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- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
challenges as opportunities and we really meet the occasion with our effectiveness and with a greater ease. And then there's leader B mode, when we are less effective, when we're resisting the moment and we're just a little more stressed... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
Nohria explained his belief that people's life stories deeply influence the way they conduct themselves as leaders. In his own case, he described the profound effect his father, the CEO of a large electrical equipment manufacturing... View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
Procedural acts work as punctuation in a negotiation, creating order and rhythm. The sales rep's procedural act established the expectation that the manager would make an informed counteroffer. Improvising effectively at the micro level... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
"blockbusters" will disappear. Recent developments suggest that doctors will eventually be able to treat patients more effectively with medicine tailored to their genetic makeup, including, in some cases, gene replacement therapies. "The... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
of Education Arne Duncan, who first attended PELP in 2003 when he was CEO of Chicago's public schools. The popular program engages eight-person district teams in an intensive learning experience that includes analyses of education- and business-based cases, View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
level provides important lessons for executives, policymakers, and the groups who benefit. But such knowledge also suggests more work to be done in order to learn how global business trends, such as industry consolidation and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
assistant professor at Harvard Business School; Patrick Rooney, an HBS research associate; and Jonathan Smith, a policy research scientist at The College Board. “The effects we see for widely covered scandals are large, which speaks to... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
it accurately predicted income in the city within 86 percent of variation. By using this kind of algorithm, Luca says, cities could better determine the effect of economic development initiatives—on a block-by-block level—in real time,... View Details
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
fox into the chicken coop, so to speak, since the CEO/chairman sits at the head of the table, leads the discussions, and in effect controls the flow of information, since he knows more than anybody else. The notion of a strong leader has... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
sense of self. Thus the decision can be laden with emotional factors that are less important in decisions to buy books, music, groceries, and electronics. Ample evidence suggests that current B2C sites are unable to characterize their products adequately to allow... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Clark Bids Farewell to HBS
more than rigorous and relevant. It should give some measure of inspiration and aspiration to the world. Part of our work is providing the means to more effectively mobilize society’s resources — not just in pursuit of personal wealth... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Within and in Others By Dr. Srikanth Gaddam (OPM 43) Independently Published From vision setting and decision-making to creative thinking and risk-taking, you need to juggle numerous demands at once to become an effective and thriving... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
representing groups of investors, and from those in the U.S. and other countries—if at all representative—provide what is for me a rather sobering assessment of the future of these funds. At one end of the spectrum are the feelings... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Kiatpongsan%20Norton%20PPS_31f17547-5033-401c-8ed2-ccc9b6a2b433.pdf Working Papers Bitcoin By: Böhme, Rainer, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin Edelman, and Tyler Moore Abstract—Bitcoin is an online communication protocol that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
assumptions. If anything surprises me about this it's that when we discussed the case it was just a few weeks before graduation and you might imagine that the students were beginning to "check out," but this group was fully... View Details
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1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA
itinerary for the immersion, which will include dress code recommendations for other scheduled group activities (e.g., site visits, cultural activities). External Participants Friends, family (including partners and children), and/or... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
As part of the job and during my travels I’ve met quite a few HBS alumni as well as those who have visited Macedonia exploring investment opportunities. We have a group here in Macedonia of several people who have studied at the Kennedy... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
Leadership Now Project’s Business for Racial Equity Pledge? Lisa Lewin: It started with a group of friends, fellow senior business executives and HBS alums, all of us members of the Leadership Now Project. It started off as a set of... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
that researchers face when demonstrating the existence and effects of resale price maintenance (RPM). We outline three approaches for finding price effects of RPM and the corresponding hurdles in data and... View Details