Leading Teams - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Mar 2011
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

influence one another. It is leading to advice and training designed to change behaviors that influence perceptions and possibly even increase job opportunities and on-the-job success. The work of Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist on the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Keeping Your Balance With Customers

number of leads the program generated and its effectiveness in converting them to active customers (the "lead conversion rate"). 3. Customer retention. Once a customer has been acquired, the key is to keep him. A company retains... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

06 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Circularity in Denmark

our first visit, Sr. Director of Technology Soren Kristiansen walked us through the LEGO Group’s efforts to develop the next generation of blocks. Their team is working in parallel on bio-based and recycled plastics, iterating on... View Details

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Rewiring the Workplace: Behavioral Economics and the Future of Inclusive Organizations - Blog: RGE Report

Beshears’ principle of active choice , is relevant to biased decision-making because traditional choice often relies on defaults . When personnel decisions rely on defaulting, our biases will lead us to choose the person who we consider... View Details

26 Oct 2017
News

Can Farming Save the Planet?

SFP raises funds from individuals, foundations, and endowments to achieve its goals. The huge demand for organic goods such as corn, oats, and alfalfa, and the higher prices they command than traditionally grown crops, creates a dramatic increase in financial returns.... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Apr 2002
News

Pamela Thomas Graham

financial news network, the Web site was being relaunched as a separate entity with its own services and special features. "It was an amazing opportunity to come out of the consulting world and lead a business unit," she says. On the Case... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2005
News

Profiles from the Class of 2005

combination offered by Ford Motor Company’s management training program. While he excelled at leading teams to solve engineering-based manufacturing problems, it was a stint in sales and marketing that... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Julia Hanna; James E. Aisner; Graduate profiles; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1

School of Business, recounts his history at GE in his recent book, Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company. And in this first episode of a special two-part Skydeck interview with Immelt, we talk about his rise to CEO,... View Details

03 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

surgical service that is constantly improving. The case has many details about how Dr. Shingleton works with his staff and patients and how the provider team focuses on patient care. A key measure of productivity for the surgery center is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jun 2021
News

The Path Ahead

has taken the lead in coordinating and sharing case leads, and we saw remarkable progress this past year in the Required Curriculum of the MBA Program. COVID-19 has changed the way we operate in both business and social settings. What (if... View Details

March 2022
Case

The Future of Start-Up Chile

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo

In 2021, public accelerator program Start-Up Chile, which ten years earlier had created a global buzz, might be losing its competitive edge to similar programs or one-year visas for digital nomads offered by other countries. The case follows SUP’s CEO, Angeles Romo, as... View Details

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31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

strategy be different from that of South Africa? What is the appropriate structure? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809066 'Lather, Rinse, Repeat': FeedBurner's Serial Founding Team... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2006
News

Inside Intel

problematic. Far larger than Intel, it was a proud company with a rich history. Worst of all, the microprocessor it had positioned against the 8086, its 16-bit 68000, was believed by many to be a technically superior product. The 8086 sales View Details

Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Hanna, Julia; technology; manufacturing; innovation; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2019
News

John McArthur

several years ago, and to thank him again. I try to remember his example and to look out for students who might be feeling like a misfit here. Because our admissions team doesn’t make mistakes! It’s important for you to know that. —Derek... View Details

Keywords: Dean

19 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55865 in press Behavioural Public Policy Invisible Inequality Leads to Punishing the Poor and Rewarding the Rich By: Hauser, Oliver P., Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, David Rand, Martin A. Nowak, and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

Shawn A., Martin Kanz, and Leora Klapper Abstract—This paper uses a series of experiments with commercial bank loan officers to test the effect of performance incentives on risk assessment and lending decisions. We first show that while high-powered incentives View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

breeze about a trendy new third-party tool over a game of Super Smash Bros. in the breakroom. “In most software hackathons, the formal competition aspect is really just a façade to put everyone in a time-bound and high-energy environment. Most View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

17 Apr 2017
Research Event

The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy

mission is to bring together leading scholars and business practitioners to study and shape the digital transformation of the economy. Accordingly, “Beyond Chicken and Egg” included three industry executives, as well as two academics who... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Service

03 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry

specified stage of development. It would throw the ball over the fence [to a major pharmaceutical firm] and it would sit around and wait. Sooner or later, if the product was successful, it would collect some royalties." Now, a growing number of biotech firms are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

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