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- August 1999 (Revised February 2000)
- Background Note
What It Really Means to Manage: Exercising Power and Influence
By: Linda A. Hill
Describes the realities versus the myths of what it means to be a manager. In particular, it focuses on the limitations of formal authority as a source of power and identifies other sources of power that effective managers rely upon. Also outlines a framework of...
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Hill, Linda A. "What It Really Means to Manage: Exercising Power and Influence." Harvard Business School Background Note 400-041, August 1999. (Revised February 2000.)
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?
that all showed the same surprisingly lukewarm message about the impact of microfinance on livelihoods. Natalia Rigol: People expected to see shifts in household income, business growth, and consumption, but across the board these experiments found no movement, on...
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- 23 Nov 2021
- Book
What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins
that a culture limits the kinds of strategies that can be executed. As Edgar H. Schein has put it, “More and more management consultants are recognizing ... that, because culture constrains strategy, a company must analyze its culture and...
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by Avery Forman
- 2004
- Book
Having It All...And Making It Work: Six Steps for Putting Both Your Career and Your Family First
By: D. Quinn Mills, Sasha Mattu and Kirstin Hornby
Mills, D. Quinn, Sasha Mattu, and Kirstin Hornby. Having It All...And Making It Work: Six Steps for Putting Both Your Career and Your Family First. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004.
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
dissolves the social contract between people and government." Phil Clark commented that "Those who go bankrupt lose sight of personal principle and beliefs. A country going bankrupt undermines itself and demonstrates its...
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by Jim Heskett
- 02 May 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?
by doing it " Jessica Cruickshank concurred, saying that "It is the practice, more than the theories, that makes (teaching leadership) an effective experience." Measurement is the biggest challenge to the industry. There...
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by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
superficial, like putting lipstick on a bulldog, says Kanter. "You've got something that's big and ugly, and you want to improve its appearance, show the world it's really different." The problem, she said, is that "you are...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- October 2014
- Article
Should a Female Director “Tone It Down”?
By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell
Groysberg, Boris, and Deborah Bell. "Should a Female Director “Tone It Down”?" Harvard Business Review 92, no. 10 (October 2014).
- Article
Facebook Knows It Can't Offer More Privacy
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Facebook Knows It Can't Offer More Privacy." Bloomberg View (April 26, 2018).
- August 1988
- Case
ESAB AB: Toughing It Out (A) (Condensed)
Mead, Melissa J. "ESAB AB: Toughing It Out (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 189-030, August 1988.
- May – June 1981
- Article
Is Your Stock Worth Its Market Price?
By: W. E. Fruhan Jr. and Thomas R. Piper
Fruhan, W. E., Jr., and Thomas R. Piper. "Is Your Stock Worth Its Market Price?" Harvard Business Review 59, no. 3 (May–June 1981).
- November 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Enabling Business Strategy with IT at the World Bank
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey
World Bank IT provides services (communications, applications, video conferencing, knowledge sharing, distance learning, information sharing, client commerce, crisis management, etc.) on a global basis to the poorest countries in the globe via satellites. This case...
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Information Infrastructure;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Information Technology;
Global Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Brian DeLacey. "Enabling Business Strategy with IT at the World Bank." Harvard Business School Case 304-055, November 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- Aug 2017
- Conference Presentation
Phd Life Lab—Treat It Like a Job
By: Hise O. Gibson, T. Johnson and T. Hewlin
- 1 Jan 1991
- Conference Presentation
Gender Difference: What Difference Does it Make?
By: R. J. Ely
Keywords:
Gender
Ely, R. J. "Gender Difference: What Difference Does it Make?" Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, January 01, 1991. (Winner of Dorothy Harlow Best Paper Award Given annually to the author of the best paper submitted to the Annual Academy of Management Meeting presented by Academy of Management.)
- Article
The Feeling of Not Knowing It All
By: Haiyang Yang, Ziv Carmon, Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton
How do consumers assess their mastery of knowledge they have learned? We explore this question by investigating a common knowledge consumption situation: encountering opportunities for further learning. We argue and show that such opportunities can trigger a...
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Keywords:
Knowledge Consumption;
Consumption Of Learning;
Judgment Of Knowledge;
Feeling Ofknowing;
Confidence In Knowledge;
WYSIATI;
FONKIA;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Learning;
Perception
Yang, Haiyang, Ziv Carmon, Dan Ariely, and Michael I. Norton. "The Feeling of Not Knowing It All." Journal of Consumer Psychology 29, no. 3 (July 2019): 455–462.
- November 2015
- Article
Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness?
By: Ramana Nanda and Liz Kind
Nanda, Ramana, and Liz Kind. "Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness?" Harvard Business Review 93, no. 11 (November 2015).
- June 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Background Note
Managing IT in the 1990s: Communications Technology
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Geoffrey Bock
Provides an overview of the basic technologies that comprise the communications infrastructure of a firm. Network architecture, wide area networks, local area networks, communication media, network protocols, and basic principles of data transmission over networks are...
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Applegate, Lynda M., and Geoffrey Bock. "Managing IT in the 1990s: Communications Technology." Harvard Business School Background Note 195-270, June 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- November 1994 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Canadian Airlines: Reservations About Its Future (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Duncan G. Copeland and Chris L Marshall
McFarlan, F. Warren, Duncan G. Copeland, and Chris L Marshall. "Canadian Airlines: Reservations About Its Future (A)." Harvard Business School Case 195-101, November 1994. (Revised October 1995.)
- March 1990 (Revised April 1990)
- Supplement
IBM Corp.: ""Make It Your Business"" (B)
By: Robert L. Simons
Reveals the system changes that IBM adopted. Designed as an in-class handout after discussion of the (A) case.
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Simons, Robert L. IBM Corp.: ""Make It Your Business"" (B). Harvard Business School Supplement 190-138, March 1990. (Revised April 1990.)
- April 1987 (Revised January 1988)
- Background Note
Managing Information Technology: IT Organization and Leadership
Applegate, Lynda M. "Managing Information Technology: IT Organization and Leadership." Harvard Business School Background Note 187-150, April 1987. (Revised January 1988.)