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Investors Society Report - HBS Fund Investors Society 2021 Report
and fears facing Latinx students considering an MBA—such as being able to support their family and community, leaving a lucrative job, alienating family members who don’t understand the value of a business degree, and not fitting in. The...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
collect the knowledge of the empire. In Ender’s Game, besieged by aliens it can’t communicate with, the human race seeks its best minds to lead the way against this existential threat, using an online system to identify and train young...
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- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded...
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by Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
political alignments and so to alienate potential supporters. Regardless of what the situation is, I advise new leaders to spend some time learning about culture and politics, even if they think they have been brought in explicitly to...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
aspects that the company tries to incorporate into all of its products are “hands-on, minds-on” and ensuring that toys are appropriately challenging — not so hard that they alienate newcomers but not so simple that kids get bored with...
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Diversity & Equity - HBS Fund Investors Society 2021 Report
He is honored to continue the club’s 40-year legacy. MBA Admissions blog post Addressing the Concerns of Latinx Students A new case highlights the doubts and fears facing Latinx students considering an MBA—such as being able to support their family and community,...
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- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
alienate certain consumer groups, dividing 253 participants according to political affiliation. They found Democrats, Independents, and "others" were more willing to buy towels from retailers with low vs. high pay ratios. Republicans were...
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- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
alienating existing customers. The case follows Eileen Fisher's initial forays into social media as they chase a younger demographic and demonstrates the opportunities and pitfalls that await big brands when they enter the world of Web...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
fishing, paddling, rock climbing, surfing, kayaking, and mountain biking. There was a tradeoff between alienating its core customers and achieving growth via entry into new product markets. Purchase this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
without alienating Republican consumers (Study 4). A firm with a high ratio must offer a 50% price discount to garner consumer impressions as favorable as a firm that charges full price but features a lower ratio (Study 5). Download...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Blog
Understanding the Benefits of Our Virtual Programs
flow of the cases, the carefully selected people in your cohort, the diverse population of backgrounds, professions, and regions shaping the discussion. Be open to connecting: "networking" in virtual programs takes a level of willingness and intent, it is somehow View Details
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
process so that creators produce tangible artifacts regularly; (6) realize that there will always be some conflict between an organization's creators and its stewards; (7) avoid overly prescriptive control mechanisms that may alienate...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
alienating members and would prompt some to abandon LinkedIn. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707406 Rwanda: National Economic Transformation Harvard Business School Case 706-491 Set in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
United States and Mexico have shrunk dramatically, its system is still somewhat foreign to a private businessman from the United States or Western Europe," adds Maurer. "The culture of a country like South Korea may be alien to...
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by Julia Hanna
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
change are: compensation systems for senior management, which tend to alienate the rest of the organization, and the current obsession with programs, a panacea that glosses the surface of problems but often doesn't address their causes....
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by Staff
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
and alienated them. Normally, this would have been played out through a series of minor riots and so on, and through adjustments over a period of time as the Sunnis ceded power under stronger and stronger Shia pressure. But the current...
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- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
brands. Companies can leverage storytelling to build their brands, and careful brand extensions can grow the business as long as they do not alienate core loyalists. Other potentially risky opportunities to weigh carefully are moving...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
sabotaged some of my most important relationships-- romantic ones, friendships, and alienated the people who cared about me the most, which were my family and friends. That, for me, really encompasses the seven year struggle. I'd say...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
first salon the following year. The celebrity hairdresser Charles Nessler, interned as an enemy alien in Britain, also escaped to New York under a false identity and built a new business. The 1917 Communist revolution in Russia produced...
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- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
most managers feel that they face two undesirable options: Express their true thoughts and alienate their peers or suppress them, avoiding genuine discussion. Most choose the latter. Yet, when interpersonal attributions are suppressed,...
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Sean Silverthorne