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09 Nov 2020
News

After a hard election, the real work begins

20 May 2019
News

Why Do We Let Political Parties Act Like Monopolies?

30 Oct 2019
Video

María Emilia Correa

María Emilia Correa, co-founder of Sistema B, a Latin American organization promoting B Corporations and sustainability, discusses the origins of the B Corporation in the United States, and how she and her... View Details

2022
Book

Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies

By: Ranjay Gulati

This book offers a compelling reassessment and defense of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms manage to get purpose right. Few business topics have aroused more skepticism in recent... View Details

Keywords: Purpose; Business And Society; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Performance Effectiveness; Organizational Culture

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05 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

The Work-Around Culture: Unintended Consequences of Organizational Heroes

"Work-around cultures" are pervasive in health care. Employees tend to work around obstacles, often feeling like a hero in the process, without solving the underlying problems. The reasons for these cultures are manifold, but they are costly in financial and... View Details

Keywords: by Anita Tucker; Health

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My research encompasses two related streams. The first examines the vicissitudes of individuals' identities in the context of itinerant careers, with a specific focus on the role of management education in hosting managers' efforts to consolidate and/or... View Details

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By: Michael A. Wheeler

Primary Topics: complexity, dispute resolution, ethics, improvisation, moral leadership, negotiation, psychodynamics

Additional Topics: alliances, cognition, conflict, creativity, crisis management, decision-making, electronic... View Details

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Is It Time for Auditor Independence Yet?

By: M. H. Bazerman and D. A. Moore

Well before the collapse of Enron and Arthur Andersen, we argued that the auditing system had been corrupted by the incentives auditors face to please their clients. We stated that even honest auditors were incapable of independence within the current regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Accounting Audits; Change; Crime and Corruption; Customer Satisfaction; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Failure; Motivation and Incentives

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18 May 2020
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Big Structural Change

12 Jan 2013
News

Striking a balance on money market funds

11 Dec 2017
News

There’s a medical ‘land grab’ underway as hospitals try to get larger

24 Oct 2016
News

The Table: Closing the Skills Gap

25 Apr 2023
Op-Ed

How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

potential, it commissions a small order from one of its factories, often just a few dozen pieces, which it floats on its channels to see if consumers are interested. If they are, the company reorders more products. It calls the system... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products

Richard F. Meyer

Richard F. Meyer is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Professor Meyer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and spent the first ten years of his career in the Management Services Division of Arthur D. Little, Inc., serving as a... View Details

22 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

component. However, defining clear performance metrics and experience levels was not an easy task. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/917020-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 917-015 Webasto Roof Systems... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Spring 2024
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Introduction: International Innovation & American Challenges

By: William C. Kirby

While the United States remains a leader in higher education, the largest systems of higher education today are in India and China, and new colleges and universities spread across the world have become the leading sites of ambitious experimentation.
What are... View Details

Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Trends; Global Range; Education Industry

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