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- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
managers confronted with alternatives that some would view as involving right and wrong, and others would view as involving a selection of the lesser of two or more wrongs. Taken to its extreme, this may involve some effort to effect... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
colleagues, even if they’re not being overtly sexual. “You see these masculinity contests in workplaces, where people who victimize others are rewarded for their aggressive displays and are seen as leaders precisely because they bully... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
cybersecurity and breach and also, people are making a lot of money on use of information. So it became a very hot topic and that's why I wrote the case. Kenny: Do you use Facebook? George: I do. I have about 30,000 followers on Facebook.... View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
"When Values Backfire: Leadership, Attribution, and Disenchantment in a Values-Driven Organization." "Our research shows that values must be managed with care," Cha and Edmondson say. Below, they join forces for an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
Business sat down with HBS associate professor Walter Kuemmerle to discuss the entrepreneurial process in an international setting. Kuemmerle, a Novartis Fellow, holds a joint appointment in Entrepreneurial and Service Management and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
management of tensions caused by the simultaneous need for such things as short-term and long-term performance, the exploitation of existing ideas and the search for new ones, and the staffing and motivation of leadership teams with View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
they can experiment. But there is also the business side of the operation, which is making sure clients are getting what they want. It’s not great if the creative people are winning awards but the clients aren’t getting the business... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
expressed support for the RFRA. “We didn’t find any evidence that people who were opposed to Cook’s view were less likely to purchase from Apple after learning of his view,” Toffel says. Of course, it’s possible that this loyalty was due... View Details
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
too little say," said Schumer. "This legislation will give stockholders the ability to apply the emergency brakes the next time the company management appears to be heading off a cliff." Concurrent with Schumer's bill, the... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
when he began his own pottery workshop in 1759. Nevertheless, each of the three, she writes, instinctively grasped the fundamentals of earning long-term customer trust and loyalty. Effective brand creation and management have a vital... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
nonprofit organizations. Hart, who is also co-head of the entrepreneurship and service management faculty unit at HBS, said that reflection on a balance between work and personal goals can never start too soon. In terms of role models,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School
Leadership and Organizational Behavior. The key developments include the original teaching of scientific management by Frederick W. Taylor; the change in perspective from Taylorism to the Human Relations approach, which resulted from the... View Details
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
operational innovation to manage the tradeoff between cost and quality. It's an issue you find in every business, whether you're a chef or an executive at Mercedes or BMW or Apple." In November, Oldani visited Pisano's second-year... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
First, there were changes in ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) legislation that allowed pension funds to invest in private equity; second, the growth of the microprocessor and the semiconductor; and third, the rise of entrepreneurial activity, which drew... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 23 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It
nation, Keloharju believes the findings are generalizable to other countries, including the United States. Widely cited for its management practices, Sweden has 24 companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list of largest companies in the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
and help build a better world while we are still striving to deliver high performance for the enterprise. Managing that tension is difficult." HBS invited the executives to the second Higher Ambition CEO Leadership Conference, held... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care
for customers? Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution? Millions of people have been harmed by cigarettes, defective merchandise, pollution, addiction and other business by-products. now,... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
Operations Management unit, to see what would happen if they showed people exactly what government was doing on their behalf—starting on the most basic level of street repairs. Would that kind of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age
with Microsoft (The Free Press), Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano of MIT's Sloan School of Management use this high-tech confrontation to outline a comprehensive approach to strategy in the ultracompetitive environment created by the... View Details
Keywords: by Daniel Penrice
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School, and Mike Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at HBS, experts in scheduling and in inspections,... View Details