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- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
lawyer and to be able to engage with their lawyers in deciding how to proceed. Q: Just as managers have to become more learned about the law, you say that lawyers must become more business savvy. What is the lawyer's role in all this? A: Lawyers advising firms or View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
writes about VUCA and its application in the business world, says red teamers “don’t simply shoot holes in a plan [they require] leaders to move beyond ‘that won’t happen’ to ‘what if this occurs.” Red team membership should be rotated, he says, and leaders must be... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
can evolve mutual caring commitments. These others will, in all likelihood, be in their immediate work area. When these one-to-one bonded relationships form a cluster, the participants will begin to see themselves as a group, their bonded... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
criminal justice reform, other issues like that, health care reform, but the nexus between corporate America and what Black America needs and the most, in my opinion, is employment. And so if we can do something about the 5.5 million... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
company Excara and switched to selling enterprise software for managing product content. In 2002, he started two nonprofits in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. He is currently acting VP of Product Strategy for... View Details
- 20 Dec 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
How to Design a Better Customer Experience
discovering design principles that can act as building blocks to a great product or service experience. The teaching note outlines three examples, using real stories from students to illustrate each one: Solve problems with empathy and... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible
strategy requires careful calculation. Your sunk costs must be large and visible enough to make an impact but small enough that you are not significantly harmed by losses you may incur in the hope of influencing your counterpart. Don't... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 19 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
breakthrough technology and innovative business models. Audrey's role prior to HBS was a Senior Manager and Acting Zambia Country Director at One Acre Fund. Aman Baboolal (MBA 2024, Section F), Summer Internship: MBA Intern, NextEra... View Details
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
you get to the point that all your time is spent in crisis management.” Cultivating a ‘speak-up culture’ While cultivating good ethics may sound daunting, Nelson says it isn’t complicated. For example, Costco’s code of conduct is based on a few simple values, such as:... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 25 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing
requirement introduced by the Dodd-Frank Act for fintech lenders might serve the industry well, Di Maggio suggests. The law “forced the banks to actually make sure that the borrowers will be able to repay their loans.” “In the mortgage... View Details
- 28 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation
program, which includes access to dedicated regulatory expertise, didn’t impact the safety or efficacy of new drugs. In fact, the policy that gave rise to BTD—the US FDA Safety and Innovation Act of 2012—ultimately sped innovation and... View Details
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
perspective or philosophical approaches, and used a normative approach by focusing on the question of how people should act when resolving ethical dilemmas. In this paper, we briefly describe the traditional approach to ethics and then... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK
manager gets the negative emotion wrong, talking about it is still better than ignoring the emotion completely. The team points to research showing an expectations gap between managers and employees. While managers view emotional support as committing an View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
loyalty is still to their silos," Garvin observes. The case encourages students to put themselves in his place. Is Fahey moving too slowly? Does he have the right people in the right positions? Is the new mission—"to inspire people to View Details
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
“[requiring] the most exhaustive investigation, careful thought, and conservatively weighted appraisals.” [10] Lehman Brothers also created an investment advisory service for wealthy individuals and families. During the Great Depression... View Details
- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
expand their knowledge or capabilities? A: If you know the exact specific behaviors you want, stretch goals may be just fine. But, if you want employees to engage in other pro-social behaviors (e.g., helping others in the organization) and/or to View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
that my relationships with them transformed from being, I think, great relationships with care from Dad, but much, much more fully loving them for the boys that they are and rather than the boys that I, if you will, wanted them to be. DM:... View Details
- Portrait Project
Neda Navab
grandmother Rose acted out in defiance. She would regularly go to sleep early, leaving only a cold dinner to greet my grandfather Ali after his long day of labor on an Iranian cotton plantation. On their first anniversary, Rose awoke to... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
to change your life. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54720 in press Health Care Management Review Innovation Contest: Effect of Perceived Support for Learning on Participation By: Jung, Olivia S., Andrea... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years
care about who you are without any transactional expectations. Even if it’s just a coffee or a meal over the two years, it makes a difference that someone has taken the time to share their story, and in turn learn yours. These genuine... View Details