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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 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

pandemic that has upended typical team communication. “Inclusive leaders are becoming really important as companies get bigger and more complex,” says Zou, whose research defines “inclusive” to mean managers who engage colleagues, often... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

05 Jun 2009
What Do You Think?

What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?

assumptions about the usefulness of various types of production. The presumption is that macroeconomic growth translates into greater top line opportunities for individual organizations. With no improvement in productivity, that means a... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

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Developing Instructor Style - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

styles are consistent with creating a learning environment that is simultaneously challenging and supportive. Mutual respect is essential along the way: striving for high standards in the case discussion should not mean demoralizing... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction

Credits “A river of red ink runs through American history.” — Lendol Calder, Financing the American Dream (2000) There is a myth of a lost golden age of economic virtue. Once upon a time, the story goes, people lived within their means... View Details

19 Apr 2023
News

A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

beneficial. "It really helps companies gain more traction quickly." For Saggioro Leal and Lemann, success for these startups means more than just a return on investment. They want to build a movement. The deeper mission of MAYA is to... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

product. For some families in Asia, however, a rice cooker is often the only means of cooking meals. To simulate that the experience, one student went two weeks eating only what he could cook in a rice cooker—breakfast, lunch, and dinner.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Feb 1999
News

Too Much of a Good Thing?

capacity can also mean serious difficulties for companies in afflicted markets and can bring with it - as the current global downturn reminds us - the risk of recession. It is sometimes difficult to understand, therefore, why this... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

of leadership and advanced career responsibilities, you almost always have choices. The real issue is not the availability of choices, but their consequences – many of the possibilities afforded us may mean compromises in our careers, our... View Details

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

Harvard Business School, the outcome doesn't mean the decision made was a good one. Knowing doesn't lessen the value of discussing the issues. "Executives fired for cause rarely go quietly. They usually sue to keep the money they... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

change the identity meanings associated with their brands in general, especially for a brand that has a long history of narrative and storytelling and suddenly wants to shift that narrative in a way that may not be comfortable to current... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto

17 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity

efficiency. In "Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity," the authors show that workers are especially productive on rainy days, simply because they're not tempted by the possibilities of a sunny day—a walk in the park, for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Nov 2015
Op-Ed

Authentic Leadership Rediscovered

LinkedIn, Google and increasingly networked communities means that every leader has the informal equivalent of a “Yelp” score that will come to light. If people see their leaders as trustworthy and willing to learn, followers will respond... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Jun 2011
News

Who Was George F. Baker?

Related Links Where Conservation Means Business In today’s media-saturated business world, it seems almost incomprehensible that a preeminent financier and philanthropist would remain virtually unknown to the public. Yet, near the end of... View Details

Keywords: Finance

2010
Book

Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down

By: John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead

You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it to the group but get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets in return. Before you know what's happened, your idea is dead,... View Details

Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Cost vs Benefits; Problems and Challenges; Interests; Value

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12 Oct 2022
News

When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

of whether someone will behave unethically. Two, among those who do cheat, cheating reduces levels of the hormone associated with psychological stress. In other words, people may use cheating as a means of relieving stress. The good news... View Details