Family and Family Relationships - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

In a 2012 Harvard Business School case on corruption at German conglomerate Siemens AG, Peter Solmssen —brought in to clean house —reflects on how people approach a business bribe. "The stupid ones say, very simply, what are you going to do for me?" says Solmssen,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

A recent conference at Harvard Business School addressed the on-the-ground reality of women leaders 50 years after the first women were admitted to the School's two-year MBA Program. And the reality is that women leaders are stuck—for... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Market for Babies

hugely personal, hugely emotional transaction. They don't want to see their family life as the stuff of markets. And they definitely don't want outsiders looking over their shoulders. View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

on the grounds that the immunity of the Catholic Church in England was granted in the Magna Carta and even in Henry's own coronation oath. A family man, More enjoyed his life View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

himself to return to the family business. In his second year in the MBA Program, Goldberg cross-registered for a course "across the river" with Professor John D. Black, a prominent agricultural economist who became his mentor... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

06 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine

co-founder of Humu and a former people analytics manager at Google. Get off the couch, even during a pandemic While routines have helped many people stay productive and support their View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

08 Jan 2014
What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

Summing Up Does Social Equality Improve Productivity? Inequality in our society is an important and growing issue. It prompted a debate among respondents to this month's column about the causes, specifically the role played by innovation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?

more densely populated places like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City for the countryside early in the pandemic. Some purchased or rented a second house; some stayed at their weekend getaway or decamped to a View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

29 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers

looking at. Increasingly, viewers are doubling up on entertainment with a second media device in their hand or on their lap to complement—and compete—with the television. In 2012, Nielsen found that close to 40 percent of smartphone and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Sports

29 Apr 2020
Book

The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages

Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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