Leaders - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2014
Teaching Note

The World Bank in 2012: Choosing a Leader (TN)

By: Lakshmi Iyer

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2003
Other Teaching and Training Material

Eight Imperatives for Leaders in a Networked World: E-Governance

By: L. M. Applegate and J. Mechling

Keywords: Leadership Development; Information Infrastructure; Governance

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12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader

In this excerpt from Chapter 1 of the their book, Dan Ciampa and HBS Professor Michael D. Watkins describe some of the common traps into which new leaders can fall. Falling Behind The Learning Curve Not using the time before entry... View Details

Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins

2010
Working Paper

Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides)

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

This presentation is based on our research program over the last seven years in which our objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for providing access to being a leader and exercising leadership effectively (in... View Details

Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Innovation and Invention; Leadership Development; Goals and Objectives; Research and Development; Attitudes; Perception; Technology; United States

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2012
Working Paper

Do Market Leaders Lead in Business Process Innovation? The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption

By: Kristina S. McElheran

This paper explores the relationship between market position and business process innovation. Prior research has focused on the alignment between new technologies and the internal capabilities of firms to pursue them. I extend the investigation to include external... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Business Processes; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Technology Adoption; Manufacturing Industry; United States

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Mutiny in the Workplace: When Leaders Are Challenged From Within

My dissertation focuses on the rarely studied phenomenon of mutiny in organizations. Based on three recent cases of mutiny in professional organizations, I examine the process by which employee dissatisfaction transforms into collective mobilization... View Details

November 9, 2017
Editorial

America is Seduced by 'Leadership Bling' and Lacks True Leaders

By: Nancy F. Koehn

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May 15, 2015
Article

America's Leaders Need to Tell a New Story About Infrastructure

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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1996
Chapter

How Cosmopolitan Leaders Build Confidence: A Profile of the Future

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Keywords: Leadership Style; Trust

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04 Apr 2023
Book

Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

15 Aug 2022
Book

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

Today the United States is considered the world leader in higher education. Yet the country could risk losing that top spot, particularly with China opening some of the most innovative educational centers across the globe in recent years,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

2015
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Leave No Slice of Genius Behind: Selecting and Developing Tomorrow's Leaders of Innovation

By: Linda A. Hill

More than ever, leaders of nearly every kind of organization view their human resources teams as essential to institutional well-being and long-term growth and sustainability. That's the central and animating theme of "The Rise of HR: Wisdom from 73 Thought Leaders," a... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Talent Management; Talent Development And Retention; Innovation Leadership; Human Resources; Talent and Talent Management; Leadership; Leadership Development

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04 Oct 2017
Book

Five Leaders Forged in Crisis, and What We Can Learn From Them

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

15 Oct 2024
Cold Call Podcast

What Sequoia Capital Can Teach Leaders About Sustaining Long-Term Growth

Keywords: Re: Jo Tango & Christina M. Wallace; Financial Services

January 5, 2015
Article

China Still Isn't Ready to Be a True Global Leader

By: William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan

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May 2001
Teaching Note

Campbell Soup Company: A Leader in Continuous Replenishment Innovations TN

By: Ananth Raman

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Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Price; Policy; Production; Customers; Food and Beverage Industry

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1 Jan 1986
Conference Presentation

Attitudes Toward Women in Groups with Male and Female Leaders

By: R. Ely

Keywords: Gender; Leadership; Groups and Teams; Values and Beliefs; Attitudes

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2019
Book

Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience

By: Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo and David A. Thomas

Race, Work, and Leadership is a rare and important compilation of essays that examines how race matters in people’s experience of work and leadership. What does it mean to be black in corporate America today? How are racial dynamics in organizations changing?... View Details