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Diversity on Boards - Race, Gender & Equity
Diversity Network as Members. Disseminating Insights Join the Board Diversity Network Women on Boards HBS Executive Education Designed specifically for top women executives, this program provides insight into navigating the board selection View Details
- Career Coach
Grace Jemison
within digital health, providers, and social impact. Having worked and interned in these industries, she understands how winding and frustrating the process can be, and is happy to help you understand the various roles, how to reach out...
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Privacy Statement (English) - Global
policy describes the processing of personal data by HBS ERC, in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation dated April 27, 2016 of the European Union (“GDPR”) and the recommendations...
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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
depending on your individual circumstances. The Add/Drop process at the start of the term is the mechanism for any IFC enrollment changes, and, after that point, the course fee is non-refundable. Refer to the GEO website for full details...
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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
cognitive problem. The PCs simply did not make sense to DEC, given their customer context and their cost structure/business model. “Disruptive Tech 101” When Clay Christensen speaks of disruptive and sustaining technologies, he uses the word technologies to mean the...
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- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
that you might be changing existing communication patterns among staff” One likely reason for the decline: processing electronic records can change the way staff members communicate with one another, clogging up what had been a well-oiled...
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- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Toolkit for Customer Innovation
"solution" information (how to satisfy those needs) lies with the manufacturer. Traditionally, the onus has been on manufacturers to collect the need information through various means, including market research and information gathered from the field. The...
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by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
- 2011
- Working Paper
Risky Trust: How Multi-entity Teams Develop Trust in a High Risk Endeavor
By: Faaiza Rashid and Amy C. Edmondson
This paper explicates the challenge of risky trust, which we define as trust that exists between parties vulnerable to high economic, legal, or reputational risks at individual or organizational levels. Drawing from analyses of data collected in a grounded case study...
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Interpersonal Communication;
Leadership;
Business Processes;
Groups and Teams;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Trust;
Construction Industry;
United States
Rashid, Faaiza, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Risky Trust: How Multi-entity Teams Develop Trust in a High Risk Endeavor." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-089, February 2011.
- June 2010
- Teaching Note
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (TN)
By: Anita L. Tucker
Teaching Note for 609109.
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- October 2009
- Article
Making Time Off Predictable—and Required
By: Leslie Perlow and Jessica L. Porter
People in professional services believe a 24/7 work ethic is essential for getting ahead—and so they work 60-plus hours a week and stay tethered to their BlackBerrys. This perpetuates a vicious cycle: Responsiveness breeds the need for more responsiveness. When people...
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Management Practices and Processes;
Performance Expectations;
Performance Productivity;
Work-Life Balance;
Service Industry
Perlow, Leslie, and Jessica L. Porter. "Making Time Off Predictable—and Required." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 10 (October 2009).
- December 2001
- Background Note
A Note on Critical Moments in Negotiation
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
This case provides an introduction to the wide field of literature that addresses the presence of critical moments--moments that fundamentally can change the negotiation. Critical moments have been examined by a range of theorists and scientists, from mathematicians to...
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Negotiation Tactics;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Change;
Negotiation Process;
Body of Literature
Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "A Note on Critical Moments in Negotiation." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-163, December 2001.
- February 1999 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan
Fola Adeola, the CEO of Nigeria's Guaranty Trust Bank and one of its founders in 1991, is considering what should be done to maintain the bank's original vision and vitality in the face of its rapid growth and success in the marketplace. Known for its high ethical...
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Banks and Banking;
Organizational Culture;
Ethics;
Planning;
Expansion;
Business Processes;
Law;
Banking Industry;
Nigeria
Paine, Lynn S., and Hal Hogan. "Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-110, February 1999. (Revised April 1999.)
- 01 Nov 2020
- News
Our Work-from-Anywhere Future
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs
You’re writing fresh material for a paperback edition of The Partnership that’s coming out in the fall. What’s new that you’re focusing on? First and most important, the larger business environment in 2008–2009 has been completely different. Second, and not important,...
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Finance
- 01 Jul 2005
- News
Level 5 Leadership - The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve
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Jim Collins
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
Growing up, Steve Barger spent his summers picking crops in Oregon until he was old enough to work in the cannery his father ran. A graduate of Williams College, he has two children and is married to his hometown sweetheart. Barger is president of Northwest Cascade, a...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Dress Code
professor Ayelet Israeli. The company has received $30 million in venture capital funding. Heard: “The ‘overwhelm’ of shopping online is very big,” says Koen. “We’ve built an experience that lets women enjoy the process and get to the...
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- Career Coach
Anne Marie Checcone
Anne Marie (HBS '04, Johns Hopkins ‘98) advises HBS students and alumni through professional and personal transitions that impact their career trajectory. Anne Marie helps clients to clarify their professional goals, craft their job search strategy, and navigate a...
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- July 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Case
McKinsey & Co. - Protecting its Reputation (A)
By: Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague
On Tuesday March 15, 2011, all 1,200 global Partners of McKinsey & Co. gathered at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center near Washington, DC for their annual Partners' conference. The atmosphere was tense as Partners, in addition to their normal agenda,...
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Keywords:
Board;
McKinsey;
Consulting Firms;
Risk;
Risk Assessment;
Partnerships;
Insider Trading;
Confidentiality;
Personal Investing;
Reputation;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Management Practices and Processes;
Risk Management;
Consulting Industry;
United States;
California
Lorsch, Jay, and Emily McTague. "McKinsey & Co. - Protecting its Reputation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 415-021, July 2014. (Revised October 2014.)
- December 2010 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
Yum! China
By: David E. Bell and Mary Shelman
Since the first KFC opened in China in 1987, Yum--under Sam Su's leadership--had built the largest restaurant company by far in mainland China. Averaging one new restaurant opening a day for the past five years, in 2010 Yum ran over 3,600 restaurants in 650 cities and...
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Keywords:
Business Processes;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Beijing Shi
Bell, David E., and Mary Shelman. "Yum! China." Harvard Business School Case 511-040, December 2010. (Revised February 2012.)