Leaders - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Break the Expert’s Curse

what it was like to be a medical student, can that change the type of training that goes on in a medical context?" Zhang acknowledges that the rediscovery process might be uncomfortable for experts. But her research indicates that it can yield positive results for any... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

Restructuring Work for Your Company (16,149) A bungled corporate restructuring can turn a good idea into disaster. In a book excerpt, Stuart Gilson outlines the keys for a successful corporate makeover. Why Leaders Lose Their Way (12,085)... View Details

25 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 25

processes to provide managers throughout P&G with direct access to up-to-date data and advanced analytics. In addition, GBS has embedded analysts within the business units to work alongside leaders and managers in driving real-time... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making

and floor workers. (In gauging the factors that determine whether a firm adopts any given technology, the researchers considered geographic variables that might affect the cost of acquiring the technology—the firm's distance from the Walldorf, Germany, headquarters of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

Deighton and Leora KornfeldHarvard Business School Case 510-055 How is music marketed in the digital era? Nettwerk Music Group built on its foundation as a social, grassroots marketer of music and artists and emerged as a leader in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

have an economic logic that sustains the enterprise by attracting resources. Another pitfall is the creation of heightened expectations that are difficult to fulfill, leading to disappointment when performance falls short of the ideal or cynicism about whether company... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games

to good matches between job applicants and employers. Q: What lesson can business leaders take away from your research on matching and unraveling? A: Hiring top talent—finding the people who are the best match for your firm—is part of the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

22 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

CEO Succession: The Case at Ford

turning outside means the board has lost confidence in the insiders. And at least as long as there is some success, the terrific advantage is that the leader has the support of the board. In some instances, you also get someone who knows... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Auto; Employment

02 Feb 2002
What Do You Think?

Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?

hard-to-understand financial accounting, hold the greatest hope for change. But these very investors were generally characterized as having both short memories and a high level of greed, not very promising characteristics for leaders of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

success in judo strategy. "Our strategy," she notes, "is as much the art of exclusion as it is the art of inclusion, or what you are going to do." Rule Two: Stay On The Offensive But Avoid Frontal Assaults Successful judo strategists also stay on... View Details

Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak

24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

Emerging Challenges for Business and HR Leaders Authors:Gilbert Probst, Sebastian Raisch, and Michael Tushman Publication:Organizational Dynamics 40, no. 4 (2011) Abstract Large firms are prone to failure in the face of changing industry... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

announcement of a huge and unexpected second quarter loss, the CFO was removed from her post after only seven months in the job. This case explores the challenges faced by a firm leader as she attempts to manage a situation that threatens... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

than existing studies because we believed that this was add greater nuance to the overall story. Although many important business leaders are discussed, we were able to devote a whole chapter to the Koç family and their business group... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2016
First Look

July 26, 2016

confirm that homophily, which here likely arises from social influence, permeates all scales of human behavior. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51392 May 2016 Seminars in Oncology Nursing Transformation of Health Care—Perspectives of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

to step in over and over again. What, then, should business and civic leaders do about revenue? Since the fabric of cities is woven by the many entities of which they're composed, this is a question that can be broken down into a number... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

06 Dec 2004
What Do You Think?

Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?

prescriptions were few. The diagnoses ranged from "blatant procrastination and fear" (Nishant Miglani) to the triumph of "wishful thinking" (Edward Hare) to "the bias of hope over experience" and the belief of the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

01 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology

wealthy tourists. Airbnb remains Y Combinator’s biggest success story, but it was aggressive on-the-ground outreach that helped speed its early growth in key markets. Add in an industry with entrenched leaders and a limp economy in the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Travel; Tourism

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

single security for both Fannie and Freddie. Now we must "get there" before inertia gains even more momentum. The new Congress must recommit itself to drafting legislation that will transform housing finance in the twenty-first century. Even the View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

21 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes

—should business leaders and policymakers do about the gender disparity? Research by Professor Boris Groysberg and colleagues shows that male and female board members have very different takes on the issue Better by the Bunch: Evaluating... View Details

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