Concerns About Social Acceptance - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Mar 2016
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3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)

protesting them, providing inappropriate detail, detour statements, false smiles. The issue that I’m most concerned about right now is inside threat mitigation. Studies show that anywhere from 30 percent to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2020
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Making Democracy Work

A democratically elected government is essential to free-market capitalism—a strong democracy provides the foundation necessary for capitalism to benefit all, rather than only a few. Today, democracy is in decline around the world, and populism is on the rise, fed by... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness

bowing out of certain faculty meetings in which he no longer felt that he was adding value (and where it was socially acceptable to do so). He also stepped down from the editorial boards of four prestigious... View Details

20 Nov 2015
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Room to Grow

inspired by the work of Food Solutions New England, an organized network of agricultural experts, farmers, academics, concerned citizens, and regional grassroots organizations working to overcome barriers to increased local food... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson

On October 18, 1995, U.S. Army Captain Ray Jefferson was excited about his future. The West Point graduate had eagerly accepted challenging assignments commanding Ranger and Green Beret units in the United... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Dec 1996
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Starting Up and Starting Over

landlord, the entrepreneur, or the worker contributed most to England's prosperity. Later, as HBS Dean, Gay's primary duty was to prepare his students for their role in the administrative organization that was emerging as the business model in America. Yet Gay remained... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)

became especially concerned about local air and water quality when their first child was born in 1988. Together, they helped found the Environmental Media Association, designed to encourage writers,... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

01 Jun 2015
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Higher Ground

matter. This performance wasn’t going to be judged on technical proficiency or exacting execution. There was still no gas or drinking water in the Lower Ninth Ward. Tens of thousands of residents were still displaced. There was an ongoing national conversation View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2000
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Vivek Ranadivé

over the previous year. The company, which employs about one thousand workers worldwide, went public in July 1999; an article that appeared last February in Red Herring's online edition (www.redherring.com) noted that TIBCO's stock had... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Telecommunications; Information; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 1999
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Short Takes

writes. "By this definition, sustainability is intimately linked to the fundamental preoccupations of business managers: productivity, investment, and profit." Building on this logic, Reinhardt asserts that managers concerned View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

25 Aug 2022
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Action Plan: Fired Up

recognize the power of food and entertaining as a cultural trend.” Listen and learn. “The pandemic paused our live outreach events and created uncertainty about how we’d stay connected and relevant to consumers. Then a customer posted a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; company culture; barbecue; entertaining; food; marketing; brand

01 Mar 2004
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Reforming Company Boards

straight line, it will reduce the huge valuation swings that we’ve seen in the last three years. Greater transparency does not mean that all issues can or should be disclosed — otherwise a company could forfeit competitive advantage. Is a cultural shift needed in how... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services

11 Oct 2022
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On Balance

care, social assistance, and education versus mining, construction, and manufacturing.) “It’s a generational project to shift mindsets about traditional roles and traditional industries to drive gender... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jan 2002
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Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)

expected to work for a big company like Kodak for my entire career." Arthur D. Little, 1968-76 Becton, Dickinson and Co., 1976-94 Why HBS? "I learned that an engineer whose desk was close to mine at Kodak had been accepted by the School.... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

microscope by thousands of HBS students, tell it like it was and relate what they’ve learned and what they believe about being a leader. Toby Johnson Putting Her People First Whether leading in military or civilian life (bottom, at... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

25 Feb 2020
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Profits and Purpose

in its first year to 300 last year, taught in four sections by Henderson and George Serafeim, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration. Here, they talk about the shifting shape of leadership. How has the course evolved... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2019
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The HBS Fund

thrilled to be accepted to HBS, but she wondered how she would pay for it and how much debt she could handle. Generous financial aid enabled her to attend HBS, where she blogs about her MBA experience. She... View Details

04 Oct 2024
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On the Vineyard, Black Alumni Reconnect With Friends and HBS

The summer weather could not have been better on August 9, when 180 HBS alumni and guests converged on Martha’s Vineyard for “HBS on the Vineyard: A Summer Reception,” an event co-hosted by HBS External Relations and the HBS African-American Alumni Association... View Details