Meaning - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat

providing another and perhaps better way to measure international influence than traditional measures such as counting the number of tanks and bombs countries possess. "War, thankfully, is a very rare event," he says. "When two countries do go to war, it... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

Online. Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will mean meeting each week’s course module deadlines and fully answering questions posed therein. This helps ensure participants... View Details

05 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements

Bill Clinton about allegations of his having had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. In his answers, the president speaks in the present tense as a way of dodging Lehrer’s questions. Jim Lehrer: “No improper relationship.” Define what you View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Phillip Jones

with Bain & Co. over the summer. “I have step one – service in the military, and I know that step three means fulfilling my business goals,” Phillip explains. “Consulting is step two, a way for me to extend my education and improve my... View Details

11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

a discussion on Accounting for Social Insurance (PV): http://www.fasab.gov/pdffiles/si_newsrelease.pdf Of course, dependency ratios are not reduced without other economic and social effects. For example, to the extent that current consumption is replaced by saving for... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

24 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

the idea of completing a set, even if it means working harder or spending more money—with no additional reward other than the satisfaction of completion and the relief of avoiding an incomplete set. Imagine arriving at your boss’s summer... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Jan 2023
News

‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

institutions, he says, and small-business lending is one of the least automated parts of the U.S. banking system. That means it relies mostly on commercial bankers making personal judgments about borrowers. Ballard says when his father... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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Demonstration Policy | About

amplified sound. Using public safety as their guide, HBS and Harvard administrators and security officers will determine the most appropriate means and time to address policy violations. If it is not possible to address such violations... View Details

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Resources - Creating Emerging Markets

conference papers, and graduate level research. Stories of Corruption CEM has started a blog series featuring personal accounts of corruption in emerging markets as a means of fostering transparent data collection on the topic. We invite... View Details

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

efficiency and cost minimization shall be accompanied by more attention toward a diversification and also of the currencies used for transactions. Question: What are some implications for policymakers? Answer: Here there is role for local policies. Attention to risk... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

training in leadership and management skills, such as supply chain management, interpersonal communication, and strategic planning. Yet these skills are important for the well-being of doctors and their colleagues and can mean the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Considering Retirement - Alumni

fulfill them in the future, such as adequate financial resources. What new things would you like to develop? New missions or ambitions may mean new additions to your life, such as a change in location, membership in like-minded... View Details

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

about five months later, the employees who participated in the structured meetings had held their higher performance, with revenue-per-call up 18 percent to 21 percent. The incentive group, however, had completely fallen back to their original performance levels.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jun 2024
News

Competing in the Age of AI

at it several times. You’re going to get scraped knees and bruised elbows.” Leaders have to persevere, he says. “They have to take the lead in learning how to use these tools so they can understand what it means for their businesses.”... View Details

Keywords: April White

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

Ebrahim says. "But donors have a role to play in enabling impact, and they have an opportunity to connect nonprofits that are working on different pieces of a social problem in isolation. This might mean building the capacity of those... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

Participants in Global Business are eligible for a Certificate of Completion from Harvard Business School Online. Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will mean completing each... View Details

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Options: Basics for finding price data

valid Strike price: price at which the option can be bought or sold American option: This style of option can be exercised at any time up to the expiration date. European option: This style of option can be exercised only at the expiration date. This View Details

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

experienced teams, and who are successful at selling AI not as a technology but rather as a means to the best solutions. Special thanks to Brian Ascher at Venrock for valuable contributions. Rocio Wu is a second-year MBA candidate at... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

it mean for the U.S. government to be supporting one competitor against a group of healthy rivals? Is that what our bankruptcy laws were designed to accomplish? Doesn't a healthy industry require less capacity, so that the winning... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

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Research - Health Care

Right Incentives. By: Susanna Gallani and Derek A. Haas Health care organizations have long tried to enlist physicians in their effort to control or reduce costs. One effective means for doing so is to create an incentive system that... View Details

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