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- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting
time and resources into this important work. Review Job Descriptions Job descriptions have always been an important element of the hiring process. They serve as a marketing tool to attract candidates and the language used can unconsciously tell people or groups that... View Details
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Affinity Groups | Employment
and to help employees manage unexpected disruptions of work or study. Thinking about day care options? Harvard has a wide variety of child care centers , including one right on the HBS campus.... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-099.pdf Mobilizing Culture for Public Action: Community Participation and Child Rights in Rural Uttar Pradesh By: Mangla, Akshay... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
group! There are organizations that can provide important links in almost every major metropolitan area, so if a women really wants to raise venture capital, and she's in the right industry, she has the View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
“I’m going to make some humble suggestions. I’m not a doctor and I don’t play one on TV either. I have very little credibility here,” he joked. “But I do know something about consumers and consumer behavior.” Quelch recalled how different grocery shopping was in the... View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
PublicationsHas the Shift to Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Promoted Technology Transfer, FDI, and Industrial Development? Authors:Lee Branstetter, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi Publication:The WIPO Journal: Analysis and Debate... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
"Work/Life Balance: Are We Comfortable with the Choices We Make?" moderated by HBS professor Robin Ely, discussed their work/life decisions and the repercussions of those decisions at the 12th Annual Dynamic Women in Business Conference held at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
people. I have been working with them for the last 70 years of my life,” says Bermek, who has worked as a human rights activist in the country and the region for the last twenty years after a long career in business. “We are not taking... View Details
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
like we got X donations, and we took care of 1,000 children at a cost of $80 a child, which is less than $120 a child spent by comparable organizations. Even that amount of reporting would be very useful, but it is not the norm. By and... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
was one of the first days of his tenure, and already novice HBS Dean John McArthur was facing a group of fired-up students with a bone to pick. Where, the students wanted to know, was the Starting New Ventures course, listed right there... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
discriminatory practices engaged in by one's organization. "Far too many of us, having achieved a certain level, will not reach out to help others," Graves declared. To be truly successful, he said, "you will have to stand up for what's View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
the numbers, that's becoming less and less true." —Stacey Childress STUDENT-CENTRIC SCHOOLS "Our old system worked well enough for an industrial-based economy. In a knowledge-based economy, we need an individualized, personalized approach that can educate every View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
ask because they’re naturally more curious, given that curiosity peaks at ages four and five. “When my child asks, ‘Why is the sky blue?’ I turn it around and say, ‘Why do you think it’s blue? How can we find the answer?’ Maybe before the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009
Persuasion Author: Eric J. Van den Steen Abstract This paper studies a principal's trade-off between using persuasion versus using interpersonal authority to get the agent to "do the right thing" from the principal's perspective... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
point of view, right? If you're looking for a college you want to know that your child is going to be well cared for there, that they're going to have a good experience. The students themselves are thinking about, “I want to go to a place... View Details
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
panic.—Edward Degas, artist But Tony is living the life of a wind-up toy, going through the motions of being a good father, a loving son, a good husband, a charming politician, and a resolute friend. He can say just the right things in... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
her own physician. Reflecting on his background, Shetty wrote on his Web site that he became a doctor because of the recurrent illnesses of his parents. As a child he lived in fear that he would lose his mother; his father, a diabetic,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
17, 1991) Its schools are found in some of the world's toughest neighborhoods—in Iraq, India, and the United States—because SABIS and its president, Carl Bistany, believe every child deserves a chance. SABIS is a for-profit education... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
took care of 1,000 children at a cost of $80 a child, which is less than $120 a child spent by comparable organizations. Even that amount of reporting would be very useful, but it is not the norm. By and large the reporting focuses on the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
that drives economic advancement and development. It’s a process she’d eventually like to go home and be part of: “I believe,” she says, “in South Africa and its future.” —GE Rob Sundy Sundy at Harvard Stadium. Rob Sundy describes himself at age 12 as lucky and... View Details