Filter Results:
(290)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(290)
- News (78)
- Research (169)
- Events (2)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (84)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(290)
- News (78)
- Research (169)
- Events (2)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (84)
- Blog
Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives
current with industry trends and connected with other executives and directors who are wrestling with similar problems. That's why your professional network is so important to your role as a board member—your network is part of what you... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ikenna Okezie
that his father and elder brother are physicians, but his close-knit family has always encouraged him to widen his net. "They support my diversification into business," Okezie says. He majored in economics at Yale, where he graduated cum laude and was captain of the... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
trade-offs. Not just the cost, but what would you get in return? And that's what we really want you to wrestle with as part of your work on Friday. If you're going to compete on speed—because there's a difference between competing with... View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?
additional medical services like dental or long-term care, and patient cost sharing. How much health care is a right? Establishing a basic plan would require policymakers to wrestle with complex questions about access and cost. Defining... View Details
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
mistake some leaders make is lining up investors, advisers, and champions for their venture and then neglecting them in favor of spending their time trying to wrestle with opponents. Those initial allies can start to lose interest, or... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention
just across time but also across locations,” Cavallo says, adding that these are important decisions for corporate executives wrestling with dynamic pricing. “Studying fairness concerns seems crucial to know how firms might be able to use... View Details
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
How are they going to use it? What safeguards will patients in this new Amazon/One Medical health care have on how their data will be used? I would like regulators to think about and wrestle with that issue. “Amazon is good at selling... View Details
- February 2022 (Revised January 2024)
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (C)
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty
say to them? Rangan, head of the HBS faculty marketing unit, has been wrestling with the limits of social marketing for a decade. McCaffrey was so impressed by a talk Rangan gave several years ago on "marketing to the poorest... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- January 2024
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Talent and Talent Management; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Consulting Industry
Bernstein, Ethan, and Cara Mazzucco. "Winning Business at Russell Reynolds." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 424-704, January 2024.
- March 2022
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Collaboration; Executive Search Firms; Consulting Firms; Compensation and Benefits; Restructuring; Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Consulting Industry; Employment Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America; Oceania
Bernstein, Ethan, and Cara Mazzucco. "Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-046, March 2022.
- Web
Engagement - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
protagonist Guest as "live case" Preparation is Key Be clear on the pedagogical purpose of the visit – e.g., invite guests and students to wrestle with a set of questions together for shared learning Set guests' expectations of how much... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
to wait 20 or 50 years to reduce them.” "This is something we could change tomorrow." The findings emerge as health care institutions are wrestling with the deep-seated effects of institutional racism. During the past year, amid a... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.
New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details
- Web
Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
to your organization . Learner Stories 80% say HBS Online offers a better overall experience than competitive online business programs Rarely does a day go by where I don't see a business leader or company wrestling with the same issues... View Details
- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
greater work-family conflict have a tougher time transitioning to their work roles, and as a result, a long commute takes a bigger toll on these workers. Gino and her colleagues found that the employees who wrestle the most with commuting... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
would wrestle with big policy questions, define what we wanted to achieve, weigh tradeoffs about what we cared about. Some of those conversations really helped shape my path as well as who I am as a person.” For current students, Gupta... View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Do You Have Change Fatigue?
grow tired of. Kanter likens the typical change effort to "putting lipstick on a bulldog." Here, the business leader sees something that's ugly, such as a process or a product that needs improvement. The leader wrestles with the... View Details
Keywords: by Nick Morgan
- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
must wrestle with the downsides of that, too," says Weiss. "On an individual basis, it might seem OK to say this rule doesn't make sense, so we won't follow it, but at what point does this practice become a problem?" One... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
Brazil, which we think have huge potential. But we're wrestling with it and beginning to network; in the long run we're probably going to want to be there.” Biggest disappointment: “Not having enough time to do things. I might have played... View Details