Change Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

teams within and sometimes outside their organization. This raises questions like: How will you innovate? How will you bring out the best ideas in your teams working together near and far? How will you drive change within the organization... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 May 2017
News

Barnes & Noble Names Demos Parneros CEO

challenge is the sales performance; that’s no secret,” Parneros told the Times. “We’ve got to figure out ways to change things up a little bit and increase traffic.” Parneros told the Times that he sees strengths in the company’s... View Details

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Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog

linking conceptual understanding to business use cases. Whether you are a GenAI novice or possess some technical knowledge, this course is designed to enrich your understanding and prepare you for leadership in the GenAI-driven business... View Details

25 Mar 2018
News

Modernizing Infrastructure Management

passion for leadership and building small teams and building an organization. At the time, I didn't have the confidence myself that I could go out and just create a business from scratch. But what I felt I could do, because I had that... View Details

26 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

(retained earnings) is cheaper than external equity (share issues). If there are no perfect substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on employees, customers, communities, and the environment. But changing an organization’s DNA may require upending the existing business model and lowering profitability,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

them—and all soon-to-be managers—make the shift. These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, these four corporate leaders stepped forward—and changed how we... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public: Scott C. Bolick

outstanding efforts. Twice Bolick has spearheaded awards programs to honor worthy achievers and to inspire others to reach similar heights: in the Army, where he helped establish the Hurley Awards to recognize leadership and community... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

06 Apr 2017
Blog Post

3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow

possible early in my career. However, I think business school offers a great opportunity to think about one's career in a different way, because (a) we now have a greater ability to add value to a variety of organizations so this approach is less constraining, and (b)... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI - Course Catalog

the Internet changed the landscape of the tech sector. Nearly every category incumbent across B2B and B2C was disrupted by Internet-first startups that dominate today’s “most valuable companies” list. Will history repeat itself as we... View Details

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Psychology, Culture and Organization Studies at Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change, presents "Moments of Truth? Authentic Encounters with Realistic Identities" at the 2017 Gender and Work Symposium. Laura is a... View Details

07 Feb 2018
News

Athenahealth Taps Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt as Chairman

Photo via BostInno Photo via BostInno Former General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt (MBA 1982) has been tapped as the new chairman of athenahealth, the Massachusetts-based health care IT company founded by Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997). Bush, who serves as CEO, will stay on... View Details

Keywords: Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

13 Feb 2015
News

Lessons in Perseverance

By 1998, Pilar Deza (OPM 30, 2001) had weathered several storms on her way to becoming a leading education entrepreneur in Peru. Deza had gone from founding a nursery school in her garage with four neighborhood children to operating two well-regarded K–12 private... View Details

Keywords: Tyler Bridges; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

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Figuring Out Her Mission | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Leadership Fellows Program job posting at Boston Ballet gave her a chance to explore it as a reality. Executive Director, Max Hodges (MBA 2010), was seeking a Chief of Staff with a business background and MBA skills in strategy and... View Details

October 2008 (Revised September 2009)
Case

Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (A): Becoming Truly Global

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird

Since the 1980s, Procter & Gamble had leveraged its purpose, values, and principles (PVP) to create a global company. When P&G faced difficult times in 2000, the new CEO, A.G. Lafley, leveraged the PVP to drive P&G's turnaround, integrate global operations, and guide... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Leading Change; Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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07 Apr 2014
News

Family Values

HBS is committed to ensuring that its learning model provides a powerful, integrated curriculum. A major new gift from the family of the late William F. Connell (MBA 1963) will help this effort as the School continues to prepare leaders for a View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

the BiGS Visiting Fellows Program, launched in April 2022, which draws to campus scholarly researchers who join the School for a year to work on specific projects—often partnering with HBS faculty—related to some of today’s most important issues. The fellows provide... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

24 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 24

jolting of norms to be rule compliant. Finally, we use these principles combined with historical precedent to describe the potential consequences of some recent proposals for governance innovation. Download the paper: http://www.nber.org/chapters/c12045.pdf Reversing... View Details