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- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
protagonist is a real estate investor doing due diligence on the magnitude of the crisis, the impact on the firm's operations, and the likelihood of resolution. Due diligence includes interviews with city water officials and global-scale... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
really wanted to understand their experience so that we could help people equip themselves to get these crucial tasks done effectively and compassionately. Q: How did you conduct this research? What are your main findings? A: In our study, we View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
Prior research says little on this question because it has tended to study design change and identity change separately. This paper links the two by examining how the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) transformed itself after the 9/11 terrorist... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
sponsorship collaboration between a major global financial institution (UBS) and a multi-site major museum (Guggenheim). The primary sources of data were interviews with key representatives over a 12-month period and direct observations.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
Whether you sell widgets, designer fashions, or life-saving drugs, mastering the art and science of better analytics can set you ahead of your competitors, according to HBS professor Ananth Raman and Wharton professor Marshall Fisher. Raman explains how in an e-mail... View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
"Innovation that matters for our company and the world." The addition of those words "and the world" opened the walls of the company. There are IBM employees I've interviewed all over the world who actually invoke that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
to be published by Princeton University Press. In this recent interview conducted by e-mail, Lodge is hopeful that the World Development Corporation will be formed. He explains why nonprofits aren't the answer to ending poverty and asks... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
organization and its employees. Podolny, Khurana, and Hill-Popper collaborated on an e-mail interview to explain their latest research for HBS Working Knowledge. Martha Lagace: As you wrote in your working paper, the past century saw a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
connected me because of her venture capital position to a startup role. And it was a hard left in terms of my career direction, but actually my HBS sectionmates convinced me to take the interview and I eventually took the job. And I think... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
give me a recommend basketball player. I didn't think much would amount to it. But as it turned out, by pure luck, my job with Jordache involved going to different countries and interviewing companies that wanted to be their licensees. So... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
young British Muslims, frank interviews with intelligence and police officers, and frontline reports from across the Middle East to offer answers to one of the biggest challenges of our time. Dragons: 10 Entrepreneurs Who Built Britain by... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
bad person through interviews and so on. And I think I started out at FreeMarkets with too much confidence in that area. So as a result, my team and I have made some mistakes in hiring. We have been humbled and realize that, boy, it's not... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
process. Using survey and interview data we analyze how a CSO's authority and responsibilities differ across organizations that are in different stages of sustainability commitment. We document increasing organizational authority of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
Sadun Abstract—Many senior executives struggle to describe how they make strategic decisions. That’s a serious problem since the process for making strategic decisions can shape the strategy itself. To understand better how companies really make strategic choices, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
hope with The Innovator’s DNA, that we could articulate how innovative people think. So over a period of years, we interviewed hundreds of innovators and almost 5,000 executives to identify ways of thinking that distinguish innovative... View Details
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
India’s recent enactment of universal primary education. Given the clientelistic features of Indian democracy, this programmatic policy change presents a puzzle. Drawing on interviews and official documents, I find that committed state... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
instance, the Nobel Prize. Specific quotes from extensive field interviews support the development of the new CBIRM and its broader managerial relevance and applicability. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
education sector. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315054-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-081 Solar Geoengineering On December 8, 2013, as Dr. David Keith was leaving the set of the Colbert Show, he couldn't help but replay the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
situations. Filled with stories of people facing a range of challenges, from going on job interviews to asking someone out; scientific research on how our bodies change our minds; and revolutionary strategies like "power... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne