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- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
self-development. In the course of my work, I have had the privilege of developing teaching materials about many experienced leaders and their career development. This chapter builds on stories from some of the talented managers I've...
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by Linda Hill
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
often reflect privilege more than capability. Or as Rometty succinctly put it: “It’s not a lack of talent, it’s a lack of access.” OneTen’s approach is not about making exceptions or lowering standards; it’s about confronting deeply...
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- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
longer visited HBS with regularity as he was retired from a long life as a prolific academic and professor. I had the privilege of being present at a ceremony honoring Al Chandler after he donated his personal papers to Baker Library. It...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take...
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- 21 Mar 2012
- Op-Ed
Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline
we may turn against him if or when he fails? The Privileged Underdog Story: If the storyline is how Lin's relative privilege as a Harvard graduate worked against him, the questions we ignore are about our...
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- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
Source: Raw Pixel Stockbrokers are taking advantage of their privileged position to increase profits for favored investors and hedge funds, all at the expense of their other customers, new research suggests. A team of economists has found...
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- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
reputational assets have a strong positive incentive to continue to live up to those reputations. Firms with reputational assets are able to secure privileged access to outside finance as a result of their reputation. They may also enjoy...
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by Ann Cullen
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
certain securities, engaged in irresponsible investment behavior, and offered privileges to insiders not afforded to ordinary investors. During the famous "Hundred Day" congressional session that began his presidency, Roosevelt...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
others. This chapter reviews research on how these biases manifest themselves in the core processes of organizations—that is, how people are hired, compensated, developed, and evaluated—all of which are aspects of organizational life that tend to View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
the socioeconomic strata as we are herded through the pampered world of first and business class to our humble place in coach. It’s difficult to look past the wide and plush seats filled with passengers given privileged access to board...
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- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
the status of a profession without any of the constraints of a profession. A profession is not only about the benefits that you claim. It's also about what you renounce. I think one of the roles of a professional school in higher education is to make clear to the...
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- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
practice of providing detailed information about the company's "quarterly standings, stock prices, new acquisitions, etc.," concludes that "anyone who has stock or investments in a public company should be privileged to...
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- 08 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Who Rises to Power in American Business?
privileged families have always had an easier path to traditional power. Those on the outside—foreigners, women, African-Americans, non-Protestant religious affiliations—often pursued other paths to power. When doors were closed,...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2015
- Op-Ed
The Real Duty of the Board of Directors
value over the short, medium, and long term. These audiences will be privileged for resource allocation purposes, and they will determine what the company deems to be material for reporting purposes. If the board decides, for example,...
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by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans
- 13 May 2002
- Book
Bringing the Master Passions to Work
Communist heaven. Master passions—passions that create our world and are in turn proliferated by these very creations—are ubiquitous. But ubiquity is a privilege that accrues to those who can make themselves invisible. So the master...
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by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games
clearinghouse that makes efficient matches in students' last year of medical school. (I had the privilege of designing the current clearinghouse algorithm.) Medical marketplaces for subspecialties like gastroenterology are increasingly...
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- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
to satisfy the U.S. demand?" Devdip Ganguli asks, "... will neighboring countries be justified in considering it their right that the privileges be extended to them as well?" It's hard to argue with his conclusion that...
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by James Heskett
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
million every four years just for the privilege of using The Rings in their advertising—with hundreds of millions more spent on the advertising campaigns themselves. They aren't the only ones banking on Olympic success. NBC, which paid...
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- 03 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains
on how to express their concerns with their new bosses versus offering to talk to their boss on their behalf or worse, commiserate with them. Just because you used to sit next to them in a WeWork a year ago, does not afford them the View Details
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by Julia Austin
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
medicine allow doctors to be hands-on today with what will be their job tomorrow . Will future managers have the privilege to experience and acquire practical understanding within real-life companies (as a) complementary device to...
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by Jim Heskett