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- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
gender and work, the paper, An Outside- Inside Internalization of Shifting Gender Logics in Professional Work, identifies cycles of organizational analysis and resulting actions sparked by transformations in societal beliefs and practices View Details
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
thought there was potentially something generalizeable in Oprah's journey. I've always been interested in individuals whose experience summarizes large lessons for our moment. So, here, I was interested in what is it about Oprah that business leaders can View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
instead, it has become integrated with the whole manufacturing process—David Upton But once that decision has been made, "sitting" is far from the operative word for IT systems, which require the same kind of continuous... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era
landscape presents a world of possibility. "We're seeing a world that will open up opportunities in ways unimagined," Stevenson told alumni at the HBS 2001 Global Alumni Conference. In a lively discussion entitled, "What An Old Guy View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: What's the Next 'Big Thing' in Finance?
“Office Hours” series. During “Office Hours,” HBS experts field questions from Instagram users, responding through short videos. Cohen studies finance and innovation, producing research and courses about topics including fintech, asset... View Details
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
members to use it." To remove the stigma, employers need to educate workers about mental illness and distinguish it from normal levels of stress. At the same time, managers must learn the legal restrictions... View Details
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
At the beginning of January, over two hundred senior executives and government officials from around the globe met at Harvard Business School for the fortieth annual Agribusiness Seminar. They represented every facet of the "global... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
agenda of the discipline. Q: How does this new work differ from your previous research on multinationals? A: This new book reflects my longstanding interest in the diversity of the business past. Much of my own research has been concerned... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 06 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?
action. Q: You recently wrote about the writings of Mandarin Yung Wing, a senior bureaucrat during the time of the Manchu regime and the first Chinese national to graduate from Yale. What did he accomplish, and does his story hold... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2008
- Op-Ed
The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations
appropriate action to manage credit risk in their domain, but as a result, credit risk was shifted to institutions and markets that were less heavily regulated. The same phenomenon will continue to occur under the Treasury proposals. View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
and Swap assert. To begin with, the creative process in an organization can and must encompass a broad array of input from a wide variety of people, including those who may not consider themselves the least bit creative. "Many of the... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
does reveal is that their analysis pointed to “a complete lack of understanding” of the actual physics involved with football by those who make their living off the game. The lessons to be learned from that... View Details
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
quartile findings suggest that the very best coaches—those that win Super Bowls and survive for more than 10 seasons with the same team—stay consistent and win over long periods of time due to exceptional management skills. Similarly, it is plausible that some coaches... View Details
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
know it's getting harder. We all need to keep learning and adapting.” We asked Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, to discuss how managers can work faster, embrace digital transformation to cultivate... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
structures you establish can make a big difference in fostering creativity. You should set up work groups so that people will stimulate each other and learn from each other, so that they're not homogenous in... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
As many entrepreneurs and business leaders can testify, a great conversation or brainstorm can turn an inkling of an idea into a gamechanger. A research paper goes inside those conversations and the people having them to learn the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
companies from Germany dealt with the incarceration of thousands of their German national employees in India during World War I and World War II in her recent working paper, Countering Political Risk in Colonial India: German... View Details
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
two-year MBA program. More important, those climbing the ladder in this manner must not be penalized for doing it this way. The point is that organizations will, as a result, be just as productive and also able to choose leadership from a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
advice. Can you create a good exit strategy for this person? Create a win-win situation? Maybe the customer will hire him." Learning by Observing Sanjeev Malaney, CEO of Media Tel (now MediaLinq) says that he "learned through... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
Many Zambian girls face major challenges early in life. They drop out of eighth and ninth grade at three times the rate of their male counterparts and contract HIV twice as often. Many will die due to complications associated with childbirth. View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn