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- 01 Mar 2011
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Faculty Books
examine the ways in which software differs from other technologies in promoting economic development; what motivates individuals and firms to contribute to open source projects; how developers and users view the trade-offs between the two...
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- 01 Oct 2021
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Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path
Plastic bottles are sorted for recycling at Cedar Environmental on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon. Professor Nien-hê Hsieh tries to bring his students to the “gray area”—that uncomfortable and all-too-common space where leaders face difficult View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
An Unconventional Suggestion
minimize the local environmental impact of extraction, and speed the transition to cleaner, lower-carbon energy. The report’s analysis found “no inherent trade-off between environmental protection and company profitability” and found that...
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- 08 Jul 2016
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So Why Don't You Have Your Dream Job Yet?
requires long hours. A role at an environmental nonprofit that meets interests and lifestyle needs, but doesn’t pay well. “At least recognizing that there are trade-offs is really powerful. And what I like to say is you can have it all...
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- 03 Feb 2021
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Power Play
climate crisis. “We fundamentally believe that we don’t have to make a trade-off between having good investment returns and doing something that is good for the environment and sustainable,” notes Graziano. For Smith, SER partner and CFO,...
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Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2013
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Case Study: A Place at the Table
think that's a valid argument in 2013." Descriptions of life after HBS reveal a stubborn consistency from 1962 to 2012: the reality that women continue to bear the brunt of work-family trade-off decisions. And classroom discussions in a...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
“What I hope to do is to help others. That is why I’m here. Through this funding support, HBS will help to make that come to fruition.” —David Velasquez ‘Would the Trade-Off Be Worth It?’ As a teenager, David Velasquez (MBA/MPP 2023, MD...
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April White
- 01 Sep 2020
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Righting the Ship
have big parts to play. That can be positive. It will be difficult and it will involve lots of complicated trade-offs and wrenching decisions, but nonetheless, we need a lot more than hunkering down and hoping we get through. Nancy Koehn...
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- 28 May 2019
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Cure All
RS: Absolutely. And hopefully these new models will dispel the idea that there is a trade-off between providing excellent care and actually making money. There may be a sense that it has to be one or the other, but that is not always...
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- 13 Nov 2020
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Students craft their post-HBS lives
Perlow, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership. The course equips students to better handle the choices, surprises, and trade-offs that they will inevitably face in the years after graduation. “It’s not about creating a rigid...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Ink: Comfort in Discomfort
every corner, especially once you start looking for them. Too often leaders get stuck in the balance between option A or B, trapped by the trade-offs inherent in either/or thinking. A both/and approach to problem-solving, by contrast, can...
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- 13 Jan 2021
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Stress Test
you can learn a lot from those examples. What lessons can we take from the myriad supply-chain challenges of 2020? The resilience-versus-cost trade-off is going to be heavily scrutinized. A resilient supply chain has redundant systems but...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
consider all of the possible effects that might come out of the process of implementing it—and what might happen if it is not implemented. This then needs to be weighed against what the project will ultimately create, to see if the View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
differently while pregnant?” The focus is on practical, actionable recommendations. Risks are put into context so women can make their own choices, aware of the trade-offs they’re actually making. Pursuing Other Opportunities: A Corporate...
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- 01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
understood why a sponsor might feel she's a safe investment. And I understood better what her life is like, what the value of time is for her, and what trade-offs she makes. These are not necessarily things you can learn from academic...
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- 12 Apr 2023
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Step Change
Egypt. "It felt like the opportunities for career growth were more available in New York," Enan recalls. "And the other trade-off was around quality of life. I loved going to the theater with friends, taking improv and writing classes....
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developing economies;
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- 10 Aug 2017
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Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
fired, this is what happens if-- there's so many hours they want me to work, blah, blah, blah. But we don't have a similar contract at home. So we come home and we're in a contract-less world, which means that the contract of the first place can often-- like, now I'm...
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- 01 Dec 2009
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The Fab Four
renewal process. I was surprised when Kent Bowen approached me about doing a case. We were just a small manufacturer. I didn’t think what I did would be relevant in the classroom. But there were actually quite a few students interested in the practical decisions and...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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The Path Ahead
There will be a tax to long-term shareholder value, but the trade-off is that it might elevate our societies. In India, for instance, the Companies Act requires Indian companies to spend 2 percent of their profits on corporate social...
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- 01 Dec 2004
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Retirement's Changing Face
with this eternal conundrum. Easy Rider Martin Snoey (MBA ’72) Age: 61 Home: Mercer Island, Washington “My sense is that life is not a simple sequence of events,” says Martin Snoey. “Instead, it’s a continual trade-off among career,...
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