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26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

to complain about the performance evaluation process. She felt that many of the lawyers weren't being fair in their evaluations of the library staff and that they shouldn't have the automatic right to determine the librarians' raises and... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

31 Jul 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

Keywords: by Eric D. Werker

03 May 2017
HBS Seminar

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, The New York Times and Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

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Campaign Leadership Committee - Alumni

Robert H. Niehaus MBA 1982 Denise M. O'Leary MBA 1983 Kenneth E. Olivier MBA 1979 Murat Ozyegin MBA 2003 Catherine James Paglia MBA 1976 Andrew M. Paul MBA 1983 John C. Phelan MBA 1990 Maurice E. Pinto MBA 1960 Robert S. Pitts Jr. MBA 1991 William J. Poorvu MBA 1958... View Details

11 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies

and Betfair (online betting) have all grown quickly through innovation in their business models. Q: So are mixed source business models seen as the next big innovation strategy in the software industry? A: This is being discussed quite a lot View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Web Services

20 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?

impact your chances of success?" Of course, with so many new incubators entering the space, it's important that entrepreneurs interested in going that route find the right one. "I'd spend a lot of time with the people,"... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

04 Feb 2010
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

Summing Up What is the right mix between intuition and analysis? Several clear themes characterized responses to this month's column. Dominant among these was that the best way to reach a decision depends on a number of factors, including... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

Portrait Project

Phil Black

compassionate family is no small accomplishment. HBS's mission is to train business leaders who "contribute to society's well-being," but mine will start at home, where Accounting, Negotiations, Leadership, and Investment Management also come into play. I'd... View Details

24 May 2017
News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

for you not be good for us?” asked Berkson. Today the couple lives in Greenwich Village and has built a life together focused on civil rights activism, friends, and their blended family. Photo by Susan Young View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset

Peru, or seven years to open a bakery in Egypt? He attributes much of this to the fact that most of the world lacks a tradition of property rights (which is consistent with the imperfections matrix mentioned above), as well as courts and... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Construction; Real Estate

03 Jul 2008
What Do You Think?

Are Followers About to Get Their Due?

and beliefs." Respondents raised several interesting questions. In referring to author Barbara Kellerman's typology of followers (isolates, bystanders, participants, activists, and diehards), Kim Allen questioned whether we hire for the View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Blog

Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season

Street to people-watch on a warm summer evening. Spend an afternoon on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Take advantage of food trucks, fountains, beer and wine gardens, and an oasis of organically maintained plantings—running right through the... View Details

24 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business

your next CEO. These internal candidates with some outsider views have a more objective and independent view about how your company needs to change and adapt. Executives with the right mix of Insider and Outsider attributes, Bower claims,... View Details

Keywords: Retail; Auto

2010
Working Paper

Introductory Reading for Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This paper is the sixth of six pre-course reading assignments for an experimental leadership course developed by the authors over five years (2004-2008) at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business working with students, alumni, executives, and faculty from various... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Curriculum and Courses; Strategy; Performance Capacity; Attitudes; Behavior; United States; Netherlands; Texas

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26 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?

of the ongoing debate over whether college athletes should be paid, given the large amounts of money they bring in. Two pending court cases would give college athletes the right to be paid—a move staunchly opposed by the NCAA. Meanwhile,... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports; Education

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

local news ecosystems. With that intelligence, we will be working in the next 18 months in a handful of states where we have a couple of keystone-publisher opportunities and the right mix of funders and stakeholders at the table. We’re... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

Middle East & North Africa Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan Pictured: Mikheil Lomtadze (MBA 2002) returned to the HBS classroom as a case protagonist. In mid-2018, Mikheil Lomtadze (MBA 2002), CEO of Kaspi.kz, faced a perplexing question: Was... View Details

27 Aug 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Market

Keywords: by Yongwook Paik & Feng Zhu; Legal Services

20 Jan 2023
News

Free Spirits

a beginning, a middle, and a finish. Their ready-to-drink cocktails are naturally low in sugar and calories (less than 2 grams and 35 calories). They are bottled and labeled with a sense of sophistication that would feel right at home on... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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