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- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers
policy is the need to make that policy appear legitimate," he writes. In this excerpt from Chapter one, Trumbull discusses how collective interests can lead to a rapid collective response. Read an interview with the author. The Surprise... View Details
Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
scrutiny. Time to manage your own professional image before others do it for you. An interview with professor Laura Morgan Roberts. 2. The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs In the newly released book On Competition, professor Michael E.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 13 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?
uncertainty, the complex and heterogeneous nature of the scientific knowledge base, and the rapid pace of scientific progress. "The health of the sector depends on how well it can cope with all three of these challenges," writes Pisano. In this View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
skeptics who figured he would sidestep company policy that requires retirement by age 60. “I’m not really retiring,” Cohen pointedly explains in an interview at Apax’s Portland Place headquarters, a stately townhouse on a tree-lined... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
reporting them in an open, supportive work environment. The survey's findings were further supported in observing and interviewing hospital employees on the job. In the unit with the highest detected error rate (unbeknownst to the... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
said yes. Once Rovell recruited a celebrity, that person often would cheerfully give him another star's direct line. Rovell quickly built an impressive Rolodex. You can succeed without explicitly swapping favors. Tapes of the show enhanced his credibility as an View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
were less thorough, and the managers and lawyers we interviewed while conducting our research raised concerns about the extent to which reforms were effectively implemented. Our results do not indicate that the more limited reforms in... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
jobs in the state in 2019, up from 9.7% in 2015.” And “between 2015 and 2019 green jobs grew by 13.2%, more than twice the rate of total job growth in New York (6%).” In September, BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird was interviewed by Climate... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
and WeWork—along with interviews and stories from their own personal experience, to make these ideas come alive. This book is your indispensable guide for unleashing greatness in other people and, ultimately, in yourself. Reimagining... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
In Rangan’s view, the sector is poised on the brink of transformation, a topic he enthusiastically expounded upon during a recent interview in his Morgan Hall office. The terms “social enterprise” and “nonprofit” seem to be used... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
consistent with our field interviews of R&D executives from laboratories involved in our study. The study provides further evidence of the geographically bounded nature of knowledge. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
résumé audit study, we examine racial minorities’ attempts to avoid anticipated discrimination in labor markets by concealing or downplaying racial cues in job applications, a practice known as "résumé whitening." Interviews with racial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
instance, in tiny poor villages in China that I was trying to write about poverty in China. And here it was in the US. April: Was there something that you came to understand about the lives of your friends in Yamhill that you hadn't previously known? Did View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
of the questions that Gayle explores in this provocative examination of racial and ethnic identity. By delving into the history and interviewing Black Creeks who are fighting to have their citizenship reinstated, he lays bare the racism... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
coupled with regular meetings of the independent directors is critical to the independent directors' ability to function effectively as a counterweight to management. When interviewing candidates for CEO, the board needs to ask probing... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
podcast featuring interviews and insights from across the world of business. It’s produced by the External Relations Department at HBS. Our audio engineer is Craig McDonald. It is available on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
some advice for leading a successful honest conversation: Focus the conversation on the question that matters. What do you want to learn? Make it safe to share the whole truth. A task force of eight or so trusted leaders commissioned by the senior team can learn the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
Alone, broke, and homeless My biggest failure in life was my marriage. My wife filed for divorce, and the judge gave her all the assets and me all the bills. After 23 years of marriage I was alone, broke, and homeless. I needed to understand why this had happened, so I... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
and to show up at interviews when invited. The government deliberately hired candidates from each group. It's too soon to gauge which group will yield the best performers, since the candidates have just started working. But the initial... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
predecessors of ABB, the global engineering giant. In a 1991 interview in Harvard Business Review, he noted that: We had no choice but to do it secretly and to do it quickly.… There were no lawyers, no auditors, no environmental... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius