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  • February 2009 (Revised July 2012)
  • Supplement

Jieliang Phone Home! (C)

By: Willy Shih, Ethan Bernstein and Nina Bilimoria
At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators - bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Compensation and Benefits; Surveys; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Labor and Management Relations; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Manufacturing Industry; Telecommunications Industry; China
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    BUSINESS ETHICS: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW

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    • 12 May 2020
    • Blog Post

    Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

    ecosystem both from an entrepreneurial and investing perspective. I’d heard it was a difficult industry to break into, and I’d hoped to find a supportive network at HBS who could help me prepare for it. “The best way to get a job in VC,... View Details
    • 24 Nov 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business

    also respected the strengths and culture of the company; not all Non-Family Outsiders do. In fact, some have disdain for the values and fundamental orientations of family companies—and these leaders usually fail, rather spectacularly. Hermès got the View Details
    Keywords: Retail; Auto
    • 02 Feb 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 2

    achieve actionable transparency by embedding their design in a centralized system with a shared design language and near-real-time updating, where everyone with an interest in improving the design has the right and the means to act on it. We present examples from View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 25 Jan 2016
    • News

    Problem-based learning and the case method

    • 19 Sep 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Rethinking Company Loyalty

    Few business leaders would deny the importance of organizational loyalty; perhaps fewer still believe they can achieve it the way they once did. After all, the lifetime contract expired long ago, and your people—especially your best... View Details
    Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

      Roberto Verganti

      Roberto Verganti is in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Design Theory and Practice for the double degree program MS/MBA conducted jointly by the Harvard Business School and the... View Details

      Keywords: automotive; computer; consumer products; electronics; fashion; food; furniture; high technology; home appliances; industrial goods; pharmaceuticals; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; textiles
      • 28 Mar 2016
      • Blog Post

      Why I Chose to Pursue an MD/MBA at Harvard

      wanted to have a career that was more practical and hands-on than theoretical (my husband is an English professor at Boston College, so that’s his domain). After college I worked in a pharmacogenetics lab at Massachusetts General... View Details
      • 2017
      • Case

      Uncommon Schools (A): A Network of Networks

      By: John J-H Kim and Sarah McAra
      In 2013, Brett Peiser, CEO of the charter school management organization (CMO) Uncommon Schools, is reassessing the nonprofit’s strategy. For nearly 10 years, Uncommon had fulfilled its mission to bring high-quality education to students in low-income, urban areas... View Details
      Keywords: Charter Schools; Nonprofit Organizations; Teaching; Talent Management; Innovation; Organization Structure; Education; Early Childhood Education; Middle School Education; Organizational Structure; Performance Consistency; Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Education Industry
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      • 11 Sep 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: September 11

      systems that place these leaders in positions of power, Indispensable sheds new light on how we may be able to identify the best leaders and what lessons we can learn, from both the process and the result. Profiling a mix of historic and... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • October 26, 2023
      • Article

      How to Connect Employees to Your Company’s Purpose

      By: Hubert Joly
      We know making a noble corporate purpose — that is, one aimed at doing something good in the world — come to life is both important and hard. Emerging practices from leading companies show that the journey is not about top-down messaging. If anything, it’s about... View Details
      Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Employee Relationship Management
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      • 2016
      • Working Paper

      Alternative Paths of Green Entrepreneurship: The Environmental Legacies of The North Face's Doug Tompkins and Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Ben Gettinger
      This working paper examines the impact of two entrepreneurs who offered alternative paths to reach their shared goal of a more sustainable world. Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins were respective founders of the prominent outdoor apparel brands Patagonia and The North... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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        Our Work-from-Anywhere Future

        The pandemic has hastened a rise in remote working for knowledge-based organizations. This has notable benefits: Companies can save on real estate costs, hire and utilize talent globally, mitigate immigration issues, and experience productivity gains, while... View Details

          Tsedal Neeley

          Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Research, and Faculty Chair of the Christensen Center for Teaching... View Details

          • 14 Feb 2012
          • Working Paper Summaries

          Relational Contracts and Organizational Capabilities

          Keywords: by R. Gibbons & R. Henderson
          • 03 Oct 2007
          • Research & Ideas

          Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

          What do you do when the people with whom you are negotiating act in ways that can best be called counterproductive? Before throwing up your hands, take a deep breath and ask yourself 3 questions. Do these people lack good information? Are... View Details
          Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

            Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

            * Top 10 Technology Books of 2020 (Forbes)
            * 10 Best Business Books of 2020 (Inc. Magazine)
            * Top Shelf Pick of Best Business Books 2020: Technology & Innovation (Strategy + Business)
            * 9 Best Business Books for 2020... View Details

            • Feb 2014
            • Report

            Lasting Impact: A Business Leader’s Playbook for Supporting America’s Schools

            This booklet provides a practical approach for business leaders seeking to understand the complex issues involved in transforming PK-12 education. It lists actions that businesses can take, as well as best... View Details
            • 25 Nov 2014
            • First Look

            First Look: November 25

            Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data on operations, targets, and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management... View Details
            Keywords: Carmen Nobel