Leaning In - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 21

phrases in content on U.S. political issues from two sources-Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia. Our overall slant measure is less (more) than zero when an article leans towards Democrat (Republican)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

due in part to an overall lack of liquidity. On average, survey respondents with less than $10,000 in monthly bills had only enough cash on hand to cover one month of expenses. “Firms today are very View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

designing and managing an operations organization. The best way to do something depends critically on the characteristics and capabilities of your organization and the competitive context in which it finds itself. That is, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

At the gambling meccas that employ them, they are called "casino hosts"—essentially front-line employees with nevertheless big responsibilities. These staffers work to develop one-on-one relationships with high-rollers to make sure they are very happy customers. The... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos

It probably won't shock you that the most popular YouTube video in the past month was "Gentleman," the latest hit from South Korean rapper PSY, whose "Gangnam Style" is the most-watched video of all time. More surprising: among the other... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

08 Apr 2015
What Do You Think?

Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

and improve knowledge and skills regularly ." Robert Soloman observed that the problem is not universal in that "companies that follow a lean methodology, where the initial focus is on a Minimum... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

12 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits

We all know how political influence works: company X donates money to politician Y, and then that pol leans on regulator Z to go easy on his new best friend. In economic parlance, that circle of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men

is a critical first step," Brooks says. "Though gender in entrepreneurship has become a hot topic (Sheryl Sandberg's wonderful Lean In and Ban Bossy campaigns, for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

03 Apr 2006
What Do You Think?

Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?

other disasters in one part of the world. Operating a lean organization in a global economy, the argument goes, results in more use of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

Michael Beer and his coauthors at the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership, the executives underscored the importance of higher-ambition goals, including engaging with and developing employee and customer commitment, contributing to the community View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Jun 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome

Sandberg’s [MBA 1995] chapter in Lean In about her husband, Dave Goldberg, then his obituary and Sheryl’s reflections on his unexpected death. That comes close to Marcus... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

The News Corporation/News of the World scandal has been described as a case study in bad management. What was there about the company's organizational culture that led to "Murdoch's Mess"? Professor Michel Anteby, who studies... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

Summing Up What's the Future of the Authority Figure In Leadership? Leadership involves the effective management of tensions characteristic of all organizations. Are such tensions exacerbated by today's need for increasing speed and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

unthinkable to the eight women who joined the program in 1963. This article is part of a continuing series on faculty research and teaching commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first women to enter Harvard Business School's two-year... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

Walt Disney’s time in Paris during the waning days of World War I helped shape him into a visionary entrepreneur who would ultimately build a beloved international brand. Dwight Eisenhower and Robert McNamara discovered the importance of... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete

through consolidation than to excel on your own merits. Sadun: That may be true. I’m also starting to think that there might be some intentionality. Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle is famous for having done a View Details

Keywords: by Alumni Bulletin Staff; Health

06 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray

to spot potentially underpriced stocks, and major stock indexes and institutional investors lean on the metric as well. Yet, in an examination of thousands of stocks over a period of nearly 40 years, Wang... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

Life was hard enough for the one-third of Americans who had wrestled with anxiety prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the disease that has killed almost 100,000 in the United States, left millions unemployed, and socially distanced many... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

survival is at risk. In business there is failure all the time. Our colleague Dorothy Leonard Barton developed the phrase “failing forward” to describe how innovative firms always take risks but learn from their failures. The trick as our... View Details