Professor Jim Heskett - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Participation - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

discussion leader's job is managing participation anxiety. Transcript Combining High Standards with Support Frances Frei Professor Frei suggests that instructors maintain a supportive environment, while setting high standards for class... View Details

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

many people. “There is a central tension in the case between the student feeling at once helpless against a corrupt system and surprisingly powerful given his novitiate status.” The case, Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania, was... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

We all know the importance of mentors and other early career experiences in shaping the kind of leaders we ultimately become. But how important to that development are the particular companies we work for? For Harvard Business School View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

17 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

States as one of the 15 “safe countries” whose citizens may enter freely. Meanwhile, many leaders are reporting that their teams—or they themselves—have crashed into a wall of demotivation and despair. The Stockdale Paradox, made famous in View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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Blog - Business & Environment

Climate Solutions with Professor Jim Matheson (MBA 2001) Jim Matheson 30 Sep 2024 Syngenta Tomato Vision Chad Gruzin, Roget Mo, Varnika Menghnani & Jenny Gao 26 Sep 2024 |... View Details

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

investment firm Equity Associates Inc. Jim is president of Verbier Management Corp., an investment management company specializing in small enterprises and real estate, and Kristy is a professor of... View Details

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

Manufacturing commons are "webs of technological knowhow, operational capabilities, and specialized skills" that underlie many industries, universities, and the government. Also, see Professor Jim Heskett's... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

manufacturers increased by 5.9% from April 2003 to April 2004). In June 2004, as the newly appointed vice-president of the meals division, Jim Murphy was facing a crisis with one of General Mills' key brands, Hamburger Helper. The metrics... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

ensure accountability, cultivate collaboration, and encourage initiative. Individual and system accountability. Jim Kilts said it best: "A promise made is a promise kept." As we have seen, confidence is enhanced when people are... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

profitability. But in a review of all of the studies that have been published on the topic over the past thirty years, HBS professor Joshua Margolis and Jim Walsh concluded that the connection between social... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship

Business Administration Satish K. Tadikonda Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Mitchell B. Weiss Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice Chair, MBA Required Curriculum Jim Matheson... View Details

25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

Supplement 210-067 "CityCenter (D)" follows the (A), (B), and (C) cases with subsequent chronological events through CityCenter's grand opening in December 2009 and financial results through March 2010. The case includes a simple valuation exercise intended... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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About - Business & Environment

environment More on Curriculum Leadership Michael Toffel Faculty Chair; Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management Professor Michael Toffel has been interested in how companies can reduce their... View Details

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Courses | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Professor Benjamin N. Roth; Assistant Professor Natalia Rigol Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (Spring Q3Q4) Professor Robert Simons Cities, Structures,... View Details

19 Feb 2012
News

No Bitter Aftertaste From This Stock Offering

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

creating healthy lives, not just profits, from its medical products. Higher-ambition leaders craft a distinctive set of practices, outlined in our book, to enact the multiple stakeholder perspective." In addition to being the Cahners-Robb View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

incorporate flexibility of strategy implementation, promote critical thinking and innovation, and emphasize a common purpose throughout a growing organization. Learning From Harvard’s Great Negotiators Professor View Details

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Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

is diffusing rapidly in the literature and among practitioners. Additionally, together with Dr. Jim Kim and Dr. Paul Farmer, Michael Porter has developed a body of thinking and case studies on health care delivery in resource poor... View Details

28 Jun 2010
HBS Case

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

details how one institution has implemented its own version of health-care reform, taking overall performance levels from well below average to the top 10 percent in the industry. Coauthored by HBS assistant professor Anita Tucker and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

07 Feb 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course

If Noam Wasserman's entrepreneurship elective were a start-up company, investors would be delighted with its growth. When the Harvard Business School professor first offered his Founders' Dilemmas course in 2009, a mere 42 second-year MBA... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

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