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18 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers

charging exorbitant fees on low-income checking accounts, the researchers say. They should “focus instead on lowering their costs,” Williams says. In addition, policymakers should take a closer look at which financial services best meet... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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Academics - Health Care

business plan for a global business innovation in health care that can better meet these needs. Students generally already have ideas for business plans that they want to pursue. Course Catalog Listing Innovating in Health Care Innovating... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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J. Hughes Norton III

There will be endless meetings with tournament promoters and sponsors from around the world, with representatives from the companies whose products his clients endorse, and with Tiger and his other player-clients. "To be successful,"... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

28 Sep 2023

HBS Information Session in Nairobi

Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to... View Details

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

Attempt to make the committees as large as possible—never less than five.” “Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.” “Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.” “Refer back to matters decided upon at the last View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

29 Jan 2018
Book

How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

forward. In this way, roles emerged and shifted as the teaming went on. Leaders of different subgroupings met routinely every morning and called for additional quick meetings on an as-needed basis. They developed a protocol for... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

instance, genuine debates are already underway in the wake of COVID-19. One example that's emerged in the pandemic is internet accessibility, a debate already well-publicized at Federal Communications Commission public meetings in recent... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Apr 2023
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How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?

and seeing what sort of results and ads he’d get back. He wasn’t happy with what he saw . Some of the ads were completely unrelated to the search . In a normal company, the CEO, seeing a bad product, would call the person in charge of the product. There would be a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

too often, when graduates of these programs enter the workforce, they find themselves unequipped to meet the challenges for innovation of 21st century health care. December 2014 Article No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on... View Details

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

the workforce, supplement your current role, or take on projects following retirement. We recognize that each situation is unique and encourage you to meet with an HBS career coach in order to take a customized approach to finding the... View Details

January – February 2011
Article

Stop Holding Yourself Back

By: Anne Morriss, Robin J. Ely and Frances X. Frei

After working with hundreds of leaders in a wide variety of organizations and in countries all over the globe, the authors found one very clear pattern: when it comes to meeting their leadership potential, many people unintentionally get in their own way. Five barriers... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics

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Evaluating the Impact of SA8000 Certification

By: Michael J. Hiscox, Claire Schwartz and Michael W. Toffel

SA 8000, along with other types of certification standards and corporate codes of conduct, represents a new form of private governance of working conditions, initiated and implemented by companies, labor unions, and non-governmental activist groups. Whether these codes... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Working Conditions; Standards; Performance Evaluation

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Competitions & Challenges - Health Care

Enterprise Track: Teams must meet the two following criteria: 1) include at least one student who meets one of the criteria listed on our eligibility page; 2) be composed of a majority of Harvard University... View Details

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

success depends on the leader’s willingness to embrace both the practice and spirit of the process, Beer says. Years ago, for example, Beer was approached by HR executive Jody Edwards of Hewlett-Packard, who confessed that a division of the company was suffering from... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Apr 2023
Book

Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

21 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

that we are pursuing. In my first year, we went to New York to meet with industry professionals. After meeting the CEO of HBO, I was surprised at how much of the cohort was interested in the entertainment... View Details

26 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

basic social capabilities are perceived to play a key role for the success of complex and information intensive organizations. It is unclear, however, whether the supply of social skills in the managerial labor market has been able to View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

13 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles

policies, agreements, and plans, as well as forums (like boards, family councils, and annual meetings of the owners) to develop the plans, agreements, rules, and policies, to address important issues and to work out differences. One very... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis

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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

“launching pad” for students just starting to explore interests in social impact across multiple sectors, or for students with deep experience in the space looking to meet like-minded peers. Social Enterprise Conference An annual two-day... View Details

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MOC Network reaches 20 year milestone - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

included training sessions for new and returning faculty, sharing of research publications, and planning meetings for the MOC Network. To mark the milestone anniversary, the keynote speakers and guest panelists on each day of the event... View Details

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