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- 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28
positions. Creating Leaders: An Ontological/Phenomenological Model Authors:Michael C. Jensen, Werner Erhard, and Kari L. Granger Publication:Chap. 16 in The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing, and Being, edited by Scott... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
One of the greatest challenges for the values-centered culture is to produce top performance and succeed in the market against "win at any cost" competitors. Values are only one part of an organization's culture; the other half is its operating norms—the way... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
In 2000, The Entrepreneurial Manager was introduced into the required first-year MBA curriculum. The course—and its presence in the first year—marked an important milestone in the evolution of teaching entrepreneurship at Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
impact of immigrants on natives tend to find limited consequences in the short run, while the results in the long run are more varied and much less certain. Immigrants in the United States aid business and technology exchanges with their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
Materials The Korean Model of Shared Growth, 1960-1990 Aldo Musacchio, Rafael Di Tella, and Jonathan SchleferHarvard Business School Case 712-052 This case narrates the development of the Republic of Korea... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
patterns of behavior, not the other way around," writes Harvard Business School professor Marco Iansiti, an expert on innovation, entrepreneurship, and operations. “The planning process we describe is going to surprise many... View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
Radiologist Some parts of the teleradiology model closely resemble outsourcing in industries like electronics, business processes, or software development. The health-care customer—typically a hospital—sees... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
characteristics, such as risk aversion and talent; firm characteristics, such as ownership; detailed measures of managerial practices relative to incentives, dismissals, and promotions; and measurable outcomes, for the firm and for the manager. A parsimonious View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
groups, such as the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum, work in partnership with business, government, and community leaders to promote business models that emphasize the... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-012.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsArrow Electronics—The Apollo Acquisition Harvard Business School Case 607-007 Having already made 10 acquisitions of competitors in the last decade, the CEO... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- August 2014 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Husk Power
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Sid Misra
In late 2013, Husk Power Systems found itself falling further and further behind plan. The founding CEO had decided to resign. His co-founder is faced with the decision of quitting his corporate job in the US to head to India and help form a new management team. Husk... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Business Startups; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Foreign Direct Investment; International Finance; Globalized Markets and Industries; Crime and Corruption; Employee Relationship Management; Independent Innovation and Invention; Employment; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Skills; Emerging Markets; Social Psychology; Culture; Business Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; India; United States
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Sid Misra. "Husk Power." Harvard Business School Case 815-023, August 2014. (Revised May 2016.)
- 03 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. The signs of... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
welcome. In fact, new hires often enter fresh roles feeling optimistic and confident their organizations are eager to hear from them, but over time, employees increasingly feel less “psychologically safe” to contribute ideas, new research by Harvard View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
middle school during the late 1990s, Speed Trap may provide some historical perspective on the origins of the business models upon which you are building, and some lessons for navigating a boom-bust cycle.... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
For-profit businesses have a common goal: create value for owners or shareholders by creating value for customers. It's a focus that must seem enviably straightforward from the perspective of nonprofit organizations and social enterprises... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
now own over 80% of banking assets in Mexico, and we show how, using a political economy model and a series of econometric tests, this has helped to stabilize the system and reduced non-performance loans, but it has also increased the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
Companies in the tech sector now (unlike during the “bubble”) produce (or conserve) goods and services that people want. They have real business models that realize revenue and profit as well as growth.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
sustainability is more achievable "if the concept is integrated into the business model at inception." And as Laura Howard put it, "This works best in small companies who can design their... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
produce sustained economic superiority or a model to be emulated in the U.S. is debatable. While some would like to see a convergence around the best features of the European and U.S. approach to management, there was limited confidence... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How to Profit from Scarcity
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Marketers are trained to... View Details