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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS
development in our culture and our society that is going to change the world," said Clark, who backed up his words with an invitation to hold the event at HBS again next fall. On the first full day of the forum, the real business began as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Faculty Updates
Change (2000). He led the development of the School's first required course in human resource management in the 1980s and then cowrote Managing Human Assets (1984), the first book to frame human resource management as a general management... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
“The tone most Americans bring to discussions of Africa is one of pity; pity for people who are poor and helpless,” says Teresa Clarke (MBA 1988, JD 1987, AB 1984). Clarke is working to change that: eliminating those preconceptions by... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
(like employee satisfaction). Those are fine for understanding individual perceptions, but aren’t so good at quantifying real behavioral responses and organizational performance outcomes from open offices. The gap between perceptions and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Admit It: You’re in Denial
escape denial. But there are telltale signs of it in an organization. And if you don’t spot it, you can’t fight it. Ask yourself: 1. What happens to the bearer of bad news? Does your firm “shoot the messenger”? Doing so doesn’t change... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
commitment to ethical behavior was the only way to right the ship. “You have to tackle problems head on and fix them,” says McNerney, who tested his crisis management chops again when confronting delays, cost overruns, and reliability... View Details
- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
the immediate persuasiveness of ads, it isn't much help to measure their impact over time. The only way to truly determine the efficacy of display ads versus search ads is to watch the effects over time, and to see how modifications in budget allocations View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- News
Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year
challenging the ways the club itself can evolve to provide the best services and opportunities to its members in a rapidly changing world. Gautam Ramchandani (MBA 1977) Gautam Ramchandani (MBA 1977) "In this, our one hundredth year, we've... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
while at HBS, sparked by a case she coauthored with Professor Geoffrey Jones on female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana tells the true story of an entrepreneurial young woman succeeding in Taliban-ruled Kabul. It became a bestseller.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 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
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on employees, customers, communities, and the environment. But changing an organization’s DNA may require upending the existing business model and lowering profitability,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
same behaviors described as “random behaviors.” Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51401 Financial Regulation in a Quantitative Model of the Modern Banking System By: Begenau, Juliane, and Tim Landvoigt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
"This is an historic day," noted Argentina's President Fernando de la Rúa, the guest of honor at the inaugural dinner of the School's Latin America Research Center (LARC) in Buenos Aires. "We are opening up communication," de la Rúa stated. "Knowledge is the factor... View Details
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
behavior by providing a reward or, in this case, a penalty is meant to provoke one’s extrinsic motivation. This type of motivation, while effective, is often more effective if accompanied by intrinsic motivation—the inherent desire to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Job One: Alumni Engagement
Third, a subcommittee examined the structure and approach of the Club Officers’ Roundtable held at HBS each spring and recommended several changes, including a name change to Clubs Leadership Conference. The HBS Global Leadership Forum... View Details
Keywords: Peter Cooper
- 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
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
France. An example of special interest will be the widespread laws against the buying and selling of organs for transplantation. The historical record suggests that while repugnance can change over time, it can persist for a very long... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2018
- News
The Work-Life Balancing Act
spend more time with kids. There is no right answer to these questions, but there is a right answer for you and your family. And the answer starts with honesty and openness with yourself and each other. What do each of you really want? Ask the question frequently, as... View Details
- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
business there? What should they watch out for? What opportunities are ripe for exploration? A: In all areas of greater China, understanding the local systems, the role of government regulation, and the behavior of suppliers, customers,... View Details
- 12 May 2015
- News
A Flash of Insight
When American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on the bright, sunny morning of September 11, 2001, it set off a chain of dark events that would kill 3,000 people and change forever the way many Americans... View Details