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- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
very presumptuous for business schools ... to feel they should 'weed out' or 'license' the moral credentials of students." Alexander Magoun echoed this view when he asked, "Would it not benefit society and corporate culture as a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)
reminders set to get up from her desk at regular intervals and to make sure she’s drinking enough water. Stephan echoes this point and emphasizes how important little breaks can be for your day so that you aren’t at your computer from the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)
this, Fong has reminders set to get up from her desk at regular intervals and to make sure she’s drinking enough water. Stephan echoes this point and emphasizes how important little breaks can be for your day so that you aren’t at your... View Details
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
frontal assaults against armies that are ten times your size. Those are suicide missions," echoes David Peterschmidt, Inktomi's CEO. Rule Three: Plan And Be Prepared To Pivot It is a common fallacy that fast-moving companies like the... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
with a call to the business community that other speakers would echo as well: get involved. “Traditionally the business community in America has been the most powerful consistent voice in favor of openness toward the world, including... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
less like a game of Russian roulette; high prices and grumpy drivers were all too common. “People didn’t trust the Malaysian taxi system,” says Anthony Tan, echoing criticisms of Jakartan taxis and ojek. Tan recalls the early days of the... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing
responsibilities” said Renee. Kristen echoed this point and emphasized that “time to actual ownership matters.” For other subsectors of manufacturing including transportation & logistics, airlines, and aerospace & defense,... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 28 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life
“Support from CEOs made me know that the wellbeing and success of LGBTQ+ talent was on their mind and a priority.” Paul Donaher (MBA 1981) echoed the point about senior leadership support and offered a suggestion on how to build that... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
religion, to continue to prosper economically. We must welcome refugees from exactly the regions banned by the executive order to uphold our society's core values. The exclusionary nature of Donald Trump's order echoes some of our... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
agreement, the equivalent of a prenuptial. It’s a much more robust team. They’ve been able to anticipate where there might be divergences and head them off at the pass. So lots of echoes that we have across those two domains, and the more... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
perspective to interpret/appreciate the information can (produce) negative energy that is avoidable ." Peter Lee echoed the thought this way: Management must "work to improve trust before emphasizing transparency; transparency... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Technology
goal of building a successful career while making a positive difference in the world. Molly echoed this point, saying that students are less concerned about what has been defined as a fun culture and instead “want to feel like the company... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
workers trained on such software was taking on work that used to be done in the workshops. The seemingly anecdotal homers encapsulated micro-struggles for recognition, ones in which the identity threats that craftsmen were facing were challenged. These artifacts View Details
- Profile
David A. Frankel
his wife, “I need a total change and this HBS thing is unfinished business.” He packed up, flew to Boston in the fall of 2001 and arrived on campus with the words of his peers echoing in his head. “A lot of people said `You are a lunatic.... View Details
- 28 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Managing Your Health and the Recruiting Process: Advice from HBS Alumni
echoes these thoughts. “My personal experience was that there was a lot of fear and apprehension keeping it to myself, but finally once I said it out loud, I found out almost everybody had some relationship with ADHD and most people were... View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
Free Speech at Google In August 2017, Google fired James Damore, a 28-year-old software engineer who had been employed by the company since 2013. The move came after Damore penned an internal company memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
viewing everyone as a customer, you fundamentally change the nature of the value proposition that exists between you and the entities with whom you interact."2 This theme is echoed in another recent book, Everyone Is a Customer:... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward
Institutional Voice guidelines, limiting official statements on public matters, has been widely welcomed as appropriate and timely. The Presidential Task Force reports echo many of the recommendations of the HBS groups I shared with our... View Details
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals
according to the Olmsted brothers' initial landscaping plan, contrasts pleasingly with the buildings' red brick and echoes their white painted trim. White-flowered shrubs and trees such as Japanese barberry, white fringe trees, and... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
about the possibility of such hard-charging professionals turning off. "It has to be this way," explained one consultant, echoing many of his colleagues. "It is the nature of the work. Clients pay huge sums of money and... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow