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11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

(e.g., they should reduce their gas consumption or increase their savings, but they do not want to). Some posit that this tension arises from the competing interests of a deliberative "should" self and an affective... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

competencies of each partner and create two-way value is evidenced by, among others, the collaboration between The College Fund (UNCF) and Merck. UNCF, the largest and oldest minority educational assistance organization in the United... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

30 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Looking Behind Bad Decisions

type of investment? A: Yes, it may be true that Boston (or any other city) benefits by keeping its football team or baseball team. But, another city without a team also would benefit from taking away Boston's team. And, as a result, cities View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

21 Jun 2004
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Racial Diversity Pays Off

positions in society. Sociocultural distinctions may be race, ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, and sexual orientation. Theory And Practice According to Ely, there are two competing theories about the impact of cultural diversity... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Katy Lankester

where in healthcare I wanted to build my career, and in what types of companies. I wanted to work in healthcare, but I didn’t know what the big verticals were, or which types of competencies were most important. I learned that I wanted to... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

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Jaime Mendez

just seven minutes and managed to place second out of seven. "All the other teams presented variations on the same idea," Jaime says. "We took a risk by planning something entirely different." "After the contest, the judges congratulated us by... View Details

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Fred Smith

At HBS, classes do not lead to definitive answers, but to a greater comfort with – and competence within – ambiguous situations. "Any business decision we have to make," says Fred, "is more than just about profitability.... View Details

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War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity - Course Catalog

competing ideas, ideologies, and narratives. Examine the powerful role that our implicit models and “theories of the case” play in the choices we ultimately make as leaders and strategic actors. Face the possibility that our strongly held... View Details

01 Mar 2011
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examine the ways in which software differs from other technologies in promoting economic development; what motivates individuals and firms to contribute to open source projects; how developers and users view the trade-offs between the two kinds of software; and how... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Takes Center Stage

educating leaders whom others declare to be leaders, we have to recognize that people only call someone a leader if they feel confident about his or her competence and character.” Competence comes from... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

July 2024
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RMZ 4.0: 'How Fast Do We Want to Run?'

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott

In 2023, RMZ Corporation (“RMZ”) a large family-owned real estate firm based in Bengaluru, India, announced plans to transform from a commercial real estate developer to a diversified alternative asset owner. Over the next 5 years, RMZ looked to grow its real estate... View Details

Keywords: International Expansion; Growth Management; Family Business; Talent and Talent Management; Goals and Objectives; Transformation; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversification; Change Management; Global Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Real Estate Industry; India

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June 2018
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Candor at Clever

By: Ethan Bernstein and Om Lala

Clever, a high-growth EdTech company based in San Francisco, had grown quickly in market share and headcount. As with many high-growth companies, however, early employees (many of whom had never managed people before) had been given the opportunity to manage teams, and... View Details

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02 Apr 2015
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Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

is establishing your authenticity in this space," Lipstein said. DrivenData hosts online challenges, usually lasting two to three months, in which data scientists compete to come up with the best statistical models for tricky community... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

29 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 29

multiparty risk and disaster management, namely that the organizational challenge is to enable multiple actors and subunits with competing and often conflicting values and expertise to establish a virtual, well‐aligned organization.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Jun 2014
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Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues

ensuring that all your direct reports are competent to do their roles and that you use a superb system of delegation, so that you're not over-managing subordinates. Required: Leaders Who Inspire Next, the role of middle management... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

13 Aug 2007
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The Dark Side of Trust

percentage points less likely to order a free brochure of the competing product if they trusted their supplier. And they were 6 percentage points less likely to order the product. Investments in trust pay off in that they reduce... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Service

27 Sep 2006
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Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

A: In two of the companies, there were no expats among top management and a great deal of sophistication about the best and latest in everything. In one of those, its development lab competes effectively on a world basis with similar... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Productivity Orientation and the Consumption of Collectable Experiences

By: Anat Keinan and Ran Kivetz

This research examines why consumers desire unusual and novel consumption experiences and voluntarily choose leisure activities, vacations, and celebrations that are predicted to be less pleasurable. For example, consumers sometimes choose to stay at freezing ice... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Innovation and Invention; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Performance Productivity

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June 2010
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Are You a High Potential?

By: Douglas A. Ready, Jay A. Conger and Linda A. Hill

Some employees are more talented than others, and nearly every company has its method for identifying their high-potential managers. So how can you get on your company's high-potential list? Douglas A. Ready, of the talent-management research center ICEDR; Jay A.... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employees; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics

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