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- 10 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Veterans in the MBA Program: Profiles of Service
More than five percent of current students in the Harvard Business School MBA Program have military backgrounds, representing all US Armed Forces branches as well as international service. HBS is grateful for these students’ exceptional...
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- 2024
- Working Paper
The Effects of Medical Debt Relief: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments
By: Raymond Kluender, Neale Mahoney, Francis Wong and Wesley Yin
Two in five Americans have medical debt, nearly half of whom owe at least $2,500. Concerned by this burden, governments and private donors have undertaken large, high-profile efforts to relieve medical debt. We partnered with RIP Medical Debt to conduct two randomized...
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Kluender, Raymond, Neale Mahoney, Francis Wong, and Wesley Yin. "The Effects of Medical Debt Relief: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32315, April 2024.
- 16 Nov 2020
- News
Tech jobs spring up as companies adapt to new world of work
- September 2013
- Case
United Rentals (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Kathleen Durante and Emily McTague
In December 1997 United Rentals (URI) went public on the NYSE. Ten years later, during the peak of the economic meltdown, the company's performance was in decline. United Rentals had experienced its share of problems in the prior years and was still struggling to... View Details
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Board Of Directors;
Board Dynamics;
Accounting Fraud;
Governance;
Board Committees;
Merger;
Corporate Governance;
Construction Industry;
United States
Lorsch, Jay W., Kathleen Durante, and Emily McTague. "United Rentals (A)." Harvard Business School Case 414-043, September 2013.
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
and limit ‘globalization’ to commercial terms To me, ‘globalization’ means increasing knowledge of how other people in the world live and think.” Doug Kinsey set forth a view shared more or less by many...
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- 16 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
Out of PE, Into Africa
important as we think we are, and people can get by without us. If it is important to you, make it happen! You have the rest of your life to work. Even while the financial piece may seem daunting and...
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- 09 Feb 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?
- Web
The Rituals of Case Method Teaching - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 03 Mar 2013
- News
In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy
- 06 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Brandon Lovell (MBA 2020) Talks Growing Up in the South Bronx, Year Up, and the Value of a Supportive Community
Brandon Lovell (MBA 2020) grew up in the South Bronx with no clear path set before him. After graduating from High School, Brandon spent a few years searching for his next step when one day, he was introduced to Year Up and his path started coming into focus. Year Up,...
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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
living the philosophy she laid out in her 1988 Bulletin interview: "The happier people are those who have succeeded in integrating the things they want to do, rather than carving their lives into pieces." She says View Details
- January 2013
- Article
'I'll Have One of Each': How Separating Rewards into (Meaningless) Categories Increases Motivation
By: F. Gino and S. Wiltermuth
We propose that separating rewards into categories can increase motivation, even when those categories are meaningless. Across six experiments, people were more motivated to obtain one reward from one category and another reward from another category than they were to...
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Motivation and Incentives
Gino, F., and S. Wiltermuth. "'I'll Have One of Each': How Separating Rewards into (Meaningless) Categories Increases Motivation." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 104, no. 1 (January 2013): 1–13.
- 28 Feb 2019
- News
New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures
people have great ideas and drive, but they don’t necessarily have the skills, knowledge, or connections to execute yet. We’re excited to see what they will do.” HBS Dean Nitin Nohria believes the program will be a catalyst in developing...
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- March–April 2023
- Article
You Need Two Leadership Gears: Know When to Take Charge and When to Get Out of the Way
By: Lindy Greer, Francesca Gino and Robert Sutton
The debate about the best way to lead has been raging for years: Should you empower your people and get out of their way, or take charge and push them to do great work? The answer, say the authors, is to do both. Their research shows that effective leaders routinely...
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Greer, Lindy, Francesca Gino, and Robert Sutton. "You Need Two Leadership Gears: Know When to Take Charge and When to Get Out of the Way." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 2 (March–April 2023): 76–85.
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
The Social Side of an Internship
I think I speak for most interns when I say that company sanctioned social outings can be a crucial part of getting to understand a firm’s culture. At my internship this summer, I and other interns have been exposed to lecture series,...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management
people to be better managers—entrepreneurial or otherwise. Based on our own experience and that of others, we believe that teachers with the right tools can make successful interventions and can increase the...
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- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
environment. It's largely an untold history, Jones says, ignored by both business and environmental historians. Indeed, many people still think that there were few environmental concerns or green businesses until the last decade....
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
emphasis on personal relationships. "It's taken to a different level in China," says Chua. "Because of the lack of a strong legal infrastructure, people have to...
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by Michael Blanding