by James Heskett - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Mar 2021
Blog Post

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

contributions of people from different backgrounds a large part of the answer? If so, should organizations initiate efforts to improve diversity and inclusion simultaneously? How do we manage the complexity and time requirements to do so? About the Author View Details

Keywords: All Industries

29 Jun 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Trade Credit and Taxes

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley & James R. Hines

10 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative

Cross-sector partnerships between for-profit and nonprofit organizations are increasing in frequency and importance. Such collaborations, write Diana Barrett, James Austin and Sheila McCarthy, "are moving from an arm's-length... View Details

Keywords: by Diana Barrett, James Austin & Sheila McCarthy

24 Apr 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Social Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by James E. Austin & Ezequiel Reficco

11 Feb 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Tommy Koh and the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: A Multifront ‘Negotiation Campaign’

Keywords: by Laurence A. Green & James K. Sebenius

01 Aug 2022
News

Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

01 Oct 1996
News

Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

about changing both how people think and how they behave," says Porter. "I'm pleased when my work is used by other academicians. But I feel equally satisfied when people tell me my ideas made a difference in their companies or countries."... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Mar 2005
News

A Primer on Patents

Washington until the issue’s visibility moves from the level of the assistant general counsel of a corporation to the level of the CEO. We hope this book will contribute to that process by making these matters more accessible to chief... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

(iStockphoto/AvigatorPhotographer) Recently there has been talk, but no action, about eliminating some or all of the tariffs on Chinese imports that were instituted by the Trump administration. The debate involves salient arguments on... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

01 Jun 1999
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Ian Walsh

Ian Walsh was like many other students at Hamilton College - he majored in English and biology and played hockey and lacrosse. But he and his twin brother, Eric, were in a class by themselves when it came to career plans. While their... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

11 Dec 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Three Perspectives on Team Learning: Outcome Improvement, Task Mastery, and Group Process

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson, James R. Dillon & Kathryn S. Roloff

01 Jun 1997
News

Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship

fortune." "I saw no reason to hold off until I was older or retired to share my good fortune." After college, Rauner wasted little time enrolling at HBS, entering the School at age 23. Midway through the second year of the MBA Program, he was recruited View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Apr 1997
News

Learning from the Past

led it back to profitability during the oil boom of the 1970s. By 1983, however, boom had turned to bust. After restructuring the company to a more suitable size, Strassler cashed out and helped his brother launch a family-run investment... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Oct 1998
News

Value Added

first plane trip brought him to HBS and the MBA Program, which served as his introduction not only to business but to the ways of the West. After graduation, Gupta started as an associate in McKinsey's New York office, followed by... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Feb 1998
News

A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98)

sportsmanship, Kluzak registered an impressive career with the Bruins despite undergoing eleven operations precipitated by a 1984 knee injury. He retired in 1990 and, at age 27, entered Harvard College as a sophomore. In Kluzak's era a... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Oct 2001
News

Jeffery E. Sagansky: That's Entertainment

enthusiasm, "and the Nielsens are our daily report card." A veteran of NBC and CBS, where he helped develop hits such as The Cosby Show, Cheers, and Touched by an Angel, Sagansky, president and CEO of Paxson Communications Corp., is now... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Arts, Entertainment

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

Success in Social Enterprise," ending August 1. This two-year study was the second carried out by SEKN since it was founded in 2001 as a research partnership between HBS and leading business schools in Latin America and Spain. SEKN's... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Oct 2000
News

Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right

and Australia. And in June, Brier moved ("with Pat, my bride of 28 years") to London to a new position as chairman of Priceline.com Europe. "Rather than transfer the American template abroad," he observes, "we've created an organization led and staffed primarily View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner