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03 May 2024
Research & Ideas

How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

in seed funding. In-person is especially important for innovation Roche stresses that the team’s findings pertain specifically to the influence of proximity on technology adoption in startup coworking environments. However, she adds that... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

14 Feb 2022
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Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

executives are: Empathic. They monitor employee stress and anxiety and try to prevent overload and burnout, especially in the "next normal" of the pandemic. Many people are coping with social and economic unrest and insecurity both inside... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology

07 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

example). Participants contend that an outside-in perspective can infuse the creativity and curiosity that digital transformation requires. "Leaders must be empathic about the stress employees feel as they grapple with the complexity and... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

December 2020 (Revised June 2021)
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France Télécom (A): A Challenging Restructuring

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Ashley V. Whillans

These cases explore the impacts of industry shocks, resulting corporate actions that had a devastating impact on employees, and the legal conviction of corporate leaders for “institutional harassment."

This case series follows the evolution of France... View Details

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December 2013
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Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (B)

By: James K. Sebenius

This case picks up (from the end of the "A" case) the detailed story of the KGB's high-pressure negotiations with Harvard doctoral student Bruce Allyn to recruit him as a secret asset for the Soviet spy agency. The "A" case describes how, at the tense height of the... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Bargaining; Hard Bargaining; KGB; Espionage; Spying; War; National Security; Alliances; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Offer; Cambridge; Moscow; Soviet Union

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29 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

patent searches—a style of work that prior research has termed “pooled interdependence.” Choudhury stresses that the research results apply only to companies or units that employ this type of worker. “For the vast majority of such... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Consumer-Brand Relationships

Susan M. Fournier is conducting extensive research into the relationships consumers form with brands. Her work builds on the premise that, although marketers espouse the notion of relationships in current thought and practice, none have theoretically maximized the... View Details

14 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

centers. This sometimes resulted in reports of workers stressed out and exhausted by the demanding environment. “It’s one of those cultures that works for some people, but not others,” says Campbell, “there is a lot more performance... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

20 Nov 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

Keywords: by Asli M. Coplan & Geoffrey Jones

09 Dec 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Mental Health in the Aftermath of Conflict

Keywords: by Quy-Toan Do & Lakshmi Iyer

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

These include heightened capital and liquidity requirements, more stress testing and capital planning at banks, and increased regulatory authority and tools for financial dissolution. Likewise, the authors also note several areas in which... View Details

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

effort, consumption of perquisites, and excessive growth and diversification. Berle and Means saw self-dealing as the central agency problem and stressed the law as the fundamental mechanism of addressing it. Jensen and Meckling (1976)... View Details

12 Sep 2023
What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

ago. But you are also aware of a law being litigated in your company’s home state legislature, citing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, that would prohibit the practice of requiring employee attendance at meetings stressing DEI. The law... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

(superstar) The first four reflect how an executive deals with subordinates in the company; the final one is directed at people outside the firm. Directive leadership is well known in America, but is declining in frequency. It stresses... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

parent company, a white soap, called "Lux Toilet Soap." J. Walter Thompson was hired to develop a marketing and advertising campaign stressing the glamour of the new product, with very successful results. 17 Lever's share of the... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

01 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

exhaust themselves attending to a special needs child or ailing parent. Everyone frets over their physical and financial well-being. Who among us isn't anxious, stressed out, and off our game right now? From bolstering remote... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson

16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

employee departures. Company officials kept a careful count of departing workers and doled out bonuses to managers based on the number of workers in their groups that left. Managers and workers alike exhibit stress Many managers,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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

28 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

says. “That is enormously satisfying to them—and it motivates them to work even harder.” Also, research shows that employees who take time off are less stressed and more engaged, more creative, and more productive. Give the gift of time,... View Details