Escalation Of Commitment - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Mar 2022
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Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

future leaders. We are committed to furthering gender equity at HBS and beyond. We have an incredible list of sponsors who, through their funding and support, help us deliver extensive programming for all... View Details

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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

commitment strengthens the group’s relationships and enhances the sense of support within the Circle. *While the program is in support of alumnae (women), it is open to all HBS... View Details

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Our Values | About

inconsistent with our most fundamental values; as humans, we must condemn them. The atrocities carried out were heinous and they have left the Israeli and Jewish members of our community, and all of us,... View Details

10 Aug 2023
News

Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism Appoints Alumna as President

The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS) recently announced that Tara Levine (MBA 2001) will serve as its first president. Founded in 2019 by Robert Kraft (MBA 1965), chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group, FCAS addresses the rise in antisemitism in the United States... View Details

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Case Services - Faculty & Research

with faculty to maintain records of their research papers and publications as well as provide a wide audience of educators and practitioners around the globe access to their research. Services The team View Details

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Course Overview - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Courses Course Overview Course Overview In keeping with the mission of Harvard Business School—to educate leaders who make a difference in... View Details

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

do not inspire. Leaders who have proven that they will listen by going through this (sometimes very unnerving) process earn their people’s trust and commitment which, in turn, boosts company performance. Key to the success and survival... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

18 Jan 2023
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Career Planning and Development: Interview with Career Coach Wendi Zhang (MBA/MPP 2013)

HBS career coaches are committed to helping MBA students and alumni realize their unique career visions. They are trained to assist with all aspects of the career development process including... View Details

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Hiring International Students

(OPT). In addition, many international students opt into the Management Science track through course selection and demonstrate a commitment to STEM-focused careers. An added benefit for these F-1 international students is eligibility for... View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

However, we also heard that restaurateurs remained steadfastly committed to their goal of nurturing and nourishing people, providing a place of succor and community in a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

their employees during these difficult times? About the authors Boris Groysberg is the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Robin Abrahams is a research associate at HBS. [Image: RyanJLane]... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

What Makes a Good Leader?

change the whole ant farm. But such a construction, those interviewed for this article agree, erroneously leads to a bimodal way of looking at something that should really be evaluated on two separate scales. "Everybody has got a... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young

03 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

to be depleted in “bad” times. Instead, issuing domestic debt while accumulating reserves acts as a hedge against external shocks. A quantitative exercise of the Brazilian economy suggests this strategy to be effective for smoothing... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Nov 2019
News

The Ritual Effect

enhance feelings of control, which reduces grief; in business negotiations, enacting rituals like handshaking can increase feelings of trust, which enables better working relationships. And the list goes on:... View Details

Keywords: rituals

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

downsides, starting with the loss of affordable housing and the tearing apart of established communities. The escalation in housing prices often forces the poorest residents to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Sep 2017
Blog Post

HBS Startup Bootcamp and Founders Unfiltered

this podcast was also an opportunity to open up and share my story. So I decided to commit the final section of each episode to just that, revealing the slip-ups I had made, what kept me up at night, and how... View Details

24 May 2021
Op-Ed

Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?

COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Shelly Xu; Fashion

29 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

down, his intelligence dims and his memory becomes less quick, so that he risks committing many errors in his business.” “In a sense, these are very early concepts of corporate social responsibility,” says... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

08 Feb 2023
News

Alumni-Cofounded Company Sells to CVS for $10.6 Billion

Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn The Wall Street Journal reported this week that health care giant CVS has agreed to purchase Oak Street Health, a “network of value-based primary care centers for adults on Medicare” that was... View Details

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Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

systemic pressures related to our theme: race, capitalism and democracy. We aimed to host a thoughtful conversation about these themes, the crises we are facing today, and how we, as a community of scholars and thoughtful practitioners... View Details

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