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- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
achieving financial success. They aspire to build organizations that succeed in the marketplace by earning the respect, trust, and, commitment of their people, customers, communities, and investors. Higher-ambition leaders commit to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
wrought with misinformation. The leader in this space was the website Craigslist, which was the most highly trafficked classifieds site in the world and the tenth most visited site in the United States despite introducing almost no... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
static as they might appear. What mechanisms of access are really at work, and what does this evolving portrait of access mean for the future of leadership? Paths to Power is the second book (In Their Time was the first) to come from the HBS Leadership Initiative's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
new plant, because one encounters very different problems in starting up a new plant than in running a well-tuned one. When a slowly growing firm's leaders decide they need to launch a new-growth business to restore their company's... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
could prevent if we only knew what to look for. This book plays on that fear and offers a positive, proactive resolution to it. Two leading experts in managerial decision making show that many disasters in business are preceded by clear warning signals that View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
lead to dysfunctional group dynamics) and the perspectives brought to the table by board leaders and director. Finally, the benefits of two opposing leadership structures are debated: one chapter argues for electing a chairman who is... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
aggressively and scale its business. They also needed to make business choices about next steps. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/813023-PDF-ENG The World Bank in 2012: Choosing a Leader Iyer, Lakshmi, and Ian McKowan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
service programs provided by the government. The company had made significant progress, and Kai was a recognized leader in German business for his attention to and success in managing diversity, but he knew there was much more to do.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
company's commitment to sustainability mean that firms that ignore this do so at their own risk. BMW Group has been a leader in recognizing this. Several years ago, it issued a Sustainable Value Report detailing energy consumed, water... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
Target's faltering performance during an economic downturn led an activist shareholder to initiate a proxy fight. Target Corporation, the second largest discount store retailer in the U.S., had competed successfully against industry View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-050.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsNone this week. PublicationsTrue North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership Author:William W. George Publication:San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007 Abstract Based on research and first-person... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
who'd worked their way up through the trenches, breadwinners. Since the rejiggering of the American economy beginning in the early 1980s, the man-of-action hero is back and more than ever he is found in business rather than politics or fiction. Business View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53786 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Scope versus Speed: Team Diversity, Leader Experience, and Patenting Outcomes for Firms By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Martine R. Haas... View Details
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers1011.html#wp11-111 Embracing Paradox Authors:Michael L. Tushman, Wendy K. Smith, and Andy Binns Abstract Trying to resolve the paradox between innovation and the core business only weakens the CEO and dooms the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
and which growth option will most effectively take Endeavor in that direction. The case begins with a panel of business leaders selecting a new class of Jordanian entrepreneurs to join the ranks of Endeavor's prestigious portfolio. Their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
Case 509-048 The case describes the effort of Merck, a global leader in pharmaceuticals, in making available its medicines to the poor. The challenge for the company (or for that matter, any pharmaceutical company) is how to integrate its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
opportunities they'll pursue and which they'll decline, rather than simply reacting to emergencies, leaders can and do engage meaningfully with work, family, and community. They've discovered through hard experience that prospering in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
illustration of the earliest trends and dilemmas (c. 1900–1930), when business schools found themselves caught between their business connections and their striving for moral legitimacy in higher education. We show how several of the school's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
program. They discover that the distribution channel is not aggressively pushing the new product. Their own sales force resources are constrained. The few available salespeople must stay focused on generating and maintaining demand for the company's other product, a... View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
Groysberg and Deborah BellHarvard Business School Case 411-050 Reviews Rebecca Halstead's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, challenges, and organizational practices, she developed into a successful View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne