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07 Dec 2021
Op-Ed

Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge

down and gain insight into how they think. When you engage with direct reports, inquire about the beliefs that underpin their assumptions. Avoid questions that begin with “why,” as they tend to place people on the defensive and stifle... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle

20 Sep 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s-1980s

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Christina Lubinski; Chemical

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

defensive drives. The implicit, almost unconscious ways we get information and reassure each other are lost when people go remote. Colleagues are not going to overhear useful conversations while getting coffee. Because of this, functions... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

McNamara had hired to be comptroller of the Defense Department. "Unfortunately, McNamara himself contributed to the very shortcoming he speaks of—his domineering style led him to shut out other voices," recalls George. It was a... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

27 Aug 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Market

Keywords: by Yongwook Paik & Feng Zhu; Legal Services

February 2019 (Revised August 2019)
Case

KangaTech

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik and Steven Randazzo

On a warm January afternoon in 2019, Steve Saunders, Dave Scerri, Carl Dilena, and Nick Haslam (see Exhibit 1 for biographies), co-founders of KangaTech, wrapped up the latest round of discussions about the future direction of their sports-technology start-up. Focused... View Details

Keywords: Startup; Technology Commercialization; Prototype; Business Startups; Technological Innovation; Sports; Health; Commercialization; Research and Development; Decision Making; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Sports Industry; Health Industry; Australia

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09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

identity and reputation from unjust attacks. And the firm as a whole needs a similar defensive capacity for its dealings with hostile competitive firms, community groups, or governmental agencies. The defending and learning drives can... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

26 May 2022
HBS Case

Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

folks there,” said Cook at the time, in defense of Apple’s decisions. A follow-on case written last year as the COVID-19 pandemic raged explores how Cook was presented with another privacy quandary: Public health officials wanted to use... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Aerospace Vehicles & Defense Israel Aerospace Cluster (2015) Queretaro Aerospace Cluster (2015) Toulouse Aerospace Cluster (2013) Wallonia Aeronautic Cluster (2013) Morocco Aeronautics Cluster (2013) Brazil Aviation (2011) Hamburg... View Details

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

align managers’ interests with those of shareholders), a reduction in the defenses against hostile takeovers (that typically increase short-term value for owners of the acquired company), increased merger and acquisition activity,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

defense against hearing the truth because it’s hard to have your assumptions and practices disconfirmed,” Beer says. “But it’s important to listen.” Reflect, diagnose, and develop a plan. The leadership team needs to reflect on the truth,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

declined after World War II. What happened? A: In defense terms, the United States finally had to recognize something that naval strategists had long realized: The Panama Canal had no strategic value. Military analysts recognized as early... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

19 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control

charge of public discussions about the brands they use. And while marketers have tried to take part, they've had to face the fact that social media platforms are primarily meant for conversations among consumers, not for one-way brand messages that feel like... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

Identify all likely and potential opponents at the outset of the process. Project advocates often find themselves in reactive, defensive mode, having focused too late on opponents who have seized the initiative. For Amazon’s project,... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Coney Island Prep Connecticut Office of the Governor Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Detroit Economic Growth Corporation Dillard University Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Endeavor Global Environmental Defense Fund Equal Justice... View Details

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Mission-Driven Governance

By: Raymond Fisman, Rakesh Khurana and Edward Martenson

The purpose of this paper is to provide a useful, easily applied theory of governance performance. The existing model is fundamentally adversarial, rooted in the paradigm of principal-agent conflict. At its base is an image of governance as a never-ending struggle... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Knowledge Management; Standards; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation

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16 Nov 2010
News

The HBS Tunnels

escape routes for Defense Secretary Robert McNamara (MBA ’39) and Alabama Governor George Wallace during student protests and covert entry for police into student-occupied University Hall during antiwar protests in 1968. By contrast, HBS... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson

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Developing Instructor Style - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

allows them to project both confidence and humility. First-time case teachers should be wary of responding defensively to challenges in the classroom and generally should avoid using an apologetic tone or self-deprecating humor.... View Details

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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

mainframes. In the field of defense electronics, Lehman Brothers provided capital to Loral Electronics Corporation and supported entrepreneurs such as Charles “Tex” Thorton, who bought Litton Industries. In 1954, the firm issued... View Details

02 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

in the sciences. It may have also increased the degree to which the United States and the Soviet Union spent limited funds on mutually unhelpful defense expenditures. So, I think the answer is in the eyes of the beholder. Personally, I... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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