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10 Jan 2020
Blog Post

PRIDE in the HBS Community

Carter Frazee (MBA 2021) The summer before I arrived at HBS, I had the same worries as everyone else: What would campus life be like? Would I find my community and make life-long friends? I was beyond... View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

When our team reached out to 600 CEOs during the pandemic’s early stages to ask them about their greatest concerns, many cited communication with employees. While the right... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

25 Apr 2022
News

Unicorns and Explosives: A Burning Ship Off Victoria’s Coast Hints at the Dangerous Secrets of Cargo Carriers

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

by the threat to the core business and encouraged by the CEO's personal involvement, the management team repeatedly View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

14 Jan 2022
News

Tsedal Neeley on Why We Need to Think of the Office as a Tool, with Very Specific Uses

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

demonstrated either busyness (“I have been working non-stop all week!”) or leisure (“Enjoying a long lunch break!”). The researchers then asked some 300 participants to rank Sally’s wealth and importance. On... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020) - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

22 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

they keep a larger fraction of the gains that they produce by keeping watch over management. "Shareholder activism" refers to the practice of holding managers accountable for View Details

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services

22 May 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Strategy-Proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match

Keywords: by Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. Pathak & Alvin E. Roth

07 Aug 2019
News

“The Star of the North”

Personal financial futures, and those of the generations that follow, are considered in every acquisition. How does Granite Equity find success stories like Microbiologics among the many businesses that call... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2011
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

through for him at a scary moment.” — Andy O’Brien, HBS Chief of Operations. (O’Brien, assisted by others, administered life-saving CPR to Howard Stevenson during a heart attack in front of Baker Library, January 2006.) “I asked Howard to... View Details

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

2000
Book

Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Environmental concerns can greatly affect business success, regardless of whether a business person or corporation shares those concerns. Today's corporate managers must understand the power of environmental issues, and shift their mindset from one focused on... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Environmental Management; Social Issues; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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22 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

CEO Succession: The Case at Ford

Q: Let me ask you one more question, and that is, putting on your expert strategist hat, Ford Motor Company's in trouble. It's losing a lot of money, in particular in North America. What's View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Auto; Employment

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

may not be experts on wine. Italian wineries also have begun to develop effective marketing and consumer education efforts for the U.S. market. The French, in particular, have... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

20 Feb 2014
News

Managing the World’s Trouble Spots

MacHour, who brought together the original group around the idea of EWB. Goodwin led the effort to turn their concept into reality and the group... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

offices in clear view, asks visitors to text their experiences to ipaidabribe.com. The data is automatically compiled into online reports. The case raises questions about... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

Uncovering the roots of innovation

with key actors in the local ecosystem. I am deeply grateful to the scientists, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, legal experts and policymakers who generously shared their... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

appointed joint interim directors, asking them “to step up and take more responsibility,” and gave more authority to her executive assistant to act as a gatekeeper for issues as they arose. “My number one thing is that I didn’t want to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

21 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

The $15 Billion Question: Have Loot Boxes Turned Video Gaming into Gambling?

banned some, arguing they are a game of chance, the paper finds. China has asked game producers to disclose to players the odds they face in finding different items before they... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Video Game; Media & Broadcasting

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

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