Exercise - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2012
News

Curb Your Smartphone Habit

learning, and creative collaboration—goals that have been studied and written about from many different angles over the years. What’s novel about this exercise is that it uses personal issues as the catalyst to change work habits in ways... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; smartphones; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Telecommunications; Information

01 Apr 1996
News

"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs

the permanent sections that will carry them through the required curriculum," Schlesinger notes. "Through exercises in teamwork, applied personal skills, and project management, we provided both the process and project expertise that... View Details

14 Jun 2016
First Look

June 14, 2016

parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise calibrated to Brazil finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to be economically substantial, and the optimal rule to not entail a countercyclical fiscal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2022
News

Clean Slate

90 percent ownership of a toilet or access to a toilet. So, you can build toilets, but how do you get people to use them? You have a huge communication exercise by government, by NGOs, by players, trying to ensure that people understood... View Details

Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Dec 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

presents up-to-date scientific research findings that explain why we have unwanted habits (for example, inappropriate angry outbursts, procrastination, breaking a diet, or abandoning an exercise program) and why they are so hard to... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

pay back ill-gotten gains from option exercises that preceded accounting restatements — and longer vesting would be great. Another significant step would be to expense stock options, which would make their costs more evident and more... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

numbers, a way of mobilizing support and negotiating from a position of greater influence. [ ] Few organizations decide issues by vote, but every senior leader understands the risks of acting in opposition to many voices speaking in unison. Do You Use Your Network to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/902412-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-012 ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

these charges removed from the credit card ecosystem. Meanwhile, this holiday shopping season users ought to exercise special caution. A link promising extra savings may not be what it seems. Be careful even at trusted sites: Sites as... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation

27 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

Reasoning from Multiple Moralities Harvard Business School Module Note 607-072 No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607072 The Prince Summary: Exercising Authority... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

proposals. It's important to know when to declare a winner, especially when relationships are involved. New MBAs sometimes learn this lesson to their regret when recruiters rescind job offers in the face of demands for special perks. In negotiation, as in life, there's... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

Web

Commencement 2017 Address | About

yet powerful principle: at a minimum, do no harm. You can exercise your responsibility to help rebuild trust not only by the big decisions you make leading organizations, but also by the smaller interactions you have every day.... View Details

17 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Resisting the Seductions of Success

flow of success and safeguard a sphere of autonomy in which they can think and live for themselves. This quest for autonomy should not be mistaken for an exercise in selfishness or a romantic rejection of society or the system.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

solely financial or technological, but "very personal — it depends on you and what you bring to the opportunity." The cases and exercises then marched through "the parameters of a well-designed, de novo business," she... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

15 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 15

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112031-PDF-ENG Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (B) Suraj Srinivasan and Amy KaserHarvard Business School Supplement 112-051 "Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (B)" is a supplementary exercise... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 7

decided to exercise their discretionary power to award five top executives a bonus for 2008, even though they had not met the necessary performance measures under the compensation plan. Proxy advisors RiskMetrics and the British... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2024
News

Back to School

There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Jun 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

education, travel and media industries. For the reader who wants down-to-earth guidance about how to be a successful leader, the book does more than just talk about the significance of leadership intelligence. It features a wealth of practical View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2022
News

June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

intelligence that are necessary when the issues at stake are a greater sense of meaning and commitment. The book leads the reader through a series of exercises designed to uncover a rich understanding and appreciation for what each of the... View Details