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  • 27 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

It is hard to imagine a more difficult and tragic trial by fire for a new leader. On September 4, 2001, Robert Mueller started his new job as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A mere week later, on September 11, al-Qaeda terrorists carried out... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • April 2013
  • Article

Overcoming Resistance to Organizational Change: Strong Ties and Affective Cooptation

By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro
We propose a relational theory of how change agents in organizations use the strength of ties in their network to overcome resistance to change. We argue that strong ties to potentially influential organization members who are ambivalent about a change (fence-sitters)... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Power and Influence; Health Industry; United Kingdom
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  • July 2005 (Revised August 2011)
  • Case

Jesse Holman Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Bridget Gurtler
Jesse Holman Jones is regarded as one of the most influential men in reviving the American economy from the Great Depression. With only an 8th grade education, he rose to the top of the banking, real estate, and lumber industries, as well as the upper echelons of... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Business History; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence
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  • 03 Jun 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Eliciting Taxpayer Preferences Increases Tax Compliance

Keywords: by Cait Lamberton, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve & Michael I. Norton
  • 2022
  • Book

Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire

By: Caroline M. Elkins
Sprawling across a quarter of the world’s land mass and claiming nearly seven hundred million people, Britain’s twentieth-century empire was the largest empire in human history. For many Britons, it epitomized their nation’s cultural superiority, but what legacy did... View Details
Keywords: Imperialism; Violence; Colonialism; History; Government and Politics; Power and Influence; Race; Policy; United Kingdom
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  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

to go along with the plan. China, The United States, and The Quest for Global Leadership Professor Bill Kirby + More Info – Less Info In an era of growing geopolitical tension between the United States and China, how do companies--and universities such at... View Details
  • Web

Partners - Case Method Project

2 of 5 Suzanne Bailey Virgil Grissom High School Huntsville, AL AL 3 of 5 Marcee Hinds Baker High School Mobile, AL AL 4 of 5 Michele Olejnik Huntsville High School Huntsville, AL AL 5 of 5 Mark Tenhundfeld McGill-Toolen Catholic High School Mobile, AL Subjects: AP US... View Details
  • April 2011
  • Case

Felipe Calderón: Leading with Light and Power (A)

By: J. Bruce Harreld and David Lane
This sequence of cases explores how leaders get their team focused on framing, analyzing, and ultimately acting upon complex decisions. The A case provides an inside look as President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, works with his cabinet ministers to decide how to... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decisions; Public Sector; Leadership; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Urban Development; Welfare or Wellbeing
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  • 23 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 23

psychology and ethical decision making. Read the paper: http://www.francescagino.com/uploads/4/7/4/7/4747506/caruso_gino_cognition_2011.pdf The Design of Online Advertising Markets Author: Benjamin G. Edelman Publication: In The Handbook... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jul 2021
  • Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

with customers, employees, and investors by being “the real deal,” creating valuable products and services, acting on good intentions, treating people fairly, and taking responsibility for how an organization impacts business and society, the authors write. And, at a... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 31 Aug 2021
  • Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

power has on the psychology of those in power: It makes them overconfident and susceptible to hubris, and it makes them more self-centered and insensitive to others,” Battilana says. And if a CEO can’t or won’t cultivate humility and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • Web

Insights From Harvard Business School’s Peek Program - MBA

came from the central theme in Professor Bernstein’s and Professor DeLong’s sessions: leadership. Professor Bernstein highlighted the importance of understanding human psychology and the role of trust-building within organizations. He... View Details
  • December 2019
  • Article

Communicating with Warmth in Distributive Negotiations Is Surprisingly Counterproductive

By: M. Jeong, J. Minson, M. Yeomans and F. Gino
When entering into a negotiation, individuals have the choice to enact a variety of communication styles. We test the differential impact of being “warm and friendly” versus “tough and firm” in a distributive negotiation, when first offers are held constant and... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Style; Communication Strategy; Perception; Performance Effectiveness; Outcome or Result
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Boston, MA Subjects: Grade 8 U.S. History I (Colonial to Civil War) MA Ilana Ascher Chelsea High School (MA) Chelsea, MA MA Damian Aufiero EMK Academy for Health Careers Boston, MA NY Keith Augeri Sachem High School East Farmingville, NY Subjects: US History and... View Details
  • November 2010 (Revised February 2013)
  • Case

Energy Security in Europe (A): Nord Stream

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Sogomon Tarontsi
Russian and German energy firms initiated the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline project with strong political support from their home governments but encountered resistance from other states. Although the pipeline would connect Russia with Germany directly, the project... View Details
Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Leadership; Distribution; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Energy Industry; Russia; European Union; Germany
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  • 2010
  • Article

Geography, Poverty and Conflict in Nepal

By: Quy-Toan Do and Lakshmi Iyer
This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the geographic, economic and social factors that contributed to the spread of civil war in Nepal over the period 1996-2006. This within-country analysis complements existing cross-country studies on the same subject. Using a... View Details
Keywords: Ethnicity; War; Poverty; Geography; Conflict and Resolution; Government and Politics; Economics; Nepal
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  • Article

Beyond Emotional Similarity: The Role of Situation-specific Motives

By: Amit Goldenberg, David Garcia, Eran Halperin, Jamil Zaki, Danyang Kong, Golijeh Golarai and James J. Gross
It is well established that people often express emotions that are similar to those of other group members. However, people do not always express emotions that are similar to other group members, and the factors that determine when similarity occurs are not yet clear.... View Details
Keywords: Emotion Contagion; Emotional Influence; Motivation; Group Dynamics; Emotions; Situation or Environment; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior
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  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

previously believed. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53610 in press Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Enacting Rituals to Improve Self-control By: Tian, D.A., J. Schroeder, G. Haubl, J. Risen,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

technique increases support for bills that have both costs and benefits. We also demonstrate that this effect is due to changes in the psychology of decision making, rather than voters' willingness to compromise and support a bill they... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Working Paper

Developing the Guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): Elite Commitment and Inclusive Growth

By: Lant Pritchett and Eric D. Werker
Two key unanswered questions in theories of growth are (a) why some countries successfully initiate episodes of rapid growth while others suffer extended stagnation and (b) why some countries are able to sustain growth episodes over many decades of rapid (or steady)... View Details
Keywords: Elite Commitment; Inclusive Growth; Status and Position; Rank and Position; Economic Growth
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