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- 07 Aug 2015
- News
Boston Mayor Appoints ‘Chief of Streets’ to Oversee Transportation, Public Works
Keywords: Government
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Cooper Elected Alumni Board President
Peter J. Cooper (MBA ’75) is the new president of the HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors. President and CEO of Scienta Health Inc., in Toronto, Cooper is the first international president of the Alumni Board and will serve for two years. He joined the board in... View Details
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
Typically, this involves looking closely at the roles and decision rights of various parts of the business, as well as changing the behavior of people at all levels. Public, organization-wide conversations... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
examines non-price competition among colleges to attract highly qualified students, exploiting the South Korean setting where the national government sets rules governing applications. We identify some basic facts about the behavior of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2020
- News
Find Your Allies
for Educational Opportunity changed her mind. The program, which offers educational and career support to students from underserved communities, helped Harris realize something: she loved finance. “I was 19 years old and there I was,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
things with an independent lens and facilitate conversations between the board and the executives, which might not otherwise happen in a constructive way." CHANGING LANDSCAPE "I think there is much more of a focus on outcomes and outcomes... View Details
- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
we don't associate leadership with women. I thought if that is true, then I can treat that mistake the way I treat other mistakes people make." This meant applying insights from the behavioral economics toolbox. The research team was... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
CEO. Choosing a CEO is arguably the board’s most important function, and boards need to pay attention to candidates’ ethical fit as well as their business and technical skills. The case is also a reminder that society’s expectations for leaders’ View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
those tactics which do not require the influencer to change the economic or structural aspects of the bargaining situation in order to persuade the target; (2) Review prior research on behavioral decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
deeply ingrained fidelity to certain brands — the kind of loyalty that our parents’ generation felt toward even mundane brands like Tide detergent or Miracle Whip or Sony televisions — is definitely in peril, at least in my opinion. Why is that? One of the drivers of... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
Human Services (HHS) department last year when the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) first alerted officials about the coming pandemic. “All of our roles changed that day,” said Mango. “By March, we had taken the lead on finding what we... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
rebuild the education system. And for that, we'll have to recognize what’s changed for the educators on the front lines, and the kids who need their support. What are you hearing from teachers in terms of how they're approaching their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
make judgments. In this case, I do plead guilty to betraying my sex. Who is your audience, and has it changed over the years? It’s 70 percent male, in their 20s to 50s. They’ve been hammered by job loss and underemployment. The core... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- News
Beating Pain with Brain Power
help patients at the time, in a procedure, how to cope with pain while they have a chance to still get drugs, to practice that while you guide them, it changes the way they process pain. “If you look at the uses of hypnotic interventions,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Taking the Plunge
traditional toilets, and they’re innovative in so many other areas, like special antibacterial glazes and low water consumption. Do they really need to pursue a strategy for the Washlet?” TOTO faces a few hurdles, notes Tripsas. The first and perhaps most obvious is... View Details
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leadership in Challenging Times
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Students Help Rebuild New Orleans
leadership by doing in addition to discussing cases in the classroom. “It gives us an opportunity to really put the HBS mission statement to work and take a leadership role by looking at how to leverage our expertise in a socially relevant way,” he says. “To have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
Francisco Bay; dressed in Prada and Manolo’s; and had the token perfect child at home with a nanny. How times have changed in ten years. I now sheepishly drive a grimy, carbon-coughing Suburban and shop at Target. My primary professional... View Details
- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Enabling The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Dreams
at HBS, Ng is exploring media investing or starting a media company, furthering an interest that began with documentary filmmaking in college. “I’d love to start a company that utilizes media and technology to change the way people... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Turning Point: Network Effects
measuring up, especially from those who by most conventional measures had indeed measured up. Many offline conversations spun out of that; moments of honesty and openness did an amazing amount of good. It’s an experience that dovetails with Give an Hour’s View Details
Keywords: Bruce Shuttleworth (MBA 1997)