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- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Home Economics
In a remote village in the Mexican state of Chiapas, 13 women gather in an open-air community space. Each has arrived at their weekly meeting with a small deposit for El Banco—“the bank”—as the women have named the savings club they’ve formed with the assistance of...
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April White
- Profile
Erin Kaivan
When Erin Kaivan was in the fifth grade, she made three outspoken promises to the world: that she would become an actress, she would reach six feet in height, and that she would go to Harvard. Of the three predictions, one came close to realization (Erin is 5' 11''),...
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Consulting
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Now Starring: Single Dad
son, Robby. Wand’s experience as a student and single dad was the subject of a made-for-TV movie, “Freshman Father,” that aired on the Hallmark Channel in June. “If you think about coming from Idaho, the social stigma around a teenage...
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- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
be handled in a way that allows for the emotional cauldron that people experience when they are the ones who actually carry out these tasks. According to research by Joshua D. Margolis of HBS and Andrew Molinsky of Brandeis, the emotions...
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by Martha Lagace
- Program
Public Education Leadership Project
facilitate continuity, teams from districts returning to the program may send one additional past participant beyond the superintendent. Learning and Living at HBS When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
value." Lawyers who have no experience working with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists will most likely focus on the wrong things.—Constance Bagley # 10: Failing to incorporate early enough. One problem that arises here is the...
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by Staff
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
significantly reduces dishonesty. When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on Team Performance Authors:L.P. Tost, F. Gino, and R. Larrick Publication:Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the impact of the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
examples from their own experience and their clients', the authors walk readers through each of the five patterns and how to apply them. They also provide advice and questions that will help executives get started on their own searches....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.slideshare.net/Energy909/the-landscape-of-integrated-reporting Productivity Orientation and the Consumption of Collectable Experiences Authors:Anat Keinan and Ran Kivetz...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2020
- News
US Business Immigration Overview
- 22 Sep 2022
- News
The Beauty Guide
be talking to you today if I hadn’t left marketing,” declares Freyre. The move to sales taught her about retailers, how consumers shop, and ultimately made her a better marketer and leader. “I tap into that diversity of experience every...
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Maureen Harmon
- 16 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders
investment of a founder’s time" Koning’s working paper, released in May, is titled Learning to Manage: A Field Experiment in the Indian Startup Ecosystem. The coauthors were Aaron Chatterji and Sharique Hasan, both of Duke...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
Rosalind Fox at John Deere
By: Anthony Mayo and Olivia Hull
Rosalind Fox, the factory manager at John Deere’s Des Moines, Iowa plant, has improved the financial standing of the factory in the three years she’s been at its helm. But employee engagement scores—which measured employees’ satisfaction with working conditions and...
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Agribusiness;
Change Management;
Experience and Expertise;
Talent and Talent Management;
Diversity;
Gender;
Race;
Engineering;
Geographic Location;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Management Style;
Management Teams;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career;
Prejudice and Bias;
Power and Influence;
Status and Position;
Trust;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States
Mayo, Anthony, and Olivia Hull. "Rosalind Fox at John Deere." Harvard Business School Case 421-011, July 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
maximize the sale of healthy items or should groceries, brick-and-mortar grocery stores might display healthy foods near the entrance of the store so they will be encountered early on in the shopping experience and as far as possible from...
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- 07 Jul 2011
- What Do You Think?
So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?
we convince ourselves that there isn't much to be learned from a mistake because the mistake doesn't matter. He prescribes such things as the utilization of spaces like universities in which to experiment safely, or a personal critic or...
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by Jim Heskett
- 12 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
though, I can confidently say they represent the best thing that could have ever happened to me. My first experience being “fully” out was here at HBS. On the first day of RC year, I mustered the courage to come out to my entire...
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- 05 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Video Blog: Why I Decided to Pursue an MBA at HBS
stories. And that translated over into the actual MBA experience itself. My first year of school, I mean, just how vulnerable people let themselves be about the things that they'd gone through or the thoughts that they have percolating in...
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- 20 Oct 2020
- News
Steps to Get Out of Your Own Way
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
go back and haggle over the minutes of a meeting,” says Thomke, whose recently released book Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments encourages companies to test new business models to gain a competitive...
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by Dina Gerdeman