Managing People - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

are deliberately using a network strategy and discovering its potential to serve more people more effectively. "I'm interested in high performance networks and understanding how those networks were created and are managed," says... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

process: Step 1: Entrants enter behind a shield of asymmetric motivation; early incumbent response leads to cramming. Incumbents pass over what in retrospect turn out to be multibillion-dollar opportunities because attackers take advantage of asymmetries of motivation.... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

03 Nov 2023
News

Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

of International Management Rawi Abdelal, titled “Dignity, the Populist Backlash, and the War in Ukraine: How to Imagine the Next Global Economy.” According to the club’s president, Raj Patil (OPM 42, 2012), approximately 60 View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen

Sergio and his team chose not to continue the business. "But the experience was fantastic," he says. "I learned a ton about what it takes to launch an apparel line. And I discovered how much I didn’t know about manufacturing and supply chain View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Consulting

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

collaboration. Second, they didn't organize effectively for collaboration, believing that innovation could be managed much like production and partners treated like "suppliers." And third, they didn't invest in building... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

out of cash before solving the problem, Harvard Business School researchers write in Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight, recently published in the Strategic Management Journal. For startups trying to hang on until their next... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

22 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 22

Management. Taylor and Francis, 2011 Abstract Routine and persistent acts of dishonesty prevail in everyday life, yet most people resist shining a critical moral light on their own behavior, thereby maintaining and oftentimes inflating... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1998
News

Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War

Today, 25 years later, Hoa is still living in Hanoi and doing her part to help her impoverished country establish a modern, productive economy. As managing director of Galaxy Company, a successful consulting firm, her advice on doing... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)

04 Dec 2023
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

Hi all, my name is Rhea! I was lucky enough to work for the National Park Service this summer as a business management intern with the Submerged Resources Center (SRC). The SRC is the NPS national dive program, responsible for... View Details

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

not just to the company, but also to people around the globe. At the same time, managers at other global brands were similarly considering their brands’ response to the COVID-19 crisis. Nike chose to twist... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

2020
Chapter

Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build

By: John D. Macomber

As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. This implies that homeowners and investors have been making location decisions without properly pricing the cost of potential peril,... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Housing; Mortgages; Geographic Location; Real Estate Industry

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Winner of the 2022 IACM Early Career Award from the International Association for Conflict Management. 2021 Max H. Bazerman : Co-winner of the 2021 International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) Lifetime Achievement Award with... View Details

21 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics

of the many different aspects of being a business leader. That leadership requires not just an understanding of the technology, but of the importance of people and aligning the company to bring an ambitious technical vision into fruition.... View Details

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This course is part of the Strategy track. Introduction to Economics for Managers ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Economics for Managers $1,850 Next... View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

of local leadership: An individual manager can be an authentic communicator even if their organization is not. Jennifer Petriglieri’s colleague and husband, Gianpiero Petriglieri, recommends that leaders “tell your View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer

all the tricks on the table, the situation is a lot of more balanced than people tend to believe, at least in the developed countries." Commented a third, "It looks like the company will need to develop a new set of skills. They... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing

26 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

People: Effective collaboration requires people with different skills, given that team members sit outside the boundaries of the firm in distant countries with different cultures. Rather than a focus on pure technical expertise, View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

second phase involved bringing in lecturers to discuss with employees how to study and manage learning the language. The last phase was encouraging workers to use English in meetings. In line with a do-it-yourself culture, one early... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

quantify the cost of delivering high-quality impacts.” Shah elaborates: “Now PIH can say, for example, ‘Here’s what it costs to support one woman’s cycle of care for an entire year. Would you like to support one woman’s cycle of health care with your annual donation?... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

18 Dec 2017
Op-Ed

Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs

Credit: Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

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