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Managing Human Capital

The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details

23 May 2019
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Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

homelessness, to promoting health. “We work to unite uncommon partners around the common goal of serving society,” she explains. Under Palandjian’s leadership, Social Finance... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

political leaders, along with reputable mega-influencers, such as celebrities with similar backgrounds and interests, to put members of this segment at ease. Two common tactics: Sizing up View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

31 Jan 2007
HBS Case

When Good Teams Go Bad

Concludes Polzer, "The best teams are those that not only combine the skills of their members successfully to fit the demands of their task... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

about the difference between leadership and management, uncover the qualities and skills that characterize an effective leader, gain an understanding of View Details

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

Baker include the de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room , which houses the School’s renowned historical collection of rare business books, the largest... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

have shared a common narrative. It begins with strong investor demand for a set pattern of cash flows being met by seemingly substitute securities engineered by intermediaries, which is then followed by... View Details

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

initially furloughed their workers during the pandemic, but some of those workers were subsequently laid off. Furloughs have long been used in some European and Asian countries but are less View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Ann Dewitt (MBA 2009), The Engine Unpacking the Supply Chain Mess with Some First Principles and View Details

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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective - Recruiting

development of sectors like education, the environment, immigration, and health care through impact investing, philanthropy, advocacy, and more. The organization brings... View Details

08 Feb 2017
Blog Post

How I Chose My HBS Recommenders

education, and economic development. There are a few common reasons why most of my classmates wanted to come to HBS. I chose HBS for two reasons. First, it provided me with an opportunity to reflect on my... View Details

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Additional Outdoor Sculpture | About

sculpture Sentinel (Mami Wata), is currently installed in Mellon Courtyard at Harvard Business School. This exhibition is made possible by the generosity of Bridgitt (MBA 1986) and Bruce Evans (MBA 1986) and... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

the total value of the company. We saw such erosion in the two examples presented earlier. We see it as well in View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

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Finance & Investing - Business & Environment

Report 2020 Breaking the Tragedy of the Horizon Reith Lectures 2020 – How We Get What We Value Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are... View Details

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

say that I have since found the one, the man I’m spending the rest of my life with—and my mom loves him just as much as I do.” Bailey Wilton... View Details

01 Nov 2022
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Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

potential source of disease, drugs, gangs, crime, you name it. The crimes they do commit are given extra publicity. And yet common sense and the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

public school teachers (CalSTRS) was mandated by his board to “prioritize engagement with makers and retailers of firearms in California” following a series of gun-related View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

into a meaningful, harmonious whole. This common yet nevertheless challenging problem is obviously evident when we talk about the design of complex technical devices.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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Grant uses a combination of laboratory and field experiments to harness consumers' cognitive and affective resources to increase their well-being. Consumers make countless daily decisions in the pursuit of happiness -- whether and how to spend or save their money, what... View Details

Keywords: Well-being; Judgment And Decision Making; Health; Prosocial Behavior

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

How to Avoid a Price Increase

When product companies see the cost of materials rise, the result for consumers is often a price increase (gasoline) or, less often, a smaller amount View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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