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06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

Since March, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has posted more than 80 stories and research papers on the topic of COVID-19, most targeted at managers and the new challenges they face. That's a lot... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Harshini Chengareddty

thought there were clear-cut ways to be an effective or ineffective, good or bad leader but I’ve learned that there is no “one size fits all” approach to leadership. Every team and organization operates... View Details

17 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions

Keywords: by Alvin E. Roth

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

Summing Up Pay for performance: Why do we assume so much and know so little? Pay for performance is an important element of good management, judging from responses to this month's column. The question of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

30 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date

Source: FangXiaNuo New research suggests that people who ask questions, particularly follow-up questions, may become better managers, land better jobs, and even win second dates. “Compared to those who do not ask many questions, people... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

admitted. "We're not comfortable unless we see the path." Stay humble in the face of temptation and power. "Being humble is a key issue. It's good for a leader to be reminded of the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

nurturing an influential internal champion on the other side who would truly benefit from added quality and service. The supplier might induce such an advocate to persuade the agent on her behalf, directly or via links to senior... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

Harvard Business School, the outcome doesn't mean the decision made was a good one. Knowing doesn't lessen the value of discussing the issues. "Executives fired for cause rarely go quietly. They usually sue to keep the money they... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

misread, and referenced article ever written by a Nobel Laureate economist. And it’s still being argued today. In “A Friedman Doctrine--The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase its Profits,”... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

2021. The Case for AI Insurance , Harvard Business Review, 2020. With Ram Shankar Siva Kumar. Open Source Software and Firm Productivity , Management Science, 2019. Learning by Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through... View Details

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

Professor of Information Systems, Ivey Business School, delve into the growing neurodiversity initiative at software behemoth SAP in their case study SAP SE: Autism at Work. Software testing is exacting and requires precision, so can be a... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

2014
Article

Delaware's Choice

By: Guhan Subramanian

This article first documents the shift to annual elections of all directors at most U.S. corporations and argues that the alternative of "ineffective" staggered boards would have been more desirable, as a policy matter, but is now a missed opportunity. Using this... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Laws and Statutes; Policy; Delaware

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21 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 21

Publications 2006 Harvard Business Review Press Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics By: Davenport, Thomas H., and Jinho Kim Abstract—Managers today need to be able... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

reserve the right to restructure or discontinue the Program as necessary. ELIGIBILITY You may be eligible for one-time loan reduction based on your application if you: Are a second-year MBA student graduating in May 2025, and you are in... View Details

22 Nov 2023
News

So You Want to Join a Startup

are, what are you good at? What are you interested in? What are your passions? Where do you think you can add value to an organization? And I touch on the general topic of, are you a startup person View Details

25 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

When Your Passion Works Against You

When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 after a 12-year absence, the company he co-founded was dispirited, rudderless, and near bankruptcy. In a staff meeting, Jobs shared his plan for revitalizing the struggling brand, touching on one... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Councils, General Management Councils, CEO Councils, CMO Councils and others. Phil has also written about the power of asking for help as a key leadership discipline in the Harvard Business Review. As noted, Phil until recently ran the... View Details

28 Feb 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Master the Team Meeting

monkeybusinessimages No matter how much we hate going to meetings, there’s a generally accepted best practice that teams should meet with their managers on a regular cadence. More often than not, unfortunately, I hear leaders and their... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails

Early COVID-19 lockdowns sparked a contentious debate that rages on in the workplace: Can businesses thrive if employees continue to work remotely? Skeptical CEOs, such as the leaders of Goldman Sachs and Starbucks, say they need workers... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

25 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

Sloan. As the case shows, Walker herself reflected on her path before an audience in 1912 at the National Negro Business League convention in Chicago: "I was promoted to the cook kitchen, and from there I promoted myself into the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

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