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  • September 2021 (Revised June 2023)
  • Supplement

Serving Bud Moore (B)

By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
In only his third year at a Leading Strategy Consulting firm (LSC), Gregory Davis has been assigned to a select group tasked with advising General Motors (GM), one of the largest companies in the world by revenue, on how to reorganize their entire North American... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Relationships; Outcome or Result; Groups and Teams; Management Skills; Restructuring
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  • August 2020
  • Case

Gerald Chertavian

By: Leslie Perlow and Matthew Preble
Gerald Chertavian (HBS 1992) finds himself at a personal crossroads. It is 1999--the height of the dot com-bubble--and Chertavian and his business partners have just sold their Internet-based business for $83 million. His share of the sale’s proceeds means that he has... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions
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  • 12 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 12

  PublicationsOne-Switch Conditions for Multiattribute Utility Functions Authors:Abbas, Ali E., and David E. Bell Publication:Operations Research Abstract We introduce a variety of new independence conditions for multiattribute utility... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2018
  • Book

Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level

By: James K. Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns and Robert H. Mnookin (with a forward by Henry A. Kissinger)
As professors and practitioners with careers devoted to negotiation, we are often asked “Who are the world’s best negotiators? What makes them effective?” Inevitably Henry Kissinger’s name comes up as an elite, if controversial, negotiator from whom we can learn a... View Details
Keywords: History; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Personal Development and Career; Negotiation Style; United States
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  • Winter 2020
  • Article

The Sky above and the Mud below: Two Books about Steve Jobs

By: Richard S. Tedlow
Steve Jobs was the most charismatic businessperson in the modern era. When he died, on October 5, 2011, Apple was inundated with condolence messages from all over the United States and from around the world. These notes were sent not only to Apple headquarters in... View Details
Keywords: Steve Jobs; Impact
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  • 03 Jun 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Inducement Prizes and Innovation

Keywords: by Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner & Tom Nicholas
  • 08 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 8

  PublicationsConcentrating on Governance Authors:Dalida Kadyrzhanova, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a novel trade-off view of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Careers - Alumni

Careers Careers Find A Career Coach Did you know that HBS alumni get 6 complimentary coaching sessions a year? LEARN HOW Featured Items Harvard ManageMentor Whether you're looking to brush-up on a single topic of charting a managerial... View Details
  • 24 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World

but no bosses.” As Wilson expanded the organization nationwide, he instilled strong boundaries and a rigid sense of ethics. He insisted that all major decisions be made by local chapters. Wilson turned down Time’s View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 25 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

Women make up more than half of the labor force in the United States and earn almost 60 percent of advanced degrees, yet they bring home less pay and fill fewer seats in the C-suite than men, particularly in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 31 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?

out of expediency probably aren’t being honest. In a case like this, in which a coworker is visibly flouting the rules, however, speaking up is almost always the right course of action, Fubini says. The... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consulting
  • 12 Sep 2023
  • Book

Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You

with the lives of some people much worse than those of others. It’s up to us to decide how to react, though. Consider Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, one of many historical... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Sam Walton: Great From the Start

Walton. His flair was creating a lot of what Newport had precious little of, excitement. Walton was repeating his high school and college experiences, becoming the most popular man around. And there was what... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Retail

    Trust

    Entrepreneurial ventures often fail in the developing world because of the lack of something taken for granted in the developed world: trust. Over centuries, the developed world has built customs and institutions such as enforceable contracts, an impartial legal... View Details
    • 13 Oct 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: October 13, 2010

    showing attack strategies in action. It then provides several specific counterstrategies for each basic category the authors have defined—including the following: Death-by-delay: Your enemies push discussion of your idea so far into the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Stories

    the HBS Women’s Leadership Summit, alumni focus on progress Re: Mary Erdoes (MBA 1993); Beverly Anderson (MBA 1997); Christiana Shi (MBA 1986); Lisa Tatum (MBA 1998); Libbie Thacker (MBA 2011); Courtney Leimkuhler (MBA 2007); Leslie Feinzaig (MBA 2007); Edward H. Chang... View Details
    • 05 Dec 2022
    • What Do You Think?

    How Would Jack Welch’s Leadership Style Fare in Today’s World?

    (iStockphoto/josefkubes) Jack Welch’s leadership practices and accomplishments as CEO of General Electric for 20 years have once again come under scrutiny. He is the subject of two recent books. Their... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Industrial Products; Media & Broadcasting; Medical Devices & Supplies; Manufacturing
    • 02 Feb 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable

    could be used for good?’” One particular news story in 2017 caught their interest: After United Airlines forcibly removed a passenger from an overbooked plane to make room for crew members, videos passengers took of the View Details
    Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Technology
    • 06 Jul 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    The Truth About Authentic Leaders

    also challenged older models of leadership, including the “great man theory” and competency-based leadership models. Previous generations of business people spent more time... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George
    • 30 Apr 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Anger Makes a Wrongly Accused Person Look Guilty

    effect, the researchers also documented that people who express anger appear untrustworthy and less authentic. In another experiment, the research team had participants read fictitious scenarios involving a man named Nathan who was either... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding