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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
equipped to answer. The query typically came at the end of a session, after a productive conversation about delegating, managing a packed calendar, or presenting effectively in meetings. “But I’ve got six-month-old twins at home, and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
the right questions," says Kaplan, a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. "Most leaders spend a lot of their time looking for answers. Very often, they may feel isolated and alone. I want to help them refocus their attention on View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Dec 2010
- What Do You Think?
Making Right Choices: Art or Science?
"A delayed decision, no matter the greatness of it, loses its sheen." The importance of all of these questions and response is framed by C. J. Cullinane when he says, "choice equals freedom." Is choosing more than an... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Web
Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Business Review Press, 2019) with Laura Morgan Roberts and David A. Thomas. Ryan L. Raffaelli : "Frame Flexibility: The Role of Cognitive and Emotional Framing in Innovation Adoption by Incumbent Firms" with Mary Ann Glynn and Michael... View Details
- 24 Feb 2022
- Op-Ed
Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC
capacity of different hospitals can be readily compared. As measurement and investment experts, FASB’s governors are capable of and motivated to fashion a standard that clearly addresses this issue. Their focus would be to protect the public, in contrast to industry... View Details
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
president of the company's e-commerce business, a key strategic initiative for the future success of the company. The best managers are those who have an appetite for learning and are willing to work on themselves. This manager, like the other View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
projects that are critical to their organization's success. Although building teams from individuals with varied prior experience is increasingly necessary, prior work fails to find a consistent effect of variation in experience on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity
Americans in Academia By: Annie Smith This book takes a realistic look at the effects of underrepresentation of African Americans in colleges and universities. It highlights local, state, and national consequences facing America’s... View Details
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
another environment?" Anyone who has studied business cultures in various parts of the world probably would respond affirmatively. Gerald Nanninga observed that "unethical decisions can often appear to be the 'best' decision when using a narrow time View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
under-invest in the new technology. The second suggests that incumbent firms develop organizational capabilities and cognitive frames that make them slow to "see" new opportunities and that make it difficult to respond View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
increases with increased country heterogeneity. The net effect is that the size of corporate headquarters expands as MNC geographic scope increases. The notion of "administrative heritage" is validated as MNCs from different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
viewed as “decision factories,” in which effective leaders are “decision architects,” enabling those around them to make wise, ethical choices consistent with their own interests and the organization’s highest values. Turning the Great... View Details
- 08 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students
of that, due to COVID, I started all of my Required Curriculum (RC) classes virtually—including this one—and I was not in a classroom setting frame of mind. I remember feeling prepared to discuss the case but after I was cold-called and... View Details
- Web
Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
about what you earn Syllabus 5 Modules, 30-35 Hours Download full syllabus Introduction Lenses on the World Adopt a strategic mindset and learn how to generate and articulate your strategic questions. Highlights Framing Your Strategic... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
really is less about managing content and more about managing or framing context, creating an environment in which these people can negotiate the best solution for the organization. Q: What is your advice for people who want to develop... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Limits of Peer Effects on Startup Team Performance By: Hasan, Sharique, and Rembrand Koning Abstract— We conduct a field experiment at an entrepreneurship bootcamp to investigate whether interaction with proximate peers shapes a nascent... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
frame and articulate that value. Second, price-testing is increasingly important. In his autobiography written in 1963, ad man David Ogilvy noted that, “Most people assume companies use scientific methods in pricing, but throughout my... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
exchange. Study 3 demonstrated that sarcasm's effect on creativity for both parties was mediated by abstract thinking and generalizes across different forms of sarcasm. Finally, Study 4 found when participants expressed sarcasm toward or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
assume we have fantastic R&D people," he continues. "They are building ideas. They might never ask the question, 'Is this relevant to the company, customers, and marketplace?' Sometimes they might just work with the budget they have on a potential... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
seem to want. For example, Kodak first began to sense that digital imaging might pose a threat to its core business in the mid-1990s. It invested more than $2 billion in research and development. However, it framed the challenge as,... View Details