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- 16 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Competition Make Us More Creative?
much competition pushes them in the opposite direction. The findings could help organizations generate more innovative ideas, sharpen R&D, and even improve “bake-off” competitions between vendors used to award contracts. “You could... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
also grateful to those who have mentored her. “One of the people I learned the most from was a guy who was the polar opposite of me,” she says. “He taught me more about how to manage than anyone.” Given the criticism of banks in recent... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details
- Blog
Leading Successful Digital Transformation
was the strategy used by Ajay Banga to completely transform Mastercard from a company founded by a consortium of banks to one of the most digitally savvy and innovative companies in the world. Lean in: Novice downhill skiers tend to lean back to avoid falling—exactly... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
While the US Food and Drug Administration has chiseled away pharmaceutical review times over the years to speed innovative drugs to market, the opposite seems to have occurred in the agency's approval of medical devices. Instead of... View Details
- Web
The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Security Administration photographers were documenting rural poverty. In her book Artists, Advertising, and the Borders of Art , Michele Bogart asserts that “Documentary photographers utilized the photographic image, seemingly in View Details
- 28 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration
receptiveness, according to Gino: Actively acknowledge the other perspective. You can do this by saying things like: "I understand that...," or "You are saying ..." Acknowledging the opposing view doesn't mean that you agree with it—it simply means that you've been... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Research Summary
Experience and description-based decision making.
Prof. Barron and his co-authors study the effect of the economic environment on decision making. One example involves the effect of rare (low probability) events. People behave as if they overweight these events in some settings (e.g., when buying insurance and... View Details
- 26 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)
happens about 50 percent of the time. In cases where employees thought they would be rewarded but weren’t, Gallani and Cai called that an “implicit punishment,” while in the opposite case, in which employees thought they would be punished... View Details
- 03 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator
were in dire need of such assistance. There was much support among politicians and activists for this initiative. Not surprisingly, however, there were also certain special-interest groups that opposed this legislation. Here's what was surprising: One of the groups... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
- 10 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
High Commitment, High Performance Management
and mortgage and automobile companies employed—approaches that are diametrically opposite to those outlined in my book and discussed here. These firms did dumb things because their leaders did not make the principled choices outlined... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?
opposition to Florida legislation viewed as antithetical to the LGBTQ community, the state ended some of Disney’s taxing and property authorities over its Disney World Florida theme park. Suddenly, Disney is confronted with two opposing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups
percent Latino and 0.6 percent Asian). When it comes to NBA coaches, however, the exact opposite is true: there are six black head coaches among 30 teams, or just 20 percent of the league. Research by Harvard Business School Assistant... View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- What Do You Think?
Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?
Andrei Stanescu SUMMING UP Can Rules on Non-Compete Agreements Be Fixed? There is strong opposition to non-compete agreements, especially as applied to employees with low incomes. They are difficult to enforce, even where they are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Office of Strategy Management
ones." While they would seem to create the risk of more top-down management, the opposite effect happens. Could you give some examples of positive effects in companies you've seen? What activities should OSMs not be involved in? A:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 2008
- Working Paper
The Ontological Foundations of Leadership and Performance: Being a Leader, and the Effective Exercise of Leadership, A New Model
By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger
This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business. The intention of the course is to leave the participants actually being leaders and being able to... View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
building EVs as we invest in our own capacity to process these materials (e.g. portfolio company 6K Inc.)” Despite the widespread and growing anti-ESG sentiment in Congress and in a majority of state legislatures, Hilton is confident the View Details
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
other words, what you know, not what title you have in the organization that matters. "We argue about issues, not the people who advocate them" was another of Grove's beliefs. Once again, this is the opposite of his experience... View Details
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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets
Dimensions of leadership The subject of leadership permits opposite conclusions to be drawn from the same observations and data... 24 May 2021 HBS Working Knowledge Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource? 29 May 2020 Center for... View Details