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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration Bringing climate change down to earth (and actionable) means focusing on cities in which nearly all the salient issues intersect. Metropolitan areas are beginning to ramp up actions in the... View Details
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
image. The relationship between the two is rich with meaning and resonance and becomes the arena for navigating the empirical, aesthetic, and ethical dimensions of authentic and compelling narrative. To our minds, portraiture is a perfect... View Details
- 07 May 2014
- What Do You Think?
How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?
prosperity for everyone." David Wittenberg added, "Experience shows that income inequality need not lead to disaster, provided that there are fair means for the poor to achieve their aspirations." Donna succinctly asked,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
his History of American Democracy course. “We’re looking at history as not just a series of things that happened, but as a series of things that are about to happen,” says Moss. That means considering the choices the individuals—real... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 29 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family
When your boss asks you to meet with clients for last-minute drinks, are you tempted to clear your calendar, even if it means missing your child’s piano recital? If so, you’re among the many professionals who tend to prioritize... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- 12 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment
managers who act as gatekeepers spot breakthrough ideas that are brushed aside by experts? First, realize feasibility and novelty are two distinct parts of an idea—one doesn’t necessarily mean the other isn’t worthy of consideration, Lane... View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Levered Banks By: Juliane Begenau & Erik Stafford JUN 2016 The choice of relatively high leverage as a means to reduce the overall cost of capital by many banking practitioners is interpreted as folly by some, and defended by others as a... View Details
- 07 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Art of Haggling
I think we're obliged to give our students a realistic picture of how the world can sometimes work." To be effective, he says, negotiators must be adept at both styles of negotiating. That doesn't need to mean going for the jugular,... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
When the dust settled, Luca determined that each ratings star added on a Yelp review translated to anywhere from a 5 percent to 9 percent effect on revenues (depending on the control variables and means of estimation)—more than he had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
- 03 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'
turns out that the people who created the internet, primarily White men, didn’t classify or tag themselves as anything. This means that when you ask the AI system – which uses information up to the year 2020—to show an image of a white... View Details
Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
of some $65 billion and their number and the amount invested are growing quickly (more than a fourfold increase in the past 3 years) 279 More funds mean more competition, and some funds are now closing. Investment banks run sessions for... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
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Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives
are important to discuss. If there's a big, gnarly problem on the agenda, you may need to do some pre-meeting legwork—or pursue some post-meeting conversations to ensure you understand the issue. Delivering value means more than just... View Details
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
not just that one person is both talking and listening, it means that there is a real sort of back and forth where the act of listening actually changes what you think and say," Slind explains. "As your company gets larger, that gets more... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Feb 2024
Diverse Perspectives: Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS
It's Socioeconomic Inclusion Week at HBS - what does it mean to be first generation, low-income (FGLI)? Hear from a panel of current students as they share their personal stories and experiences at HBS. This webinar is open to all... View Details
- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
come from diverse sources Chief among the recommendations from Grushka-Cockayne and her colleagues is aggregating several probability forecasts, typically from between five and 10 experts. Ideally, those experts should have some diversity, View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
business world. What is your outlook for the stock market over the next five years? I am optimistic. That doesn't mean there won't be bumps in the road, but you've got low inflation, enhanced productivity, a broadening market in that... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 16 Nov 2010
- News
The HBS Tunnels
startled by coming across homeless people sleeping in the Weeks footbridge tunnel. If you remember some facet of tunnel life not mentioned here, by all means tell us about it. Many thanks from an innocuous tunnel interloper. View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- 19 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control
"Lack of control is scary to brand managers," Avery says. "It means other people are setting the brand's agenda. I don't think the role of the brand manager will become obsolete, but it has to change. It's not enough just... View Details
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
design, and set-up. In a nutshell, what do these elements mean individually and together? Should a negotiator weigh them equally, especially under time pressure? A: Whether your focus should be on one or a combination of tactics at the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace