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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
initiatives, including loss and damage—the idea that the harmful consequences of climate change fall disproportionately on poor nations that have done little to contribute to it. Agreement on a fund to mitigate the disastrous effects of... View Details
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
wish to make headway should consider 3 broad ways of dealing with distance: adapt, overcome it, and exploit it. "What is different about this book on global strategy is its focus on the differences across countries," he writes. "The View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Innovation Outside the Boundaries
O’Leary, who serves on multiple corporate and nonprofit boards. “That speaks to the long-term value of taking risks and trying new ideas in crafting the MBA curriculum.” O’Leary and Thiry also appreciate the growing emphasis on... View Details
- 02 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to the JD/MBA Program
I thought the JD would give me a rigorous academic framework to engage with policies and regulations, and the MBA would give me a diverse network and allow me to think about real life management problems. Bhargav: I'm motivated by the View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
identify critical real-world problems as the basis for new research.” “I can’t help people if they don’t know about my work” Interacting with business practitioners is especially helpful in garnering new ideas for behavioral scientists... View Details
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
culture,” Frazier told Bain’s Maceda. “There is something missing in that [Black] people who get hired leave very quickly. They get to the middle of the company and they stall. Through this community of practice, we’ll be able to share best practices and View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams
there." At the same time, she has observed, by hogging the discussion, these leaders not only limited their own learning but also made the class less productive as a whole. Gino wondered if the same dynamic could be occurring in business, with dominating leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
born with, which is curiosity—this genuine interest in discovery—and connecting with others, to understand and learn from them. Something that I learned by taking my husband to improv-comedy classes as a Christmas present (a gift that he hated at the beginning but then... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Organization Science . Ranjay Gulati : Deep Purpose (Harper Business, 2022) included as one of the Next Big Idea Club’s 2022 Best Management Books. Ranjay Gulati : Deep Purpose (Harper Business, 2022) included as one of the Next Big View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
putting too much faith in innovative companies with exciting ideas but untried management. "At Morgan Stanley, we're back to basics: We look for young companies that have the advantage of entering a potentially large market before the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 08 Nov 2021
- News
New Director Named for Mid-US Research Office
in shaping a more inclusive capitalism, tackling complex challenges such as climate change and racial equity, or building and leading a more diverse workforce,” said Professor Spar. “I look forward to working with the new Mid-US Research Office as we undertake new... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker
percentage of cost savings. Or, a contractor might be paid more for finishing a job early. There are many variations to performance-based pricing including penalty clauses. But, the idea is always the same. Base your price on the value... View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
co-locate with buyers in industry clusters, they share ideas and concentrate talent. In order to get a handle on the impact of the supply chain economy, Delgado and Mills examined the input-output tables of the US Census Bureau, which... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: The Strategy of Differences
Ten years ago, globalization seemed unstoppable. Today, the picture looks very different. Even Coca-Cola, widely seen as a standard-bearer of global business, has had its doubts about an idea it once took for granted. It was a Coke CEO,... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
unanimous: All-day breakfast. In the end, all-day breakfast rolled out nationwide in October 2015, less than a year after Cunningham arrived. In this episode of Skydeck, I talked to Cunningham about how she managed rapid organizational change at such a massive scale.... View Details
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
game-changing ideas," SGP is both a foundation and a pro bono consulting firm focusing on nonprofit scale and systemic change, primarily in Massachusetts. "We find social entrepreneurs with promising ideas and work alongside them as... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
the idea of questioning Matt. And so the process continued, as the project fell further behind schedule. For his part, when Matt was asked about the value of the PMM, he was mystified: "Not to insult my team leaders, but in my mind,... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
language abilities, which were neither stellar nor poor. One low-fluency worker painfully summarized his experience: "If you cannot express your ideas because you lack language skills, the collaboration becomes a nightmare. You lose... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 28 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?
might also be applied to settings outside of creative production. For his next study, Zhu says he wants to examine how freelancers choose between contracts. “It will be interesting to see, as they gain some experience operating as a gig worker, how that experience... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds