Black Lives Matter - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

been missing is love," McLennan says. "I acknowledge that while it may seem inappropriate to talk about such things in an HBS classroom, they should remember that people on their deathbeds often say the only thing that mattered... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

26 Jan 2016
First Look

January 26, 2016

Abstract—Scholars from many disciplines have investigated self-deception, but defining self-deception and establishing its possible benefits have been a matter of heated debate—a debate impoverished by a relative lack of empirical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

Krishna Palepu, sought answers and suggested some corrective measures. Highlights of the conversation follow. Krishna Palepu: Let's start with some background on these matters as they relate to your areas of interest and expertise. Then... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

06 Aug 2014
What Do You Think?

What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?

futile." Alex added that "his crucibles of leadership ('difficult events' out of which leaders establish meaning in their lives and achieve distinctive voices) concept really resonated and still does." Philip offered the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

"Débats de l'Assemblée Nationale. 26 octobre 2004. Vol. 38 N° 94." Becker, Gary S., and Julio Jorge Elías. 2007. "Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations." Journal of Economic... View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

18 Jan 2021
Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

might afford a way for them to actually work together and solve problems. View Video Video: Mitch Weiss, echoing Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous quote that “the time is always right to do right,” says that “these moments we’re living... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

clear that what the Bank and other development agencies were doing was not reducing poverty. In some instances it was actually making it worse by sustaining the political and social arrangements that caused poverty, while increasing the country's debts. My interest in... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

But this is a far cry from the PSF CEO, who lives and works among her "shareholders." She passes them in the hall, eats lunch with them, and has to guide them productively to accomplish her objectives. Even if they work in... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

in Silicon Valley. Tell us a little bit about the preparation that went into this biography. A: Well, there was a lot of travel. I commuted there for a while and I lived in Silicon Valley for fourteen months. Andy was not involved in this... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

08 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

to do that. And luckily Gallatin was this European of infinite patience and extraordinary strength of character. One of the biggest things I wondered about is why Gallatin came to the United States in the first place. He was the scion of a wealthy family that had View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

matter if they’re fired, or they quit. Even for low-wage workers, the cost is between 25 percent and 35 percent of annual compensation. That’s a good proxy for how much it’s going to cost to replace that worker. Second, people who have... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

11 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

partners to build her fashion business and legendary luxury brand based on understated elegance. Chanel’s famous “little black dress” was accompanied by many other innovations including the use of jersey as material for daytime clothing... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

foreign business—without experience in that type of environment—to enter and to prosper in. The crime rate is certainly one of the highest in the world, to the extent that it affects the everyday lives of people and managers. The HIV... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

in the diabetic space, became MannKind’s marketing partner and helped launch Afrezza in February, 2015. Although the drug had a black box warning and required doctors to perform a lung test on patients, expectations were high, with some... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

does reveal is that their analysis pointed to “a complete lack of understanding” of the actual physics involved with football by those who make their living off the game. The lessons to be learned from that stretch beyond Deflategate. “I... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

ephemeral state of entropy we live in, called Digital." We're left with impression that changes in leadership required for success in the fast-moving information economy will be achieved with limited discomfort. And yet we are... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

company-no matter how large-was immune to failure, and that the lessons he was learning from startups could be applied far more broadly. "I realized it wasn't just small companies who were fragile, and whose leaders were facing high... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

findings are meant to stimulate improvement,” Toffel says. “in the context of weak government regulatory regimes, it’s these companies’ brand reputations that are on the line when problems are found in their suppliers’ factories” Making View Details