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05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

organization to a new level. And at home, rebels are more engaged partners, parents, and friends. Packed with strategies for embracing rebellion at work and in life as well as illuminating case studies from a wide range of industries, Rebel Talent encourages all of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

Companies that manage for short-term gain rather than long-term growth have been blamed for everything from popularizing celebrity CEOs to causing a significant chunk of the current financial crisis. Now new research findings suggest that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

11 Oct 2023
News

Soldier On

responsibilities of a leader at a moment like that? PJ: I think the majority of my leadership training comes from my time that I spent in the Marine Corps as an infantry officer. We were always taught that the leader should be at the... View Details

22 Dec 2015
First Look

December 22, 2015

demand, and supporting infrastructures, including business ecosystems) and, when feasible, the wider institutional, regulatory, and even cultural context that conventional International business literature takes as a datum. This is examined conceptually and by View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Nov 2015
Op-Ed

Authentic Leadership Rediscovered

self-monitoring, understand how they are being perceived, and use emotional intelligence (EQ) to communicate effectively. Authentic leaders are not perfect, nor do they try to be. They make mistakes, but they are willing to admit their... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

15 Jun 2021
News

Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Later, as a student at HBS, Stavros studied ESOPs: their initial popularity among private equity firms and their dramatic decline in use in the late 1980s. Stavros concluded that... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Developing Instructor Style - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

styles are consistent with creating a learning environment that is simultaneously challenging and supportive. Mutual respect is essential along the way: striving for high standards in the case discussion should not mean demoralizing weaker contributors, and humor... View Details

21 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Going Negative in Political Advertising

race, the better-known John McCain used negative ads effectively to bury the better financed Mitt Romney in Florida. These negative ads were complimented by positive ads burnishing McCain's record. The ads ran in the final days before the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

21 Nov 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

Interest Rate Pass-Through: Mortgage Rates, Household Consumption, and Voluntary Deleveraging By: Di Maggio, Marco, Amir Kermani, Benjamin Keys, Tomasz Piskorski, Rodney Ramcharan, Amit Seru, and Vincent Yao Abstract—Exploiting variation in the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

gender equity at HBS and beyond. We have an incredible list of sponsors who, through their funding and support, help us deliver extensive programming for all members. Some of the highlights of our club include: Annual Women Business... View Details

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

going to depreciate tomorrow or next week or even next month. But over time, you expect it to depreciate. So if you're a business manager, you probably want to be fairly well hedged against this possibility, either by making use of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1997
News

Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner

Inc. When did you first meet Martha Stewart? Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 1993. I had completed my time at McKinsey and Rainbow, where I had become a startup and turnaround person. I was finishing a year off, and I was undertaking... View Details

09 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual

promising to recreate it as the better tomorrow. The word "Again" is no accidental addition to the Make America Great slogan. Remember the famous Kellogg's Corn Flakes campaign to recover lost consumers: “Try Us Again for the... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details

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About - Business History

Horizons Re: Melanie Sheehan BHI's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Business History offered me an incredible opportunity to learn and grow as a business historian. I arrived at HBS with research and teaching experience in the history of US... View Details

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

dating clubs, game consoles, and so on. So the idea is to subsidize one side in order to attract it more or less irrespectively of the other side and then turn to the second side and charge it positive prices. Of course, depending on the market, the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

Perhaps no technology company outside of IBM has been able to keep on top of the industry as much as Microsoft. What's more, Bill Gates & Co. have achieved this success during times of incredible technological transformation, usually... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

says, noting that according to US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 12 percent of the workforce is listed as salespeople, a figure that has grown in the 21st century. Plus, the $900 billion that is spent on sales forces by View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?

managers have the courage, but does the CEO have the vision and fortitude to stand before the board and defend the opportunity to explore and fail?" Joe Violette, who reminded us that innovation (as... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

27 Nov 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Secrets for Creating a Long-Lasting Brand

built from the ground up and rebuilt again when the competitive landscape shifts. A Good Place to Start Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?Super Bowl advertising is increasingly about using storytelling to sell... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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