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- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
of working at a large organization for the chance to be in charge? Search diligently and efficiently. Plan to spend six months to two years—full time—following leads and systematically vetting business prospects. Focus on companies that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Venturing Forth
Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
University, where senior and retired executives learn to develop leadership skills in the service of solving large social problems. Many of the examples in the book come from her experience leading that program. Sean Silverthorne: We’re... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)
suggests that the effect translates to an average of $10,000 over an average six-year-career influencer. “If consumers aren’t perceiving social influencers as trustworthy and authentic, much of their marketing effort might not lead to a... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- Op-Ed
Authentic Leadership Rediscovered
their purpose Practicing solid values Leading with heart Establishing connected relationships Demonstrating self-discipline The following year the Gallup Institute and Professor Bruce Avolio, a well-known leadership scholar at the... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
manage multiple strategies of interaction at once? This article examines the experience of three leading NGOs in Mumbai, India involved in slum and squatter housing. We investigate how they began relating with government agencies during... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
why managers may respond to the demand for dividends from local seniors. Overall, these results are consistent with the notion that the investor base affects corporate policy choices. Utilizing Team Member Expertise Under Pressure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
financial strength, increasing annual revenues to $12 billion while reducing costs. A $3.6 billion fundraising campaign further strengthened its balance sheet. With the help of a skilled team of physician leaders and administrators, John... View Details
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
the heart of his long-run success” Ferguson's career indeed is an impressive feat. Look around for leading executives in any industry who have managed to succeed with the same firm at the highest levels for nearly three decades.... View Details
- 02 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
Salary Negotiations: A Catch-22 for Women
leadership roles, but also create a lose-lose situation for all women in the workplace, as neither assertiveness nor conforming to stereotypes leads to success. To address these issues, companies will need to reimagine the negotiation... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details
- January–February 2021
- Article
Making Space for Emotions: Empathy, Contagion, and Legitimacy’s Double-Edged Sword
By: Andreea Gorbatai, Cyrus Dioun and Kisha Lashley
Legitimacy is critical to the formation and expansion of nascent fields because it lends credibility and recognizability to once overlooked actors and practices. At the same time, legitimacy can be a double-edged sword precisely because it facilitates field growth,... View Details
Keywords: Legitimacy; Collective Identity; Emotional Contagion; Field-congifiguring Events; Empathy; Natural Language Processing; Mixed Methods; Organizational Culture; Emotions; Groups and Teams
Gorbatai, Andreea, Cyrus Dioun, and Kisha Lashley. "Making Space for Emotions: Empathy, Contagion, and Legitimacy’s Double-Edged Sword." Organization Science 32, no. 1 (January–February 2021): 42–63.
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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni
Programs & Events HBS Entrepreneurship Summit NOV 4-5 4-5 NOVEMBER 2022 HBS ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT: LEADING HIGH-GROWTH VENTURES IN AN UNPREDICTABLE WORLD Brought to you by the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Alumni Relations... View Details
- May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Benetton Group S.p.A., 2000
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2000, Benetton was one of the leading mass fashion competitors in the world with approximately $1.9 billion in sales across 5,500 stores in 120 countries. But the company's fortunes seemed to be on the wane. Operating profits had fallen 9% from the prior year to... View Details
Keywords: Fashion; Strategic Change; Strategic Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Performance Consistency; Management Teams; Strategy; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Italy
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Benetton Group S.p.A., 2000." Harvard Business School Case 713-510, May 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
School. Bridging the fields of business and education, CSML integrates world-class faculty and research in managing teams and organizations with best practices in educational leadership, to provide school leaders with frameworks, skills,... View Details
- 28 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation
reasons. To evaluate the BTD program, the research team looked at the time spent in late-stage clinical testing, as well as data collected from the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System, which relies on reports of negative side effects... View Details
- 11 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK
crucial, especially for managers trying to lead widely dispersed teams during difficult times, says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Julian Zlatev. Many managers believe in maintaining emotional... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 29 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?
tipping lead to bribing. Torfason and his colleagues found a link between these two behaviors when they studied cross-national data for 32 countries and controlled for per capita gross domestic product, income inequality, and other... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Research Design - Impact Investments
impact investing, our team has drawn upon several established resources, including: the Community Development Venture Capital Association (CDVCA), ImpactAssets, ImpactBase, and Preqin’s alternative assets database. We have further used... View Details
- 22 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries
method, under the guidance of a teacher, at the lowest possible level in the organization. Wipro Gains Efficiency In the paper, Staats and Upton describe how Wipro first launched its lean initiative in 2004 with a core team of managers.... View Details