recognition - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

expanded services to include the supply and distribution of sustainable energy through solar lighting, thermal water heaters, and inverter systems, enabling the underserved sector to receive sustainable energy at affordable costs. SELCO has gained View Details

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

at an impasse. The impasse experience has features that are common to all of us, and in time each of us has a unique experience of impasse. For most people the recognition that we're at an impasse, whether it's a career situation or a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

relevance in today’s workplace. David J. Collis : Elected a fellow of The International Academy of Management in 2013 in recognition of an outstanding international contribution to the science and art of management. Raffaella Sadun :... View Details

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

run the risk of not extracting the full financial value from these partnerships and co-branding opportunities that they deserve. Q: Do you have advice for aligning brand with mission? In particular, your case on Habitat for Humanity shows brand View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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Fundraising - Alumni

fundraising progress Assistance with selected solicitations Make a Gift INVEST IN LEADERS & IDEAS GIVE TO HBS INVEST IN LEADERS & IDEAS Give to HBS Learn about Planned Giving Recognition for Your HBS Giving According to our records, you... View Details

13 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

feasible nor economical. Machine learning technology today excels at self-contained tasks like image recognition and content-sorting. “The kind of tasks that we want to do in marketing tend to be more challenging, because we’re trying to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Exploring Career Passions through Short Intensive Programs – Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer

take away from your SIP? We want students to take away a much deeper understanding of DTCs and the nature of the growth challenges they face. They should also develop an appreciation of the emerging ecosystem of business opportunities they stimulate and a View Details

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

others said, "I am anxious" or "I am calm." That simple reframing device dramatically changed the outcome of their performances. Measured by voice recognition software that rated pitch, volume, and rhythm, the "I... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

strategic marketing for Memphis-based FedEx, attributes these failures not to the technology per se, but to a "lack of recognition of the degree to which [IT implementation] requires process change, cultural change, and brute-force... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

for the next generation.” Edwin Land, "Research by the Business Itself," 1944 15 In 1935, Edwin Land received the Hood Medal from the Royal Photographic Society, and in 1938, the Elliot Cresson Medal from the Franklin Institute in View Details

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

same. The Balanced Scorecard provides a framework to help organizations achieve better operating results, superior governance, and greater shareholder value. The Balanced Scorecard has evolved based on the recognition that organizations... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

13 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

modest manner, Flick always shared the recognition of success with the team and his staff. In challenging times, the team effort is all that counts. A close involvement of those affected in the decision-making process is crucial to... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

police, telling these kids what to do.” That observation led to another insight: Tutors, charged with pushing behavioral standards associated with a college-bound, middle-class, professional culture, were questioning their role in the hierarchy as students... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

sometimes get their day in the sun: Sherron Watkins of Enron, Cynthia Cooper of WorldCom, and Coleen Rowley at the FBI all ended up on the cover of Time as "Persons of the Year." But public recognition of a few people does not... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

but could do interesting things if they had more resources. And then there are definitely titles that, either because they’ve had a really rough go of it or their local economies are struggling, are just in rough shape. We’re developing an analytic approach and using... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

by instituting freezes on hiring and wage increases, limiting employee rewards and recognition programs, and reducing the company match to employee 401k retirement accounts. In light of the cost reductions imposed throughout Honeywell,... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

necessarily a deep moral or political belief on the day’s conflict. It’s a recognition of a job that has to get done. More importantly, it is reliance on teammates and deep love for brothers and sisters forged through shared successes and... View Details

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

others’ views and insights. Superficial recognition that doesn’t allow women to fully contribute won’t placate employees who feel their voices are unheard. Indeed, lip service can be all the more frustrating, as expressed by one woman... View Details