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18 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions

sociodemographic characteristics. HBS Working Knowledge spoke with Israeli, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration, and Ascarza, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

02 Nov 2016
Blog Post

The Benefits of a Residential Campus

A friend who just entered the Class of 2018 recently shared with me that upon letting a few mentors know about her acceptance, one of them called her immediately and said — I have only one piece of advice... View Details

09 Mar 2023
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Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

fake potted plant, each person was asked hundreds of questions from “How much money do you think you will make?” to “Who in your family will do the dishes?” Those Betamax video recordings were filed away, not to be viewed again for close... View Details

15 Sep 2022
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Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

billion new ties and created 600,000 new jobs over a five-year period. Are acquaintances more helpful during a job search? For decades, social scientists have debated whether casual acquaintances—or arms-length relationships—are more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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About - Global

Brazil. 2004 Gayle and Robert F. Greenhill (MBA Class of 1962) establish the Gayle and Robert F. Greenhill Family Endowment for Global Research, providing permanent funding to... View Details

17 Sep 2018
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Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

thinking about yourself.” A central question for many is this: Should they fill their days with pleasure, like cruises, golf, and meeting friends for breakfast, or should they devote themselves to more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

27 Sep 2021
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Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

can be challenging to navigate the boundaries between our workplace and personal lives, causing us to weigh whether to bring a plus-one to the office party or keep a family photo on our desk. But social... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

02 Sep 2015
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What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

the opportunity to earn high compensation--but jobs that often become too demanding for some employees, particularly those with health problems or family obligations. Former employees complained about bosses who lacked empathy for... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion

October 2020
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Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'

By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Michael Norris

In 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the greatest of all time—the highs and lows,... View Details

Keywords: Mental Health; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Health; Success; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Family and Family Relationships; Sports; Competition; Sports Industry; United States; Baltimore; Arizona; Sydney; Athens; Beijing; London

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General Management - Faculty & Research

functions. Keywords: Family and Family Relationships ; Technology Adoption ; Society ; Transformation ; Emotions Citation Find at Harvard Read Now Purchase Related Spar, Debora... View Details

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

flexibility and how to redesign management practices to make flexible hybrid work more productive and innovative. How Not to Bankrupt Your Family Professor Lauren Cohen + More... View Details

28 Jan 2020
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Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

organizations. An energetic leader who made friends easily, she hoped to invest her stash of capabilities, connections, and cash to spark innovation in public school districts, first locally View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Standards of Conduct - Recruiting

information. Students' Right to Privacy The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) applies to any school that receives federal funding, including Harvard Business School. Students consent... View Details

Portrait Project

Raphael Geismar

emerging, and I am very grateful to them. I dream of continuing this heritage. I want to help people and ideas develop. I want to see my family View Details

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Research - Global

Case (Family) Size Matters: Nico Oprée and the Decreasing Power of Family Unity over Time By: Lauren Cohen , Octavian Graf Pilati, Dominik V. Eynern and Sophia Pan Nico Oprée,... View Details

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Skydeck - Alumni

Recipients of the 2024 Alumni Achievement Award share takeaways from early experiences in the working world Origin Stories Recipients of the 2024 Alumni Achievement Award reflect on how family and where they... View Details

Portrait Project

Nayely Martinez

and families pushing through the barriers of financial and information poverty. As I move back to my hometown after years of pushing past those barriers, I am struck at how... View Details

February 2022 (Revised May 2022)
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Buddy Valastro: Cake Boss

By: Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht and Katherine Connolly Baden

Buddy Valastro, celebrity baker and business owner, inherited his father’s bakery—Carlo’s Bake Shop of Hoboken, New Jersey—at the age of seventeen. He had willed the shop to survive and gone on to fame through his television show, “Cake Boss”—the name most people now... View Details