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- 17 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews
United States. Some of the resumes included information that clearly pointed out the applicants’ minority status, while others were whitened, or scrubbed of racial clues. The researchers then created email accounts and phone numbers for...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
creativity. These findings have theoretical and practical implications for research in workplace diversity and creativity. The Microwork Solution: A New Approach to Outsourcing Can Support Economic Development—and Add to Your Bottom Line...
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Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jul 2022
- HBS Case
How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)
and in retail chains with lots and lots of stores, they use what are called co-packers, third-party factories, that will make ice cream to your specifications. That was always an option for Ample Hills.” Hiring a co-packer would have helped Ample Hills scale production...
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by Pamela Reynolds
- 06 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Cut Salaries or Cut People? The Best Way to Survive a Downturn
inbound call center, working in six divisions selling different digital services, such as cable TV packages, cellular phone plans, and internet connectivity services. The researchers learned of an impending compensation cut in one...
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by Rachel Layne
- Web
Mental Health - MBA
with the SAS team. Counseling and Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Harvard University CAMHS provides a number of resources and support systems to the greater Harvard Community. Your first contact with CAMHS typically begins with an initial 20-minute View Details
- 18 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works
team members used redundant communication, compared to 12 percent of managers with direct authority. And 54 percent of managers without direct power combined an instant communication (via IM or a phone call) with a delayed communication...
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by Kim Girard
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
choose one. There have been so many. I can remember one where Joe Perella was on the phone with the Chairman of International Paper Company. And I'd done the analysis and it started off with me not being available, the first call that Joe...
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- 22 Feb 2024
- News
Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching
amazing. I did it all perfectly. No regrets." And it was not the case. I read those journals and I could constantly read between the lines and see things I was missing, things I wasn't picking up on that were probably bothering my kids,...
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- 23 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation
a same-day reply by phone or email. The rules aren’t mission statements, but rather a way to make learning experiences easier to adopt and follow. McDonald adds, “Even simple rules can outlive their usefulness.” 6. Make the new look...
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by Lane Lambert
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
new employer coming to town. Wouldn’t all these new employees cause traffic congestion and overwhelm the rickety subway lines that serve Long Island City? (It didn’t help that Amazon didn’t pledge to invest in better local...
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
co-founder, President and CEO of NOW Corp, a B2B payments company that enables businesses to get paid immediately with their NOWaccount® in a way that feels like accepting a credit card for payment when a card is not offered. She also founded Nourish, a patented View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
he focused on organization and innovation in large organizations. He was elected a worldwide partner of the firm in 1987. Shikhar left BCG in 1988 to become CEO of Appex, an early-stage venture backed company that built the inter-carrier infrastructure for the US...
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- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
Skills in persuasion are vital, because for problems requiring advanced leadership, such as climate change, with so many stakeholders and sectors involved, no single leader can order anyone to do anything. It’s all a matter of lining up...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
ups-and-down of my friendships or relationships. I drew lines between who was allowed to know and who wasn’t. And in my career, I shamelessly allowed myself to work for people who did not affirm who I was. Doing all this having to...
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- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
thing is happening, can I get it to you tomorrow?" And he can read you in person. Another tip is that when you're working virtually, silence does not indicate agreement. So you have to actively inquire more than you would with a face-to-face interaction. On the...
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by Carmen Nobel
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Why Voice Is The Next Disruptive Platform Technology - Forum for Growth
adding features with diminishing marginal utility to phones in the absence of real technological breakthroughs. “Is this the end of the age of Apple?” tech columnist Kara Swisher wrote in the New York Times in 2018, “We need the next wave...
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- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
team at Harvard Business Press, led by the talented Kathleen Carr, had been generating a host of innovative ideas that naturally aligned with this book's innovative format—the use of artistic illustrations was their suggestion, and we were thrilled to make them a part...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
$120 million redevelopment initiative completed in 2005. The Tennessee Aquarium—a soaring, impressive glass-and-brick structure—stands on the banks of the Tennessee River, now lined with high-end condominiums. People bike and stroll...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Ross MacDonald Here’s the humbling truth: no matter how high your career soars, how many awards you win or companies you sell or differences you make in this world, everyone has to start somewhere. And in those first...
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- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
If Google is forced to exit China, will it be a blow financially? A: I don't think so, although they were looking to make progress in China with other lines of business, such as the Android mobile phone...
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