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  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

"spiritual anchors for the new millennium." Clearly, something of a nonmaterial nature is stirring in the corporate temple. But questions abound. Just what does it mean to bring spirituality into the workplace? Is this an appropriate way to help people feel... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 01 May 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?

energy to priority areas for innovation." Amy Sauers added findings that suggest that large firms succeed that "attempted to 'get small' (through the vehicle of) 'lean, mean, heavyweight teams.'" Another ingredient suggested View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 16 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

discussed and debated by the more than forty contributors to this book, among them three Nobel laureates and two former U.S. cabinet secretaries. Edited by author and columnist View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 25

greenhouse gas regulations were more likely to include quantitative emissions data and reduction targets in the information they shared. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-026.pdf "CEO Bonus Plans: And How to Fix Them Authors:Kevin J. Murphy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

spirituality in business. Can Spirituality Drive Success? Should It? In a session exploring how spirituality can lead to business success, panelist Tony Schwartz confessed to one distinction: he was perhaps the only person in the world who was "driven to the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild
  • 14 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

developing in-house advertising capabilities, especially in technology-oriented and creative industries. Working with Silk on the study were Sharon Horsky of Bar-Ilan University and Steven C. Michael (HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising
  • 13 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 13

http://ssrn.com/abstract=1238158 Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting a Stop to the Earnings Game Authors:Joseph Fuller and Michael C. Jensen Abstract Putting an end to the "earnings game" requires... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Research Summary

Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations

Michael C. Jensen's research is aimed at obtaining a clearer understanding of how the 'organizational rules of the game' affect a manager's ability to accomplish his or her goals and how the rules can be structured to resolve problems and increase productivity. ... View Details

    Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator's Dilemma

    by O’Reilly, C. & Tushman, M. L. 2016. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

    In the past few years, a number of well-known firms have failed; think of Blockbuster, Kodak, or RadioShack. When we read about their demise, it often seems inevitable—a... View Details

    • 01 Jun 2016
    • News

    In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)

    some speculated on her own potential to gain the nation’s highest office—a fact she acknowledges without making predictions, not surprisingly. Life-changing case discussion: “Australia in the 1990s: Lucky or Broke?” by George View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma
    • 18 Feb 2020
    • News

    Business leaders see U.S. unprepared for economic downturn

    • 02 Jan 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Gurus in the Garage

    interviewed share one habit: they refuse to make decisions for the entrepreneurs. Otherwise, their teaching methods vary tremendously. Learning by Doing When Michael Chiarello, founder and CEO of NapaStyle,... View Details
    Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
    • 21 May 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

    more anxious and less satisfied with their lives, according to research by Whillans and Michael I. Norton, the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration. Workers who are able to take time off... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
    • 27 Jul 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: July 27

    http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16185   Cases & Course MaterialsMicrofin Michael Chu and Enrique KramerHarvard Business School Case 309-126 The case presents the management dilemmas of a new institution in an undeveloped microfinance... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 12 Sep 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

    forthcoming Research in Organizational Behavior Self-Managing Organizations: Exploring the Limits of Less Hierarchical Organizing By: Lee, Michael Y., and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—Fascination with... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 11 Sep 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: September 11

    Michael Beer and Lynda St. ClairHarvard Business School Case 913-521 A new Dallas-based health and beauty spa aims to use a highly distinctive human resource system as the foundation of its competitive strategy. View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 15 Oct 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: October 15

    Retail Inventory: Managing the Canary in the Coal Mine! By: Gaur, Vishal, Saravanan Kesavan, and Ananth Raman Abstract—Retail inventory is a statistic that is closely watched by retailers as well as their investors, lenders, and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 08 Dec 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: Dec. 8

    Author: Michael C. Jensen Abstract There is confusion between integrity, morality, and ethics. In our much longer paper on the topic (see "Integrity: A Positive Model that Incorporates the Normative... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 20 Jul 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: July 20

    by Reebok, an upstart competitor. Knight closeted himself in his office, faced the wall, and sat there, weak and sick and devastated for hours. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810077-PDF-ENG Moral Decision-Making:... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 23 Nov 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: November 23

    behave ethically and actual self-interested behavior. This relationship was mediated by the more extensive mental simulation that occurred with eyes closed rather than open, which, in turn, intensified emotional reactions to the ethical... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne