Human Rights First - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

centers into more nimble operations that can sustain its renewed brands far into the 21st Century. Nancy F. Koehn, James E. Robison Professor Of Business Administration: General Motors was formed in 1908, the same year Henry Ford brought out the View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

Voluntary agreement is best, but early agreement is necessary. Don't try to eradicate differences associated with country, religion, ethnicity, or gender. Scenario 2: The Geographic Roll-up M&a Geographic roll-ups, which appear at View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

Web

Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

as new generations come into decision-making positions and may advocate for new strategies such as impact investing. Once a strategy is in place, selecting the right investments or funds requires extensive work. An advisor such as... View Details

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

to occur around the AASU conference, to offer educational, networking, and funding opportunities. Tell us about Friday’s Master Series. Tyler: It’s a full day of tech and entrepreneurship programming, designed to help equip black entrepreneurs with the educational... View Details

24 May 2017
News

David G. Bradley, MBA 1977

of the owner as setting general guidelines and hiring the right people to carry out the mission.” “My one talent is an ability to spot talent,” Bradley claims. While he certainly has deep reserves of other talents— creativity,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Pricing: Theory, Estimation and Applications.” 2022 Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2022 First Prize in the Chicago Quantitative Alliance Academic Paper Competition for "Hidden Alpha" with Manuel Ammann, Alexander Cochardt, and Stephan... View Details

27 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?

beliefs, attitudes, and demographic traits. The study, Going It Alone: Competition Increases the Attractiveness of Minority Status, will appear in the November issue of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Standing out to... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

08 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Applying to Business School as a Couple

For Kate Kingen and Patrick Garrison applying to business school was a mutual decision – and coming to HBS was a journey they decided to embark on together. Kate and Patrick first met in New York City when they were both working as... View Details

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans. “We need to stop trying to paint this picture of the perfect employee who never needs help.” Whillans, who studies how people navigate trade-offs between time and money, recently co-wrote a forthcoming article for the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

03 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

Improvement in Global Supply Chain Working Conditions By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill Abstract—Worker rights advocates seeking to improve labor conditions in global supply chains have engaged in private... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

to structure a series of studies to figure out first what politically correct and incorrect language is, and then how it affects people’s perspectives of speakers in conversation. The results were shared in the study, Tell It Like It Is:... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

barriers tend to get in the way: lower-performing employees are too reticent to ask for help, or higher-performing employees are reluctant to give it. “This suggests that performance is more malleable and can be changed if you give people the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 May 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders

Pauline Brown offers some words of wisdom: You first need to be able to discern what’s beautiful. “Aesthetics cannot be outsourced to the creative department; it has to start with the leader,” says Brown, a senior lecturer at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Beauty & Cosmetics; Apparel & Accessories; Auto; Tourism

26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

first transparent packaging film, was invented in 1908 by the Swiss engineer Jacques Brandenberger. He dubbed it “cellophane” as a combination of the words “cellulose” (of which it was made) and “diaphane” (an archaic form of the word... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

analog, but it can be effective in bringing up unpleasant memories. Pushing anxiety buttons is manipulative in the worse sense of the word. But it can be an effective tactic. Once aroused, anxieties do not necessarily disappear when a person is confronted with an... View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

02 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

more union workers experienced a 1.5 percent drop in wages over the same period—even though in both cases employment numbers remained unchanged. At firms with unions, the company negotiates with union representatives first to create a... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Apr 2000
News

New Home for External Relations

Relations, Development, the HBS Fund, Planned Giving, Alumni Records, Data Operations, and the Bulletin. "This is also the first time in many years that all of External Relations has been together under one roof, which creates important... View Details

Profile

Molly Welch

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I worked for several years at Google in marketing and public policy roles, first related to corporate social responsibility initiatives and subsequently to emerging technologies. In my... View Details

04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

customer purchasing decisions based on layouts that change from store to store. “It’s around us now, and it’s growing.” "If something is very novel, there is little data around it to use." Thomke first explored the phenomenon in... View Details