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Research Community - Doctoral

gift of $25 million in support of the HBS Doctoral Programs. Online Campus Tour Life At Harvard Life At Harvard INTRODUCE YOURSELF So we can provide you with event,... View Details
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Extending Producer Responsibility: An Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies

By: Michael W. Toffel, Antoinette Stein and Katharine Lee
Manufacturers are increasingly being required to adhere to product take-back regulations that require them to manage their products at the end of life. Such regulations seek to internalize products' entire life cycle costs into market prices, with the ultimate... View Details
Keywords: Product; Cost; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability
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The Diamond Model - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Creating an Economic Strategy in a Time of Austerity by Michael E. Porter 14 Feb 2012 New Jersey Life Science Super-Cluster Initiative by Michael Porter & Monitor Group View All Related Resources “Many... View Details
  • February 18, 2022
  • Article

Transparency as a Solution for COVID-19 Related Hospital Capacity Issues

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard Boxer
In the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. hospitals could not provide an adequate supply of beds to meet demand. Solving the problem of hospital bed capacity is of great importance in the “new normal,” which requires recognizing that SARS-CoV-2 is but... View Details
Keywords: COVID; COVID-19 Pandemic; Health Care; Health Care Demand; Health Care Delivery; Health Care Industry; Health Care Operations; Health Care Policy; Transparency; Hospital; Hospital Management; Hospitals; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Operations; Performance Capacity; Policy; Health Industry
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    The Progress Principle

    By  Teresa M. Amabile, and Steven J. Kramer.

    Harvard Business Review Press, 2011.

    The most effective managers have the ability to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work lives-consistently positive... View Details

    • 14 Dec 2021
    • Op-Ed

    To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture

    Culture change is probably on your leadership agenda. You may want (or feel forced) to create a post-pandemic culture, or become more collaborative, innovative, or aggressive. But most companies fail in this because they try to change... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Beer
    • 2007
    • Book

    America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
    This book draws on the author's multiple research projects and field observations to analyze problems facing the United States in recent years and to create an agenda for renewing American strengths through returning to core American principles—but in new ways suitable... View Details
    Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Policy; Leadership; Civil Society or Community; Cooperation; United States
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    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Capitalism, Slavery, and the Legacy of Cesare Beccaria

    By: Sophus A. Reinert
    The Milanese Marquis Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) dedicated his life first to theorizing a more just and equal society grounded in individual rights, anchored in secular political economy rather than in religious dogma, then to realizing this bold vision... View Details
    Keywords: Slavery; Racism; Capitalism; History; Society
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    • 29 Nov 2010
    • HBS Case

    United Breaks Guitars

    object lesson in what that means for big, recognizable companies and their brands. "United Breaks Guitars" documents the incredible viral power of social media, analyzing the reach and impact of a... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna
    • 03 Oct 2023
    • HBS Case

    Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff

    The pattern has become painfully predictable in recent years: As the economy shows signs of a slowdown, companies hand out layoff notices to stabilize profitability and calm investor fears. That cycle seems to be View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand; Telecommunications; Technology; Financial Services; Manufacturing

      The Content Trap

      Companies everywhere face two major challenges today: getting noticed and getting paid. To confront these obstacles, Bharat Anand examines a range of businesses around the world, from Chinese Internet giant Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted,... View Details

      • 1997
      • Book

      Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices

      By: Leslie Perlow
      Why do Americans work so hard? Are the long hours spent at work really necessary to increase organizational productivity? Perlow documents the work life of employees who assume that for their own success and the success of their organization they must put in extended... View Details
      Keywords: Time Management; Working Conditions; Work-Life Balance; Performance Productivity
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      • April 1998
      • Case

      Jim Lyons and GenRad

      Lyons, currently CEO of Harry Gray Associates, a consulting and investment firm, had just been approached by an executive recruiter representing GenRad, a 78-year-old electronics company headquartered in Concord, MA. The company, which manufactured integrated software... View Details
      Keywords: Technology; Management Succession; Personal Development and Career; Consulting Industry; Massachusetts
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      • 06 Sep 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It

      in their current circumstances; for people who are working hard and maybe even finding success in their life and work, but who struggle to find View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • 15 Nov 2022
      • Book

      Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work

      own life as well. Our “ordinary complicity” might be continuing to work for a company we believe is destroying the environment or maybe ignoring ongoing sexual harassment perpetrated by a colleague. “Rather than dig View Details
      Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
      • 22 Feb 2024
      • Blog Post

      It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

      curriculum, and all. The smaller program means you get more resources from the school, including direct access to top founders and investors in the industry. And the curriculum is very hands-on and... View Details
      • Teaching Interest

      AMP 170 - General Management: Processes and Action

      The Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP) helps drive corporate performance by honing individual capabilities to the highest level of performance. The result is a... View Details

      • 09 May 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

      knowledge sharing outside one’s core department. That is one implication of a new study about how knowledge is shared that focuses on academia, but may offer lessons for technology, pharmaceutical development, and other STEM industries. In-person interactions with... View Details
      Keywords: by Ben Rand
      • March 2002 (Revised January 2010)
      • Case

      BP and the Consolidation of the Oil Industry, 1998-2002

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and David J Hanson
      Examines the economics of the oil and gas industry with a focus on 1998 through 2001. Discusses the rationale behind using a growth in scale as a means to increase profitability and to gain competitive advantage. Also examines the classic strategic implications of... View Details
      Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Structures; Competitive Advantage; Consolidation; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Energy Industry
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      3D Negotiaton

      By: James K. Sebenius

      In articles and books, often with David Lax, I have been developing a broad approach to effective negotiation that encompasses three "dimensions." In this "3D" approach, our first dimension — "tactics"-- is the most familiar territory. Tactics are the persuasive... View Details