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- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
about ways that tech companies can develop products and services that both benefit the public and align with their business model,” he observes. Tsai says courses such as Public Entrepreneurship, taught by Mitchell Weiss, professor of View Details
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Strategy is About People
points to a key lesson learned. “Strategy in an educational institution is in part about institutional mission and institutional objectives, and how you get to those,” Light explains. “But it’s also about what’s best for the people, person by person. You always have to...
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- November 2013 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
'These People are Fiduciaries...'
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Amy W. Schulman
The fiduciary duties of loyalty and care, the corporate opportunity doctrine and the business judgment rule are introduced in the context of three vignettes drawn from decided cases that explore: a classic test of loyalty when one partner elects to take advantage of an...
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Fiduciaries;
Fiduciary Duties;
Management Practices and Processes;
Ethics;
Business Processes
Goldberg, Lena G., and Amy W. Schulman. "'These People are Fiduciaries...'." Harvard Business School Case 314-067, November 2013. (Revised August 2023.)
- February 2018 (Revised December 2020)
- Case
People Analytics at Teach For America (A)
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Julia Kelley
As of mid-2016, national nonprofit Teach For America (TFA) had struggled with three consecutive years of declining application totals, and senior management was re-examining the organization's strategy, including recruitment and selection. A few months earlier, former...
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Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Julia Kelley. "People Analytics at Teach For America (A)." Harvard Business School Case 418-013, February 2018. (Revised December 2020.)
- 17 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Tech for the People
Tsai says courses such as Public Entrepreneurship, taught by Mitchell Weiss, professor of Management Practice and Richard L. Menschel Faculty Fellow, helped spark his interest in a career that would use technology to improve society....
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People - Advancing Racial Equity
Advancing Racial Equity & Diversity Advancing Racial Equity & Diversity People Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Terrill L. Drake Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Kristin W. Mugford Senior Lecturer and Senior Associate Dean...
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- 15 Sep 2016
- News
Movies That Move People
carries with it a certain responsibility. “When we get feedback that people around the world have been impacted by our work, that they have made them more aware of things and more caring, it’s the most gratifying feeling. It’s better than...
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- Feb 02 2017
- Testimonial
Advice from Amazing People
- 04 Mar 2024
- What Do You Think?
Do People Want to Work Anymore?
organization than they did four years ago.” This raises the question of the degree to which management policies vs. employee attitudes toward work are to blame. Do people want to work anymore? What do you...
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by James Heskett
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
Future Management
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?
Can business leaders harness the star power of celebrities? It might depend on their jawline. A recent study parses 12,000 faces for attributes linked to charisma and proposes a framework to figure out who has it and who doesn’t. Why some View Details
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by Kara Baskin
- 2011
- White Paper
Brands Are People Too! Harnessing the Power of Brand Warmth and Competence
By: Chris Malone, Jill Avery and S. T. Fiske
Research in customer behavior has revealed that the way humans respond to brands is simply an extension of the way they instinctively perceive, judge, and behave towards one another. Understanding how consumers judge brands using social processes akin to those used in...
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Brands;
Brand Management;
Customer Relationship Management;
CRM;
Brand Positioning;
Brand Equity;
Customers;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry
Malone, Chris, Jill Avery, and S. T. Fiske. "Brands Are People Too! Harnessing the Power of Brand Warmth and Competence." White Paper Series, Relational Capital Group, Newtowne Square, PA, 2011.
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
Bazerman, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, argues that good people with strong ethical values, like these traders, can behave in shady ways without consciously realizing they are doing so. “I’ll bet there were...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- November 22, 2021
- Article
Manage Your Talent Pipeline Like a Supply Chain
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Sigelman
In supply-chain management, you get what you plan for. Companies understand that principle when it comes to the goods that they consume and produce, but not when it comes to the people they hire and train. For decades, companies have adopted a short-term, ad hoc...
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Fuller, Joseph B., and Matthew Sigelman. "Manage Your Talent Pipeline Like a Supply Chain." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (November 22, 2021).
- 2016
- Chapter
Dishonesty Explained: What Leads Moral People To Act Immorally
By: F. Gino and D. Ariely
The last two decades have witnessed what seems to be an increasing number of cases of dishonesty, from corporate corruption and employee misconduct to questionable behaviors during the financial crisis and individual acts of unethical behavior in many spheres of...
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Gino, F., and D. Ariely. "Dishonesty Explained: What Leads Moral People To Act Immorally." In The Social Psychology of Good and Evil. 2nd ed. Edited by Arthur G. Miller. New York: Guilford Press, 2016.
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
teaching, and consulting over the past ten years, I have come to understand more deeply than ever that the best managers are those who have an appetite for learning and are willing to work on themselves. View Details
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by Linda Hill
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
deep statistical analysis, just good data and reporting approaches. It is often encountered in online businesses, where customer clickstreams provide plenty of data-often too much-for analysis. One expert practitioner of the CSI story approach is Joe Megibow, vice...
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- Mar 10 2019
- Testimonial
Driving Growth by Developing People
- July 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc: Rewarding Our People
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
Marilyn Winn, head of human resources at Harrah's Entertainment, must make a recommendation to the company's president and CEO about whether the existing bonus payout program is effective at motivating employees or whether it should be revised and/or replaced. A recent...
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Customer Satisfaction;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Compensation and Benefits;
Employees;
Human Capital;
Management Style;
Motivation and Incentives;
Alignment;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan. "Harrah's Entertainment, Inc: Rewarding Our People." Harvard Business School Case 403-008, July 2002. (Revised January 2003.)