Power Posing - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 9

organizations. Publisher's link: http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.5465/amj.2013.0903 December 2014 Journal of Applied Psychology Preparatory Power Posing Affects Nonverbal Presence and Job... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets

handle. It also poses practical problems. For instance, how easy is it to estimate a reliable breakup value for a business group in the middle of a fire sale and in the absence of a well-developed market for asset sales? But if... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu

01 Mar 2010
News

Rx for Too Big to Fail

In the wake of the financial crisis and the massive federal response, it has become fashionable to declare that “too big to fail is too big to exist.” Powerful lawmakers and popular commentators regularly endorse this notion, promising to... View Details

Keywords: David Moss; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Mar 2017
News

HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age

When considering how to enter the digital learning arena, HBS did what any startup would do. It began in 2012 by identifying a challenge: How to merge the unique elements of the HBS learning experience with the latest technology to create a View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

The Network Effect

didn’t even work—and sent him digging into the larger challenges posed by the pandemic. He soon discovered a gap he knew he could fill: While there was a good deal of clinical research underway, 85 percent of testing, drug, and vaccine... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; COVID-19; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

22 Sep 2016
News

Words and Pictures

he says. So Deifell, a multimedia artist, decided to combine his skills as a photographer with a question from the last line of a Mary Oliver poem: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” He posed this... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 1996
News

On Eve of Transition, Alumni Conference Set for Hong Kong

Myths, Realities, Opportunities," the conference will be held in Hong Kong April 5 through 8 on the eve of the official transfer of power in June. "We timed the conference to coincide with the transition," says David B. Yoffie, Max and... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

27 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

standpoint, lowering its carbon intensity in India is key to unlocking a sustainable future. In 2019, agriculture generated 585 Mt CO2e, making it the third most contributing sector behind power generation and heavy industry. Nonetheless,... View Details

30 May 2019
What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

Hamel posited that we were on the verge of a "post-managerial’ society” in which “the work of managing will be less and less performed by ‘managers.’” He envisioned a future of management in which broad-based participation in learning, innovation, and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

30 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2013

presentation or job interview? Holding one's body in "high-power" poses for short time periods can summon an extra surge of power and sense of well-being when it's needed, according to Amy J.C.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

30 Jan 2006
HBS Case

The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand

tastes. People don't want to be fed a menu of books based on their past selections.—John Deighton One question the case poses is whether Patterson could use the sort of individualized information gathered by book clubs about readers'... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

01 Jun 1996
News

New Releases

Engines of Innovation edited by Richard S. Rosenbloom and William J. Spencer (HBS Press) In past decades, industrial laboratories such as AT&T's Bell Labs and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center were wellsprings of powerful new... View Details

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices

your location?" Balis asked. Few people raised their hands. "How many people have turned off the location-tracking feature on their mobile phone" Balis asked. Hardly anyone raised a hand. And then Gupta posed a different question: "How... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

01 Dec 2005
News

Buy the Book

of interactive marketing, where a company uses individual customer data to tailor its pitch to a customer’s interests and tastes. One question the case poses is whether Patterson could use the sort of individualized information gathered... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 1999
News

Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

Fortune magazine's "Fifty Most Powerful Women in American Business." Why has Lucent performed so well since its divestiture from AT&T? We have been growing globally faster than our markets. Our ability to focus on the hottest growth... View Details

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow

effective business strategies. Companies might ultimately find more power in adopting a nuanced approach that borrows tested traditional tactics and combines them with fresh, new ideas, said Bharat N. Anand, Henry R. Byers Professor of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education; Advertising

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

vertical portals have a profound effect on traditional distribution networks, but because many vertical portals will have production capabilities, they may also pose a threat to specialty producers that choose to downplay the significance... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

across the financial system if they failed (think Lehman). Financial institutions that pose such a threat are the financial equivalent of nuclear power plants, providing an important service in many cases... View Details