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Christine is interested in how people make decisions about the thoughts, feelings, and actions of others. Her research explores how people use visual cues in a face to infer the inner workings of another's mind. View Details
- 23 Dec 2013
- News
Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?
- 24 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
results in the May 2019 working paper, The Consequences of Invention Secrecy: Evidence from the USPTO Patent Secrecy Program in World War II. Although less common in the modern era, the US government still issues patent secrecy orders... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 2020
- Article
Humanizing Management and Innovation
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
This article is an excerpt from The Wise Company book that Ikujiro Nonaka and I published in
October 2019 from Oxford University Press. It is a sequel to The Knowledge-Creating Company
book we published 25 years ago.
As our thinking evolved from information to... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Creation; Knowledge Practice; Phronesis; Practical Wisdom; Ba; Continuous Innovation; Fusion Of Analog And Digital; Management As A Way Of Life; Management Style; Emotions; Innovation and Management
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Humanizing Management and Innovation." Kindai Management Review 8 (2020): 20–29.
- 20 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Steps to Help You Get Out of Your Own Way
That Brings Peace and ProductivityJoseph Badaracco studied classic works and interviewed 100 managers in 15 countries to learn how busy men and women find time for reflection. Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time Enjoying View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Ordinary Practices
including their creativity as a central aspect of performance. NB: What did you find? Amabile: There are three main points in the big picture. One, people have incredibly rich, intense, daily inner work... View Details
Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile
Leslie A. Perlow
Leslie A. Perlow is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. She leads the LIFE Special Project, dedicated to helping individuals make purposeful life choices while gathering insights that will... View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- April 2018
- Case
Ferrari
By: Stefan Thomke, Elena Corsi and Ashok Nimgade
Ferrari is among the world’s most powerful brands, but how the company operates has remained mysterious. The case reveals the inner workings of the company—the Ferrari Way—from the way it designs, produces, and markets its cars, to how its leadership team is driving... View Details
Keywords: Growth; Innovation; Technology Adoption; Product Design; Business Strategy; Technological Innovation; Operations; Management; Growth and Development; Auto Industry
Thomke, Stefan, Elena Corsi, and Ashok Nimgade. "Ferrari." Harvard Business School Case 618-047, April 2018.
- 04 Oct 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?
for GenZ talent. We will be reading about how GenZers have attitudes toward work and how they define success that differ from their predecessors. This seems to be the case with every new “generation.” Perhaps it’s testimony to the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Why Global Success Depends On Separating Language & Culture
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
Covid-19 Case Studies Make Their Way Into M.B.A. Curricula
- February 2007 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Wikipedia (A)
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Andrew P. McAfee
Wikipedia has emerged as a robust model for content production by volunteers working asynchronously on the Internet with a unconventional model for distributed decision making. The "Articles for Deletion" process in Wikipedia provides unique insight into the inner... View Details
- October 2001
- Case
Meg Whitman and eBay Germany
By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas
After acquiring the German online auction company Alando.de, eBay CEO Meg Whitman and her team must integrate Alando's Web site with the company's existing platform. The acquisition is the first step of eBay's journey to become a global trading platform. In addition to... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Integration; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Globalized Markets and Industries; Germany
Hill, Linda A., and Maria Farkas. "Meg Whitman and eBay Germany." Harvard Business School Case 402-006, October 2001.
- August 1976
- Case
Norman Machinery Products, Inc. (C)
Presents the estate plan worked out by the son to deal with an estate planning issue. The plan involves the use of deferred compensation employment contract with the family business, a key-man life insurance policy, and a split-dollar life insurance policy. View Details
Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Family Business; Personal Finance; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry
Butters, J. Keith. "Norman Machinery Products, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 277-029, August 1976.
- 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT, 09 Apr 2019
- Career Events
What's Next in My Life?
Do you see change ahead on your horizon, and you're not sure how to quite put it all together? Join this hands-on, two-hour workshop where you will learn frameworks for life and career planning, consider work and life dimensions to help create your next chapter and... View Details
- February 18, 2022
- Article
Why Really Smart Executives Do Really Stupid Things
CEO exits due to workplace misconduct are all too common. Over and over we hear about top officials at companies, universities or in government resigning, either because they had affairs with subordinates in their inner circles or made verbal advances to junior workers... View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Why Really Smart Executives Do Really Stupid Things." Wall Street Journal (online) (February 18, 2022).
- 22 May 2017
- Blog Post
Changing How You Think at HBS
My name is Gilles Oubuih and I’m an EC student at HBS. I’m French (by my mother) Moroccan (by my father) and grew up in both countries prior to going to Essec School in Paris. Prior to HBS, I worked for four years in M&A advisory and... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- Video
Public Image: The U.S. Steel Photography Exhibit at Baker Library
- 09 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech
paying a stream of medical bills. My aversion to health care growing up, juxtaposed by the cost-free, quality care I received later in life as a US citizen, is why I want to work towards improving the health... View Details