Actionable Practice - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

insights and practices as pandemic recovery plans are developed. Consider these five elements of organizational decision-making: information gathering; strategy; combining long-term thinking with short-term actions; clear communication... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

21 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change

Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

Can there be corporate democracy if employees can’t vote on the actions its companies take? Yes, and it’s needed now more than ever. The pandemic has brought much employee discontent and activism. Last January, for example, with one-third... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

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1970 and recognizes the right of every member of the University Community to press for action on matters of concern by any appropriate means. Digital Millennium Copyright Act Harvard Business School is committed to maintaining the... View Details

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Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

“the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” At that gathering, we examined whether and how various institutions and practices in the U.S.—capitalism, gender, companies’ diversity-equity-and-inclusion initiatives, and... View Details

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

directly estimate the practical capacity of the resources supplied as a percentage of the theoretical capacity. There are various ways to do this. As a rule of thumb, you could simply assume that practical... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson

22 Feb 2024
Blog Post

It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

something tangible. Second, I cannot emphasize the power of the community enough! The first-year curriculum ensures you have some academic experiences unique to the MS/MBA cohort: starting classes a month early for Design Theory and View Details

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

guide them when pressure mounts. They don’t shirk bold actions because they fear failure. They don’t need external adulation, nor do they shrink from facing criticism. "Courageous leaders take risks that go against the grain of their... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

10 May 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

an average of two years longer than men. "Merely increasing the number of employees from underrepresented groups and trying to be inclusive isn’t enough." The firm may have welcomed traditionally underrepresented groups, but its workplace View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?

best practices promise to lower them. Weighing The Costs There are two types of costs that must be considered in allocating decision rights. In their 1990 paper, "Specific and General Knowledge, and Organizational Structure"... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

30 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

high-end fashion industry and the actions of entrepreneurs in the early days of this industry, I seek to redress these shortcomings of prior organizational research. Based on a series of interviews with designers and individuals... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Jul 2021
Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

because the goals conflict,” Sucher says. Means: A company’s means are not merely its business methods, but whether it takes “the fair path to get there,” Sucher says, in creating equitable practices for employees and communicating with... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

companies recognize the need to restructure too late, when fewer options remain and saving the company may be more difficult. Scott Paper's new CEO was widely criticized in the news media for the magnitude of the layoffs he ordered. However, such drastic View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

Consistency By: Barak-Corren, Netta, Chia-Jung Tsay, Fiery Cushman, and Max Bazerman Abstract—We study how people reconcile conflicting moral intuitions by juxtaposing two versions of classic moral problems: the trolley problem and the footbridge problem. When viewed... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

Curriculum, students may choose from a number of courses that explore the integration of environmental issues and management practices or that address broader issues of sustainable markets. In their second year, students choose elective... View Details

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2.2 Recruiting Standards of Conduct - MBA

How a student handles the decision is critical. The CPD Office cannot stress enough how seriously HBS considers the violation of reneging. These actions will impact the student, their classmates, HBS alumni, and the HBS reputation.... View Details

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HBS Veteran Spotlight: Lindsey Chrismon (MBA 2025) - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

25 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?

advocates from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, recently discussed the approach at a seminar hosted by the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS). COVID-19 heightened urgency for global action After... View Details

Keywords: by Esther Schrader; Pharmaceutical; Health

05 Jul 2012
What Do You Think?

Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

long. Yet many managers are experiencing a trust deficit. What's up? Reasons for the trust deficit, in the view of respondents, included the following: (1) "(management) actions inconsistent with the mission and vision of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

an ex-post equilibrium, with the same payoffs to all players as the dominant strategy equilibrium of VCG. Download the paper: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/gsp-060801.pdf On the Origin of Strategy: Action and Cognition over Time... View Details