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We need a COVID-19 D-Day—and the leadership to execute it

Two Harvard Business School professors declare that the U.S. is losing the battle against the pandemic but describe how effective leadership could still win the war. Two Harvard Business School professors declare that the U.S. is losing the battle against the... View Details

07 Nov 2010
News

The Honorable Senator's buddies

Elizabeth Sheprow

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Sheprow is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. Her research is focused on relational dynamics, emotions, and culture within... View Details

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

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29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

publishes summaries of working papers written by Harvard Business School faculty—along with links to the full text of those papers. Here are the five most downloaded working papers of 2019: Corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 May 2012
News

Too big to manage?

Dennis A. Yao

Dennis Yao is the Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration and Chair of the Doctoral Programs at Harvard Business School. He joined the faculty in 2004 after having been at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. From 1991-1994 he served as... View Details

Keywords: automotive; defense; federal government; high technology

02 Jun 2021
News

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

02 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Salary Negotiations: A Catch-22 for Women

The higher a woman rises through a company’s ranks, the more backlash she faces if she negotiates her salary assertively—a phenomenon that contributes to the wide gender gap in the C-suite, new research suggests. By analyzing data from more than 2,500 negotiators,... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 May 2012
News

Why Everyone at Your Company Should Speak (A Little) English

01 Jun 2022
News

Elon Musk Demands Tesla Employees Show Up to the Office Full-Time

03 Feb 2017
News

Is greed slowing the NFL's growth?

25 Mar 2021
Video

Doctoral Virtual Campus Tour

30 Jul 2012
News

Building a Winery in China From Scratch

16 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses

roadblocks are delaying its widespread implementation, probably for many years. So what happens when the last IPv4 address is assigned? Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman proposes a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications

21 Feb 2020
News

Leading Race Work at HBS: From the Back Yard to the Front Lawn

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

If capitalism was the most influential single economic and social force of the 20th century (and continuing today), there is no better guide to understanding its power and complexity than famed economist Joseph Schumpeter, says Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

Karen Mills

Karen Gordon Mills is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School and a leading authority on U.S. competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and innovation. She served in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet as the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business... View Details

01 Feb 2018
News

Conversation: Nancy Koehn, PhD '90

23 Apr 2015
News

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