Far East Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Nov 2019
What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

organizations to make investments in employees in the form of training and education. What may surprise you is how far down into the organization NCCs can legally extend. Some... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Differently.” William C. Kirby : Awarded an Honorary Professorship by East China Normal University in 2011. William C. Kirby : Awarded an Honorary Professorship by National Chengchi University in 2011. William C. Kirby : Awarded an... View Details

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HBS Global Initiative & Research Centers - MBA

about working on global activities here at HBS is that we probably touch every single department around campus! We recently worked with the Division of Research and Faculty Development (DRFD) to organize a symposium and faculty immersion... View Details

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

conversations with their bosses, notes Thomas DeLong, who teaches organizational behavior at Harvard Business School. "I'm amazed that although organizations are willing to set metrics for success in difficult times, so few... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

Close Up). These phases are not linear, Garvin emphasizes: all three must take place for the change to work, but not necessarily in the order just described. Moreover, for each stage to be even marginally successful, certain conditions must be met. In the first stage,... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

06 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

disease; but the time it starts to show it's often too late. Q: How can strategic business components help companies be more flexible in their strategies? A: For many years, companies have recognized that small units are far more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season

Street to people-watch on a warm summer evening. Spend an afternoon on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Take advantage of food trucks, fountains, beer and wine gardens, and an oasis of organically maintained plantings—running right through the... View Details

January 2022
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Fueling a Cleaner Future: ACWA Power and Green Hydrogen

By: Dennis Yao and Alpana Thapar

In January 2020, Paddy Padmanathan, president and CEO of ACWA Power, was reflecting on the company’s sixteen-year record of success and thinking about its future growth plans. Founded in 2004, ACWA Power was a Saudi Arabian developer, owner, and operator of power and... View Details

Keywords: Green Hydrogen; Energy; Climate Change; Supply Chain; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Green Technology; Projects; Alliances; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Energy Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East; North Africa

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06 Jan 2016
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Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

organization culture as the culprit. He identified a dysfunctional culture as a cause of poor timing, one that magnifies a “confirmation bias that causes companies to stick with obsolete or weak strategies ... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Concepts Develop a robust set of vital and forward-looking business skills to grow as a leader Engage with a global cohort of like-minded peers and build a network that lasts far beyond the program Practice effective teamwork and... View Details

20 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time

Sant’Anna; and Federico Tamagni, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. They define growth as “a process by which organizations pursue market opportunities and the acquisition and accumulation of the resources required to exploit those... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

April 2023 (Revised July 2023)
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Dena Almansoori at e&: Fostering Culture Change at a UAE Telco Transforming to a Global Techco

By: Emily Truelove, Michelle Zhang and Alpana Thapar

Dena Almansoori, the first female and one of the youngest members of the United Arab Emirates-based e&’s leadership team, joined in 2020 just before e& began a strategic transition from being a regional telecommunications company to becoming a global technology... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Culture; Transformation; Technology; Telecommunications; Employee Mobility; Talent; Leading Change; Human Resources; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry; Middle East; United Arab Emirates

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08 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Long Distance Relationships: What if my partner can’t join me at HBS?

dreams. Today, Marina works in the Non-profit space in Sao Paulo for a global organization that supports entrepreneurs in developing countries. When it came to me going to school in another country, we worked toward it together. Opt for... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

Carolyn Brody (MBA 1983) photo by HollenderX2 BookHampton has been a mainstay of the Long Island, New York, community of East Hampton for more than 40 years. Carolyn Brody (MBA 1983) fondly remembers the cozy, cluttered bookshop from many... View Details

Keywords: April White

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

study business. But, starting in the early 1960s, he produced an extraordinary series of books—Strategy and Structure, The Visible Hand, and Scale and Scope—that established the workings of the business organization as a legitimate field... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Leading Successful Digital Transformation

transformation in large organizations for three main reasons: Focus on optimization and efficiency: Many companies use technology to cut costs, improve efficiency, or enhance the productivity of their current operations. Artificial... View Details

17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

05 Jul 2006
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The Accidental Innovator

neighbor in a tattoo parlor in a country on the other side of the world (assuming you hadn't planned to meet there). We propose a way of defining the "intensity" of an accident, by which we mean, roughly, how far outside... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

08 Aug 2005
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A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability

far simpler and much more powerful than traditional ABC. "Time-driven" ABC, introduced in a recent Harvard Business Review,1 requires obtaining information on only two parameters: the cost per hour of each group of resources... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

08 Sep 2008
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The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

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