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17 Apr 2022
Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

defrauding investors. A sure sign of the ethical lapse at Theranos was that “people started asking questions, and they got fired,” Nelson says. Wells Fargo’s 2016 account fraud scandal, in which bank... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

changing corporate world beset by reorganization, downsizing, and recession. Of that group, the Bulletin asked four members of the class to share some of their views on sizing... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

April 2013
Article

Making a Difference Matters: Impact Unlocks the Emotional Benefits of Prosocial Spending

By: Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Ashley V. Whillans, Adam M. Grant and Michael I. Norton

When does giving lead to happiness? Here, we present two studies demonstrating that the emotional benefits of spending money on others (prosocial spending) are unleashed when givers are aware of their positive impact. In Study 1, an experiment using real... View Details

Keywords: Prosocial Spending; Prosocial Impact; Subjective Well Being; Donations; Happiness; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving

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01 Jun 2022
News

Vision: Into the Breach

for vulnerabilities in much the same way an attacker would. If those tests reveal chinks in an enterprise’s digital armor—obsolete servers, outdated software, lax protocols—then At-Bay’s security experts... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

that? What does my budget look like?’ If you’re being asked to do these important things, the first thing you’ll want to know is what resources you’re getting.” 2. What measures are used to evaluate that... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2009
News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

faculty-led immersions and the student-organized treks familiar to many HBS alums. “Part of the experience is asking students to go out and find a business problem or... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

Bridgeport. "It's not a perfect fit with our family's life plan," said Horton, alluding to the financial downside of a public sector salary, "but now is the time to follow my passion."... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2002
News

Thinking Inside the Box

it was made, how well it was made, and who made it.” Today, Atlas has operations in three states, 350 employees, and about $70 million in annual revenues. The Centenaris think Atlas is a decade away from becoming a $300 million business,... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Case Study: On the Table

When I worked for Ford Motor Company years ago, we partnered with UPS quite successfully for supply chain and logistics improvements. They should focus on their core business and let the experts help with... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

News in the News Biz

compete to ask questions of the same celebrity, politician, or entertainer is economic nonsense. Quality is not enhanced by these huge numbers of journalists assembled to hear and disseminate similar news.” View Details

22 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted

II model and wage data from Salary Expert to factor global and regional labor costs differences. ‘Nobody’s going to believe this’ The authors say their study is likely the most... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Computer; Information Technology; Technology

01 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Answers to Your Top Questions about Financial Aid at HBS

something that is already on your mind. To help you get the information you need, we connected with the Financial Aid team to help answer the most frequently View Details

09 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”

2010) and Karen Dillon, the book uses meaningful corporate and personal anecdotes to extoll the value of theory in finding and creating happiness. "You'll see that without theory, we're at sea without a... View Details

22 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make

For example, providers must check cancer patients undergoing radiation for pacemakers, which can malfunction during the treatment. Employees were asked to rank the likelihood... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Health

27 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Should I Pay the Bribe?

At Harvard Business School, one of professor Rafael Di Tella's areas of study is how political corruption and common crime can be controlled in a variety of contexts. So it was only natural that Di Tella would be asked to comment when... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell

01 Jun 2023
News

Research Brief: The Best Medicine

As it turns out, innovation doesn’t benefit everyone equally, and a new study tries to understand how that plays out in the pharmaceutical R&D process in the United States. “The numbers are striking,” says Associate Professor Joshua Schwartzstein, pointing to the fact... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

04 Mar 2024
What Do You Think?

Do People Want to Work Anymore?

Cottringer said, “The two best questions I was ever asked were (a) Do you think people are born good, bad, or neutral and (b) What is the most important thing you learned from one of your worst failures?”... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back

they should behave. First, they recruited about 800 participants to play a series of classic economics games. For instance, in one game, one player decides how to divide money between themselves and a partner. Then, participants were View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: The Money of Invention

Gompers and Josh Lerner ask in The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth. The authors answer the chicken-or-egg question,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Finance; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

produce healthcare together. If the patient does not participate, it limits what the doctor can accomplish. We are moving to a system where the individual must be engaged, or... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

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