Intentions - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Mar 2021
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Building Influence Without Authority

07 Oct 2020
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CEOs, Don't Let Fear Sink Your Leadership

05 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2006

intentions to help such victims. Overall, participants believed that outgroup victims experienced fewer secondary, "uniquely human" emotions (e.g., anguish, mourning) than ingroup victims. The extent to which participants did... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup

around what the output is going to be is key to success for both the intern and for the company. The team at Mori has also found it important to be intentional about integrating interns into the company, whether they are joining remotely... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

01 Feb 2002
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Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

well. Terrorism is probably as old as civilization. Is it useful to demystify it? What's useful is to delegitimize it, to say that no matter what the cause is, nothing justifies the intentional killing of innocent civilians as a way to... View Details

Keywords: counterterrorism; terrorism; National Security and International Affairs; Government

14 May 2024
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

importance of a culture that encourages progress, outlining how “sustainability-oriented innovation involves making intentional changes to an organization's philosophy and values.” But what kind of philosophy and values lead to a... View Details

January 2022 (Revised December 2022)
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TotalEnergies’ Investment in Hyzon Motors

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and David Lane

In November 2021, Girish Nadkarni, the head of TotalEnergies’ corporate venture capital arm (TEV) was considering whether, and on what terms, to exit an investment in Hyzon Motors, a start-up supplier of hydrogen-powered trucks. TEV had invested $4 million in Hyzon,... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Communication Intention and Meaning; Renewable Energy; Venture Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Design; Standards; Commercialization; Investment Portfolio; Market Transactions; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; New York (city, NY)

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

gap between their good intentions and behaviors. This work is now being used by executives, senior teams and individuals in business, governmental, and educational organizations in the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia. Her... View Details

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HBS - Financials | From the CFO

and reunion classes. The School budgets the use of endowment distributions to support operations based on the intentions of the donors and the terms of individual gifts. While the endowment is the School's largest financial asset, HBS is... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

Seattle, Isaiah Kacyvenski (MBA 2011), all 250 pounds of him, was motoring full speed downfield on kick-off coverage, intent on destroying the St. Louis Rams returner. That's when a huge blindside block leveled him, probably rendering him... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

21 Jan 2021
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How I Used the HBS Community to Hone My Professional Goals

a Michigan fan, with some Michigan State fans... When I started my second (EC) year, I was intentional about my job search. I had spoken to and learned from many of my classmates about their career paths and goals. I was also involved in... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy

start-up with limited resources. Your product is intently geographical. Concentrate on markets large enough to become profitable where you have no competition so you can spend your energy running the business rather than fighting wars. If... View Details

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Jen Wu

made time. I made time for unexpected conversations. For writing at sunrise. I learned that every minute spent on reflection made the minutes that followed more valuable. Each unit of time was somehow amplified, its weight heavier with the View Details

September 1999 (Revised February 2004)
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WebSpective Software, Inc. (A)

By: Michael J. Roberts, Joseph B. Lassiter III, John T. Gourville and Sun Ming Wong

Describes the situation at WebSpective, a software company that develops products to help companies manage the network of servers that support their Websites. Describes the use of "concept engineering" tools to interview customers, determine their needs and the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Communication Intention and Meaning; Product Development; Product Marketing; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Customer Satisfaction; Marketing Strategy; Information Technology Industry

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26 Jul 2016
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July 26, 2016

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Overcoming the Outcome Bias: Making Intentions Matter By: Sezer, Ovul, Ting Zhang, Francesca Gino, and Max Bazerman Abstract—People often make the well-documented mistake of paying too... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jan 2023
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Guy Raz on What Great Business Leaders Have in Common

15 Sep 2020
News

How To Make Diversity a Reality

We have a great group of people who've come through our associate program, all diverse people who’ve gone on to great business schools and become entrepreneurs. We're finding these people. They can find these people too if they want to, but it takes View Details

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’

earnest. In all my classes, I pose one fundamental question: "Are you a strategist?" Sometimes it's spoken, often it's only implicit, but it's always there. We talk about the questions strategists ask, about how strategists think, about what strategists do. My View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery

24 May 2004
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The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

entered his mind. For years he had been telling his troops, "The IBM is not merely an organization of men; it is an institution that will go on forever." He planned to accompany IBM on its journey—if not forever, then at least for a good many more years. And... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

01 Mar 2017
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Case Study: Moment in the Sun

someone. On the other hand, a strategy that calls for broad but shallow market penetration is likely to produce an inconsequential valuation. If the intention is to hold the company for a long time, and the tolerance for risk is high,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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