Publications

Article

Focus on Quality: An Opportunity to Execute Health Care Reform

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Simons C. Matthews and Peter Pronovost

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Quality; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

March–April 2019
Article

The Future of Leadership Development

By: Das Narayandas and Mihnea Moldoveanu

The need for leadership development has never been more urgent. Companies of all sorts realize that to survive in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment, they need different leadership skills and organizational capabilities from those that... View Details

Keywords: Talent Management; Executive Education; Leadership Development; Business Education; Management Skills; Learning; Online Technology

Article

The Scandal Effect

By: Boris Groysberg, Eric Lin, George Serafeim and Robin Abrahams

Executives with scandal-tainted companies on their résumés pay a penalty on the job market, even if they clearly had nothing to do with the trouble. Because the scandal effect is lasting, a company you left long ago could have an impact on your current and future job... View Details

Keywords: Misconduct; Career; Career Management; Career Changes; Executive Leadership; Executive Development; Crime and Corruption; Executive Compensation; Personal Development and Career; Management Skills; Management Teams

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November 1981
Background Note

Role of the Executive Branch in the U.S. Government Decision-Making Process

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Decision Making; United States

2025
Working Paper

The Political Polarization of Corporate America

By: Vyacheslav Fos, Elisabeth Kempf and Margarita Tsoutsoura

U.S. executives are increasingly segregating by political party. We establish this new fact using political affiliations from voter registration records for top executives of S&P 1500 firms between 2008 and 2022. We identify key drivers of this trend, including... View Details

Keywords: Political Polarization; Partisanship; Executives; Government and Politics; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States

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November 1992
Article

Executive Succession and Organization Outcomes in Turbulent Environments: An Organizational Learning Approach

By: Michael Tushman, B. Virany and E. Romanelli

Keywords: Outcome or Result; Organizations; Learning; Management

February 2004
Supplement

Jack Welch at GE: 1981-2001 - The Evolution of a Chief Executive

By: Joseph L. Bower

A series of video clips of Jack Welch from 1981 to 2001 shows his development as a leader, the evolution of his management approach, and his consistency. View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Electronics Industry

January 1999
Supplement

GLSTN: Interview with Kevin Jennings, Executive Director and Founder, October 17, 1996

By: Willis M. Emmons III

Panel Discussion

Chief Executive Officers’ Dialogue: Towards an Agenda for Inclusive Growth in Africa

By: Robert Gumede, Aziz Mebarek, Jubril Adewale Tinubu, Catherine Samba-Panza, Euvin Naidoo, Donald Kaberuka and Lerato Mbele

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2006
Conference Presentation

On the Interface Between Research and Practice: Experiences in Executing Engaged Research

By: Ranjay Gulati

April 1980
Supplement

Vick International Division: Management Philosophy, Executive Style and the CP/R System, Video

June 2018 (Revised June 2018)
Teaching Note

Blake Sports Apparel and Switch Activewear: Bringing the Executive Team Together

By: Boris Groysberg, Tricia Gregg and Katherine Connolly Baden

Teaching Note for HBS No. 417-048. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Groups and Teams; Performance Effectiveness; Problems and Challenges; Behavior; Communication; Cooperation; Decision Making; Leadership

July 1993
Supplement

Advertising Council Get Out the Vote Campaign: Strategy and Creative Execution

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Keywords: Advertising; Corporate Strategy; Advertising Industry

2003
Article

Do Incentives Work? The Perception of A Worldwide Sample of Senior Executives

By: Michael Beer and Nancy Katz

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Management; Perception

January 2021
Case

Egon Zehnder: Beyond Search?

By: Ashish Nanda and Margaret Cross

In 2019, Egon Zehnder chair Jill Ader and CEO Edilson Camara faced a critical question: how should the global executive search firm approach its burgeoning advisory service offering? Since 2003, the firm’s advisory practice had grown as a conglomeration of grassroots... View Details

Keywords: Professional Services Firms; Executive Search Firms; Professionalism; Partnership; Executive Coaching; Leadership Development; Expansion; Decision Making; Strategy; Switzerland; London

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Summer 2013
Article

Where Implementation Breaks Down: Why Can't Companies Get the Job Done?

By: David A. Garvin

A great plan for the future isn't so great if you can't execute it properly. Conceiving a project or initiative demands different approaches and skills than acting on it and following through. Here's a guide to removing the roadblocks on the path toward effective... View Details

Keywords: Implementation; EXECUTIVE Ability (Management); Management Practices and Processes; Performance Effectiveness; Management Skills

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06 Jan 2020
Working Paper Summaries

From Know-It-Alls to Learn-It-Alls: Executive Development in the Era of Self-Refining Algorithms, Collaborative Filtering and Wearable Computing

Keywords: by Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas; Education

03 Nov 2020
Working Paper Summaries

An Executive Order Worth $100 Billion: The Impact of an Immigration Ban’s Announcement on Fortune 500 Firms’ Valuation

Keywords: by Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury, and Britta Glennon

July–August 2018
Article

How CEOs Manage Time

By: Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria

In 2006 Harvard Business School’s Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria launched a study tracking how large companies’ CEOs spent their time, 24/7, for 13 weeks: where they were, with whom, what they did, and what they were focusing on. To date, Porter and Nohria have... View Details

Keywords: CEOs; Executives; Time Management; Attitudes; Managerial Roles; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy; Decision Making; Organizational Culture