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- 07 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are Creative People More Dishonest?
the experiment: each "more-on-the-right" decision would earn them 10 times as much as a "left" decision. In half the trials, it was obvious that one side of the square had more dots than the other—2 dots versus 18, for... View Details
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and... View Details
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
existing contracts of some of their older players. Having read the agreement's small print, they realized that, for only six days in July 2005, such buyouts would not be counted toward the annual salary cap. By freeing up their budgets, they put themselves in a great... View Details
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
All this makes for a case study of the moral courage of ordinary Japanese citizens in times of crisis. There are lessons to be learned here by the rest of us. W. Carl Kester, George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
get "more bang for their buck" from their board members' time? The answer to all three questions is yes—if what a company expects of its board members is redefined and if the meeting process is redesigned so that the board's View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
entrepreneurs have excelled both as progenitors of startup enterprises and as prime movers in the transformation of small or medium-sized companies into corporate giants. In this role, since World War II, they have had a remarkable impact... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Pursuing the Ultimate Deal
him particularly well. “I have spent more time with Arafat than has any non-Palestinian,” said Ross, who is writing a book about his Middle East experiences. “I don't believe he is against peace; I believe he wants a deal but he's not... View Details
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
Brexit is Not Better for Britain Britain rarely has referendums, and for good reason. They call for binary decisions on complex issues, and voters have all sorts of reasons for voting one way or another. It is unprecedented that British View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
compared to 56.9% for all other analyst recommendations. We find that appointed analysts' optimism is stronger at precisely those times when firms' benefits are larger and that appointed analysts appear to be more closely tied to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Greatest Prime Minister: Lord Liverpool By Martin Hutchinson (MBA 1973) The Lutterworth Press Britain's Greatest Prime Minister: Lord Liverpool unpacks two centuries of Whig history to redeem Lord Liverpool... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
talent has become one of the biggest competitive issues for law firms. But although talent management is now recognized as a business issue of prime importance, law firms often lack the experience, vision, and tools to do it. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!
was what this free product would do to print revenues. Third, experiments and innovation require time and, by definition, a tolerance for failure. Trouble is, quarterly reporting pressures by public markets do not create the most... View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
Executive Education programs. With the COVID-19 pandemic transforming our lives at every level, a growing number of students and former students have sought my advice about how to lead in a time of great uncertainty and unprecedented... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
How They Can Do it Better (29,119) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6665.html Published: April 25, 2011 A CEO's schedule is especially important to a firm's financial success, which raises a few questions: What do they do all day? Can they be more efficient View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
out of Liswood's own initiative - a 1993 journey around the world in which she documented, in video and book form, discussions with fifteen of these presidents and prime ministers. Her goal: to see a woman in the Oval Office. What... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
teaches the popular MBA elective Founders’ Dilemmas. In 2011, the course was named one of the top entrepreneurship courses in the United States by Inc. magazine. What’s a common instance of ill-advised behavior by entrepreneurs? Splitting equity with your cofounders is... View Details
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
Dina Pomeranz's interest in helping people build a savings cushion for difficult economic times emerged during a summer internship in Cameroon, where a woman she lived with shared how worried and anxious she was about her financial... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Winners and Losers at the Olympics
their laptops and cell phones. As we look ahead to the Summer Games in Beijing in 2008, that segment of the audience is going to be increasingly important. The flip side for TV executives is that all this will continue to reduce the number of those tuning in for the... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
creativity is a better predictor of unethical behavior than intelligence (Experiment 1). In addition, we find that participants who were primed to think creatively were more likely to behave dishonestly than those in a control condition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Marla Malcolm Beck
ready for prime time when it came to the retail shopping experience. Most people were still on dial-up Internet connections and interminable waits to finish a transaction created a significant barrier. Beck... View Details