the View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Accommodations

13 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

companies to expand their brands. FGI teaches you how to grab a blank sheet of paper and innovate in the globally competitive 21st century economy. You will exercise your leadership skills and 200+ cases of classroom experience in a View Details

07 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

cost of evacuations or be wider to ensure every possible scenario is taken into account. In business, that could mean weighing the cost of not having enough stock to meet demand versus carrying excess stock. “That’s a tradeoff, and the View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation

18 Apr 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Pooling on Throughput Time in Discretionary Work Settings: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay

Keywords: by Hummy Song, Anita L. Tucker & Karen L. Murrell; Health

2024
Book

Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You

By: Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall and Kathy E. Kram

Retirement, as a major life transition, can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. Written by acclaimed authors in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book goes beyond the typical financial and health-related advice on retirement,... View Details

Keywords: Retirement

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11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

pay close attention to what is happening to consumers' lives in the context of the larger environment—not only their stated preferences, but their hopes, dreams, wallets, lifestyles, and values. Second, keep an equally close eye on the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

public companies, which enabled family ownership and control and most of the past traditions of the former partnerships to continue with little hindrance. This was not exceptional in the corporate context of Britain of this period — the... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Retailers" with Ron Berman ( Marketing Science , 2022). Shunyuan Zhang : Nominated for the 2022 John D. C. Little Award for “Frontiers: Can an AI Algorithm Mitigate Racial Economic Inequality? An Analysis in the Context of Airbnb” (... View Details

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Outdoor Spaces | About

Outdoor Spaces The founders of HBS created a unique context for management education—one in which the physical environment reflects and reinforces the School’s participant-centered learning model through a residential campus. Outdoor... View Details

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

it is both, depending on such things as the level of complexity, stage of the decision-making process, the purpose of the decision, the context in which the choice is made, whether we are deciding or rationalizing the decisions we've... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

ones for different contexts 5-6 hrs Module 5 Identifying and Managing Risks Describe and identify common risks businesses face and create systems for managing and mitigating them. Highlights Your Business's Overall Level of Risk... View Details

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Vicarious Learning in Organizations

To advance the study of how individuals learn through their interactions with others, Professor Myers has adopted a vicarious learning theory lens. Vicarious learning allows individuals to learn from the outcomes of others’ experiences, rather than solely their own... View Details

Keywords: Learning And Development; Learning; Health Industry

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