Authentic Leadership Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jun 2018
Research Event

Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?

impact. In the eco-tourism field, impressive companies are developing advanced methods for both measuring and countering environmental impact. Solutions becoming more complex However, the more speakers considered the business system as a... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Energy

27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

giver-receiver interactions—are resource-allocation decisions that also contribute to the social meaning of help. These findings illuminate the theoretical and practical overlap between helping and external leadership in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

Silicon Valley is the poster child for capitalism, the synergistic geography where smart private money supports cool ideas, creates jobs, boosts national productivity, and provides a handsome return for investors. Less well understood about the area's View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

November 2006 (Revised November 2007)
Case

EFJ, Inc.

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze and Mara Vatz

Michael Jalbert plans to transform EFJI, a land mobile radio manufacturer, into a leading radio systems and solutions provider. Taking advantage of new industry standards and the country's increased focus on public safety agencies and homeland security, Jalbert says... View Details

Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Expansion

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23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

2019 Boston: Harvard Business Review Press Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership By: Hill, Linda A. Abstract—In your career, or anyone's, there is one transition that stands out as the most crucial—going... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

May 2018
Case

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble

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Educators

28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

The Brazil-USA Cotton Dispute and the Incremental Balancing of Interests Author: Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication: Trade, Law and Development (summer 2012) Abstract The World Trade Organization (WTO) features prominently in studies of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

mobilize business leadership on a sufficient scale to make a difference." "Our view is the system could go, if companies don't step up," says Bower. "It's companies that have the skill sets necessary to go from a vision to making... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

May 1995
Teaching Note

Adam Opel AG (A) and (B) TN

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

Teaching Note for (9-392-100) and (9-392-101). View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Diversification; Success; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Germany

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07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006

engineering development and construction projects. In what ways are the challenges of managing large, complex projects different from the challenges of managing other large industrial activities? How is it possible to evaluate the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

Preeminent leadership scholar Linda Hill, along with former Pixar tech wizard Greg Brandeau, MIT researcher Emily Truelove, and Being the Boss coauthor Kent Lineback, found among leaders a widely shared, and mistaken, assumption: that a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

Chicago's difficult decision recently to close a number of schools, given that there were too many facilities for too few students. The goal is for the remaining students to thrive with more resources per capita, with a focus on View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage "If you want to get something done, ask a busy person." Throughout a distinguished career that has included often-overlapping leadership roles in business, teaching,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

19 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 19, 2006

Alcatel would be able to recover growth in the Chinese market. Initiatives were underway to increase focus on services over equipment, to increase Chinese research and development presence, and to merge with U.S. competitor Lucent.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Board

meaningfully to strategy development. Making It Safe To Be Critical Chief among the responsibilities of a corporate board member is to develop and share an honest assessment of the company's performance, including the performance of the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

May 2025
Case

Fidji Simo: Growing the Pie at Instacart

By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger and James Barnett

In January 2025, Instacart CEO Fidji Simo considers strategies for continuing to grow Instacart from a grocery delivery platform to a holistic grocery technology company, including in-store grocery technology and expanding partnerships across the grocery sector. View Details

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Educators

14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

developed a successful track record in the West, raising close to $2 billion dollars globally, and has a growing presence in the UAE following its launch there in August 2013. Finding themselves at a crossroads, Olsson and Sheikha must... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

sudden rise of new entrants, especially Germany. The study shows that natural resource endowment is a poor explanatory variable for this geographical skewing. Public policy was a more important factor, although its impact was nuanced. The most important policy View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2018
Supplement

Abe on Womenomics, part 3: International Efforts & Conclusions: Excerpt from Opening Address to the World Assembly of Women, Tokyo, August 28, 2015

By: Boris Groysberg

This video supplement is a lightly edited excerpt of a 2015 speech by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in which he describes Womenomics--policies and aspirations to promote greater economic participation by Japan's women, thereby promoting economic growth, greater... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Gender; Business and Government Relations; Employment; Growth and Development; Working Conditions; Japan

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