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- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
behavior and a more sluggish response to incentives should result. Results from an additional experiment add support to this explanation. When individuals select into earning money for a charity and thus...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Cathy Zhou
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I went to HBS because I wanted to be at a place that would push me to think big -- about what drives me professionally and personally, about the type of business leader I wanted to be, and...
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Technology
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
overworked lifestyle, rather than a leisurely lifestyle, has become an aspirational status symbol. A series of studies shows that the positive inferences of status in response to busyness and lack of leisure are driven by the perceptions...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Lunch with Jack: Student Dines with GE's Welch
Few student exploits over the summer could match the power lunch enjoyed by Reginald Sanders (HBS '02), who broke bread and talked business with Jack Welch, the legendary force behind General Electric. Sanders earned the honor of dining...
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- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
socially responsible development projects in economically challenged communities. Students come from 48 countries, predominately in Latin America and Africa. The admissions team and faculty personally conduct up to 1,000 interviews in...
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Deborah Blagg
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
in emissions is enVerid’s Sorbent Ventilation Technology. Commercial buildings contribute 17 percent of US carbon emissions, and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) is responsible for 36 percent of commercial-building energy...
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- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
are less certain about their future prospects. Stock-price responses to earnings surprises are moderated when firm-level uncertainty is high, consistent with performance being attributed more to luck rather...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
Download Thomas J. Tierney profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1954 Born, San Francisco, California 1976 Earns BA, Economics, University of California, Davis 1976 Joins Bechtel International, Algeria, Field...
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Susan Young
- Web
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
learning how to execute for today and innovate for tomorrow. 6 weeks 5-7 hours per week 6 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn. Overview Syllabus...
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- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
firm's future value, the firm reports more negative discretionary accruals. Stock-price responses to earnings surprises are moderated when firm-level uncertainty is high, consistent with performance being...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
extensive historical study: (1) link responsibility and control, (2) manage moral hazard, (3) pool risk in sound institutions, (4) adopt market conforming approaches to the extent possible, and (5) structure markets to promote safe...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
The results showed that this first-ever electric vehicle (EV) to support the New England electric grid earned more than $4,200 by participating in a utility demand response program. In August, Revel, an...
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- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
more specialists are needed to stay up to date with functional best practices. The problem that this influx of specialists creates, Cespedes says, is that fewer senior executives are responsible for integrating activities across the...
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by Michael Blanding
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
Summing Up How can business schools reprofessionalize management? The responses to this month's column can be characterized in several ways: 1) Business schools, particularly those regarded as being the "elite," by their very...
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by Jim Heskett
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
September 2018 Strategy Science Applying Random Coefficient Models to Strategy Research: Identifying and Exploring Firm Heterogeneous Effects By: Alcácer, Juan, Wilbur Chung, Ashton Hawk, and Gonçalo Pacheco-de-Almeida Abstract—Strategy...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Dec 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?
of12trillion put it more succinctly: “Communicate to people the exact additional amount they’d be earning per capita if everyone behaved differently.” Are investors the ultimate antidote to gender inequality in leadership? What do YOU...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
has invested over $1 billion in laying 2,000 miles of water lines and building 33 wastewater treatment plants while returning strong profits for shareholders. Equally important, the company has emerged as a model for integrating financial success with social View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
biodegradable plastic. Now customers can narrow their options before IceStone sends out samples. For this and other environmental stewardship practices, IceStone has earned Cradle to Cradle Gold Certification, passing a set of stringent...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns
HBS has achieved approximately $300,000 in annual operational savings and earned $330,000 in rebates and grants from utilities and from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. The projects have also offset HBS’s greenhouse gas...
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- 30 Jan 2009
- News
What’s It Worth to You?
ethical component to compensation and, if so, does it matter? General David Petraeus, who holds a doctorate from Princeton, oversees wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is responsible for the lives of tens of thousands of war-zone servicemen...
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