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- 02 Apr 2019
- Research Event
Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture
firm but by most companies today. Yes, women were struggling to be fully present at home and work, but so were men. An always-on culture and gender-role expectations were to blame, not motherhood. And men were mourning the loss of their... View Details
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
education; provide case studies showing how leading MBA programs have begun reinventing themselves for the better; and offer concrete ideas for how business schools can surmount the challenges that come with reinvention, including securing faculty with new View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
at the Highest Levels By: Groysberg, Boris, and Deborah Bell Abstract—The article examines the gender gap that is present in boardrooms in U.S. corporations and internationally in 2013 as more women attempt to reach executive-level... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 17 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?
what should you be doing with this information?” Testing companies use a rash of custom-designed assessments, including personality tests, skills assessments, math and logic problems, and judgment tests, on hypothetical work situations.... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
product, technology, and security teams should be able to find out whether software updates will be or should be rolled out in waves and where this might present a comfortable or uncomfortable level of risk to the business. Technology:... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 15 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Women Find New Path to Work
The swift current of modern business presents a challenge for any woman deciding to temporarily step out of the corporate rapids to tend to family or other concerns. While they are away competitors come and go, technology constantly... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
2016 New York: HarperBusiness Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice By: Christensen, Clayton M., Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan Abstract—The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
or as major employers of graduates of professional education programs. The survey assessed their views of the future, the core skills and knowledge needed by future leaders, and their assessment of how well current academic programs in... View Details
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
Almandoz Abstract—A case study is presented on business ethics and bank management. The situation facing the president of a community bank established to operate as a green business and to consider ethical issues of bank loans when it is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
Deborah L. Soule and Lynda M. Applegate Abstract This paper examines virtual team learning in new product development situations. New product development activities manifest novelty, uncertainty and complexity, presenting an extreme need... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions for David Garvin and Michael Roberto
of Motorola, Jack Welch of G.E., Andy Grove of Intel, and Chuck Knight of Emerson Electric all used inquiry processes extremely effectively. All were CEOs who led their companies through long periods of growth and profitability. Q: You View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
companies lose when they cut corporate giving? How Do I Lead In A Crisis? 7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm Leading in crisis requires a combination of skills and behaviors—personal and professional—that can be mastered, says HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
leadership style to “drain the swamp” of the Washington bureaucracy and deliver results for the American people. The United States is not a company, of course, and its citizens are not employees, but voters still were drawn to his promises of a fresh approach to... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
knowledge and leadership skills of senior level executives, particularly those on a general management track. Others who may presently be technical or functional specialists, but are preparing to assume... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
Conference, led by the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association, presented two days of provocative lectures, panel discussions, and case studies surrounding questions like: What's next for healthcare? And how should smart businesses... View Details
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
to change people's minds. In order to do this, he or she must be a good persuader (part salesperson, part teacher), skills that some business leaders ignore as unimportant. Being decisive is ineffective if employees can't be convinced to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
resources, but that some children fail to follow that norm in the actual game. The gap between norm and behavior was correlated with self-regulation skills on a parent-report individual differences measure. Specifically, we show that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
commercial success and certain disputed business practices, Android has come under substantial attention from competition authorities. We present key aspects of Google’s strategy in mobile, focusing on Android-related practices that may... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management
Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions to be answered: Can "lean" productions methods improve service industries? How can a... View Details
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
"New Age" Internet-based businesses such as Rackspace Managed Hosting, and for that matter Google. Q: One of the most powerful ideas presented in the books is the realization that not all customers produce equal value—in fact,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne