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- 05 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why People Crave Feedback—and Why We’re Afraid to Give It
Abi-Esber says. After all, there are few greater gifts a person can give someone than showing them that you are paying attention to what they are doing, and helping them to do...
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by Michael Blanding
- 12 Jul 2022
- News
Expanding the Power to Prosper
could to relatives back at home—a process that opened Dyer’s eyes to the ways in which the financial system, with its long delays and steep fees, often winds up being most costly for those who have the...
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- 30 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS
get accepted into HBS and decided to attend. Even though I was already on a great track and well-compensated at Google, I determined that attending would be a long-term investment that would likely pay off...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Ink: Bringing Purpose to Life
In his new book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High Performance Companies, Professor Ranjay Gulati makes the case that it is indeed possible to serve two masters—profit and social purpose—at the same time. But in order View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
include an "insurance policy" that pays one party a sum tied to the future realized value of the firm. This sort of arrangement sometimes appears in mergers in the form of "earn-out...
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by Stuart C. Gilson
- 01 Jun 1996
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GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria
The timing is an unfortunate coincidence. Far from a response to any poll, the decision to include GMAT scores as one piece of an applicant's portfolio is based on systematic analysis of data gathered over...
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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Career to Smile About
of acquired knowledge and experience across regions and nations is a key to business success. And with dozens of wildly different markets and ongoing geopolitical rearrangements, she knows that, be it toothpaste or any other consumer...
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Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
How to Fix Wall Street
"I'm making this decision on principle, just to see how it feels." ©The New Yorker Collection 2003 Leo Cullum from Cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved. Another bubble is brewing. Only this time it is a regulation bubble. As agencies and...
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- 22 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning
opposing views,” Minson said. She defined this characteristic as “the willingness to access, consider, and evaluate supporting and opposing views in a relatively impartial manner.” That means, she said,...
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by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette
- 18 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet
includes more firms, the researchers note. Strategy yields dividends for companies and new CEOs Choosing an external CEO seems to pay off for both the executive and the private equity firm itself, the...
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- 27 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know
should be careful to respect a range of religious expressions. Take the case of auto parts retailer AutoZone, which agreed to pay $75,000 for telling an employee he couldn’t...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Turning Point: Getting to Giving
with abundance. I felt I had to pay back this phenomenal, invaluable gift I’d received. Even though I truly believe we were made to give, it is still a conscious choice, and...
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- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
Should tall people pay higher taxes than the rest of us? It is an idea that is bound to raise eyebrows, if not a smile. Yet the underlying notion is not entirely silly, grounded as it is in serious questions...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2018
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Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
incomes are under enormous pressure, making it critical that farmers find ways to save money,” Baron says. “They all knew they had something to learn by sharing.” After pooling their data, Baron saw that...
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Sasha Issenberg
- 13 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS
wouldn’t be able to afford an MBA How would I pay for the MBA? What would I do about fees and living expenses? I learned more about financial aid at HBS and realized it’s hard View Details
- 07 Feb 2020
- News
Women less inclined to self-promote than men, even for a job
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis
Global Failures Create a “Lodestar” for HBS Research and Teaching From new cases to new courses and research projects, the HBS faculty’s response to the global financial crisis has been “quite...
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- 22 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make
about speaking up at work, incidents in which catastrophe is narrowly averted rise to the surface, spurring important growth and systems improvement. “People don't pay enough attention, especially in the...
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- 15 May 2023
- News
From Scientist to Business Leader
Brianna Kim (MS/MBA 2023) When she was little, Brianna Kim (MS/MBA 2023) fell in love with the hard sciences and expected to eventually go to medical school or earn a PhD. But her plans changed after college. Kim grew up outside Washington, DC, as the hearing daughter...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
consulting firm used to be as good as it gets: a six-figure starting salary, a $30,000 signing bonus, a pledge to pay some or all of their B-school tuition — which amounts...
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