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Stephen Johnston
Ignorance made my grandmother a young widow; the unwitting victim of culture clash. Maybe this is why building a business to help people communicate and understand each other better is my goal. Cadburys started making chocolate to employ...
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- 01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged
promise of better charging infrastructure, and evolving trends in foreign markets all indicate that EVs are approaching a global tipping point. But with political winds imperiling government incentives in the United States and China...
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- 25 Apr 2014
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Investing in Innovation
to educate leaders who make a difference in the world," said Nohria. "By joining this Campaign, you are joining with us to push forward in our mission, and investing to build better leaders. No gift can have greater leverage View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Ominous Background Music Is Bad for Sharks
associated with shark footage. In a series of experiments, researchers found that music indeed has the power to influence public perceptions of sharks. Participants who viewed footage of swimming sharks set to ominous background music ended up rating sharks more...
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- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
role in stemming the damage. "They are investing about three times more than the average firm in climate change mitigation technology." “They are investing about three times more View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
lasting changes in the lives of people and their societies. Rather, some organizations would be better off measuring shorter-term outputs or individual outcomes. Funders such as foundations and impact investors are View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Learning to Speak the Language of Business
entrepreneurial kind of thing: you come up with an idea one day, and suddenly you jump off the cliff with it.” As the proficiency deadline approaches in July, Mikitani says employees “are progressing better View Details
- 03 Nov 2020
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One Paramount Priority
In the four years since the last US presidential election, Diane Hessan (MBA 1977) has been interviewing more than 500 voters, talking about everything from gun control to COVID-19. This years-long project has made clear to Hessan that...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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The Changing Nature of Research
Professor Raffaella Sadun Professor Raffaella Sadun The commitment to advancing thought leadership has been integral to HBS’s identity since the School’s founding more than a century ago. Over the past decade, HBS faculty members have...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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Read All About It!
(another form of entertainment) and in games and sports. Edison’s electric lamp, brighter and better than gas, oil, or candles, which was supposed to lead men and women to the library, merely lures human...
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- 23 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It
government-owned or privately held companies than men. Female executives are on average better-educated than male executives, the one variable that noticeably widened the...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2020
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Inside Out
more time outside than adults—but for most of the developed world, it is more accurate than you might think. (In some places and in some seasons, that 90 percent is actually an underestimate. Joe once quoted...
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- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
the New York City-based consulting firm Katzenbach Partners and author of Why Pride Matters More Than Money (Crown, 2003), likes the story of the Wilmington plant because it communicates what he calls "institution-building...
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by Theodore Kinni
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Eastern Bank’s expansive community banking model Eastern Bank is betting that bigger is better when it comes to serving small businesses and supporting local communities and philanthropic causes. Until recently the oldest and largest...
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- 09 Aug 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
Productivity Tips You Probably Haven't Considered Before
Source: rawpixel Hit a wall trying to increase your productivity? Recent research by Harvard Business School professors might help. The following articles address some basic questions: Should we deal with easy tasks first? Do employees know View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2004
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Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates
to better understand the needs of this large and important segment of the HBS community. I want to use the balance of this letter to update you on the committee’s impressive progress. I’ll go into similar detail about the other committees...
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Tamara Lynn Nall
"Faster than a speeding bullet... able to jump buildings in a single bound... it's a bird, it's a plane, NO!... it's Superwoman!!!" I want to be a role model to show the world that a woman can do everything... I want to: Record...
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- 11 Jan 2018
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Taking the High Road
world a better place than there are people that we might see up close at any one point in time that put challenges in front of us that may be very hurtful and very significant, but are actually going to be...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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John R. Davis
every strand of grass. “I like to work with nature instead of against it,” he observes, confessing to a philosophy that is part business economics, part animal-loving naturalist. He documents his business better View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
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The Winning Season
players like Bob Gibson, Stan Musial, Lou Brock, and Red Schoendienst.” Times have changed since those days, of course, with player loyalty coming at an increasingly steep price. That can make it hard to hang on to star players, but DeWitt Jr. believes the Cardinals...
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