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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
stumble when tasked with closing the gap between a desired end-state and executing an action plan. LEAP is designed to give students pattern recognition and practice in developing action plans across a variety of challenges they are...
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- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
than fifty years, self-disclosure has been widely studied across a variety of interpersonal contexts, including friendships, romances, and therapeutic relations. The way to enhance trust between people is for all parties to self-disclose,...
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by Michael Blanding
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
in a variety of industries—all demonstrating a keen sense of contextual intelligence. Q: What does the database have to say to boards looking for their next CEO? A: There is a strong tendency to search for a candidate who has a specific...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
intensified as well. "In the last fifteen years," Tufano says, "competition has centered on the most effective means of distributing products; on the quality, immediacy, and depth of information made available to consumers; and on the nature and View Details
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
variety of philanthropists, including the foundation started by the late John Walton—to establish a funding operation in Tennessee. The Fund supports CMOs whose schools have performed well on a broad range of metrics, including statewide...
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- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
need to “overhaul the KPIs for each department, make the goals clearer and easily assessable by the managers.” All of these actions had to be “communicated in true empathy,” through a variety of channels, some unfamiliar. One CEO “came up...
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- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
targeted a variety of demographic segments in different sales points, acquired new customers, and created a moment of luxurious consumption for all ages. Accordingly, within Godiva’s global enterprise, Godiva Japan had become number two...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
technology and improved digital communication have been explored in a variety of contexts, the impact on economic activity—from consumer and entrepreneurial behavior to the ways in which governments determine policy—is less well...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
business borrowers can comparison shop among a range of products from a variety of lenders--including community and regional banks, online balance sheet lenders, and others. Some of the most prominent of these players include Biz2Credit,...
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- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
that takes into consideration a variety of customer specific characteristics to set optimal pricing for quotations. On "go live" day, the sales force "is up in arms" requesting that their "special customer...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
the restructuring of Chrysler in the midst of the financial crisis of 2008-2009. It describes how debtors can use section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to sell assets quickly. It allows for discussion of who benefits and who loses in such restructurings, and it also...
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
business practices with political savvy and a pioneering spirit, J.R.D Tata is remembered as one of India's most important and influential business leaders. Tata is an example of a 20th century business leader who applied contextual intelligence to a View Details
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Martha Lagace
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The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog
the course will be drawn from a variety of sources, including a curated selection of readings from ancient wisdom traditions as well as contemporary readings, some composed by invited guests. While we have developed a number of case...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
eventually cut 15,000 jobs from the company's payroll. In ten years of growth between 1982 and 1992, the number of employees had risen from 41,500 to 116,700, and the airline's fleet had grown from 231 to 897 planes. However, in 1991, due to a View Details
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Nancy O. Perry
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
216-079 The Role of the Chief Financial Officer This note profiles the role of the modern chief financial officer (CFO). It presents insights based on a variety of surveys and descriptions of HBS graduates who hold or have held the CFO...
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Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
to drink the Kool-Aid and buy into the agenda or move on." On the flip side, the executives noted that employees who embrace the mission should be rewarded in a variety of ways, whether in terms of glowing performance evaluations, extra...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok—a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique aspects of New Balance's strategy—focusing on fit and performance by offering...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
be an island apart from other firms. They must work with other firms to develop and exploit new technologies. Because this coordination process can be quite difficult, a variety of mechanisms have sprung up to facilitate this process. One...
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- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
Adams has spent her career as a journalist, author, and convener. Over the next few months, she will share a variety of stories that we hope will teach, inspire, and motivate our readers to create their own positive stories - ones which...
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- 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007
Business School Case 207-090 As part of its expansion and diversification strategy, the Chiaphua Group explored real estate investments in emerging markets. The Group was one of the largest privately held company groups based in Hong Kong, with international...
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Sean Silverthorne