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Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

must devise a strategy that commits to the goal of superior performance, develops a unique area of focus and approach, aligns operations to the strategy, and defines concrete goals in its chosen fields to serve as the basis of evaluation.... View Details

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

about a topic that increasingly affects the environment in which [managers/leaders] operate.” If the issue is not the focus of the class discussion: “Although the primary purpose of today’s class is [X], I want to make [Y] a discussable... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

information to the income statement. Moreover, there are far more serious issues in accounting and governance that warrant attention including the level and structure of executive compensation, other liability and asset accounting... View Details

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

organizational design that has not one, but two "operating systems." One system conducts the everyday business of business, while the second system, more like an agile network, sits alongside to focus on the opportunities and demands of... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

30 Jul 2018
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Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

business negotiators more aware of when they are susceptible to ignoring their own values, they will pay closer attention to their behavior. “We need to look at how we can change the business world so that people will deliberate in a more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Barbon , Marco Di Maggio , Francesco Franzoni & Augustin Landier AUG 2019 Do brokers spread order flow information in the stock market? Using trade-level data, the authors focus on large portfolio liquidations that result in temporary... View Details

02 Aug 2022
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6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

27 Sep 2016
First Look

September 27, 2016

critical outputs. Managers use this information to communicate goals up, down, and across their organizations and later to monitor performance against those goals. Using information requires choices about what to monitor and measure. Managers can View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Oct 2020
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Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

calendar to tackle your most challenging work, particularly when your energy is high, and focus on giving it your undivided attention by turning off distracting notification pings on your phone, email, and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Jan 2015
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Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

to edit the same article. "Wikipedia can easily do this," he says. "It has all the information about how many times people are reading and editing articles. They could easily direct the attention of editors in order to have the most... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Publishing

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

16 Apr 2020
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Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

fragilities. The occurrence of a number of events that were considered rare is growing. This implies that business managers, particularly those of companies operating in the GVC, shall now devote more efforts and resources to risk management practices and inventory... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

Psychology The Downside of Downtime: The Prevalence and Work Pacing Consequences of Idle Time at Work By: Brodsky, Andrew, and Teresa M. Amabile Abstract—Although both media commentary and academic research have focused much attention on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 22

Authors:Marcelo de Paiva Abreu and Felipe Tâmega Fernandes Abstract This paper surveys the formation and development of the insurance business in Brazil. It describes its origins, from colonial times and the imperial era to recent events. Particular View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

you're figuring things out." As SpinBrush continued to gain market share, Osher's little company began to attract the attention of big players in the market: P&G, Colgate, Johnson & Johnson, to name a few. Osher held... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products

23 May 2018
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Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

order to make room for innovation.” “It is important to figure out how to balance long-standing traditions with new insights in order to make room for innovation.” Growing up in Boston as the eldest of three children, Johnson enjoyed figure skating and skiing, and she... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

04 Oct 2021
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How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

including one I prepared about the New York Police Department. At NYPD, in his first stint as Police Commissioner, Bill Bratton led massive changes in nearly every aspect of the department, including the focus of the city’s policing, the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Openings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

instructor should consider presence and delivery in the opening: Voice Speak slowly and project Modulate tone and speed Movement Standing in a fixed spot (e.g. in front of the doc cam) can help focus student View Details

03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

research and technological innovation, this approach is misguided and potentially risky. This article argues that researchers need to pay close attention to issues such as biases in data collection and spurious correlation. Publisher's... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 May 2021
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Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

environmental concerns (for example, water treatment and usage) that a company needed to pay more attention to. The goal was to work with portfolio companies to improve their ESG ratings. By doing so we believe they could potentially... View Details

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