Individual - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

E-Commerce Unplugged

The Soda X wireless window would allow consumers to access an individually tailored list of products and services anywhere, anytime. It would be a natural community-building device and would define users even as it attracted them. By... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma

22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

evolving challenges, they need candor, speed, and creativity to make progress. They need employees to bring their full selves—with all their skills, knowledge, and insights—to the challenges ahead. Second, most work is not performed by View Details

24 Jul 2014
Blog Post

Create a Content Marketing Strategy for your Talent Acquisitions Team

important as building out a content marketing strategy for your sales or marketing team. Connecting with individuals in a deep and profound way is significant when convincing top talent to want to dedicate the next chapter of their career... View Details

14 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

chronic problems. “The goal is to help first responders better assess situations and connect at-risk individuals with support services as needed,” Mendu says. A third component of the initiative pairs mental health clinicians with... View Details

26 May 2016
News

W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975

consumer products, including Scotch tapes and Post-it notes. While at Boeing, McNerney defined, built, and nurtured a culture that emphasizes both individual accountability for getting one’s job done and a shared responsibility for the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

individual citizens are protected. Tracing governmental involvement in risk management to the early 19th century, Moss shows how government institutions have served to promote capitalism and economic growth by shifting risk from... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Mar 2004
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors

program that draws on the latest research and thinking of HBS faculty. A new program, called Innovations in Management, covers five topics in individual sessions spread over a five-month period in New York City. Alumni can attend all five... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Dec 2010
News

Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs

teams with a history of working well together. Teams of two or three cofounders who complement and respect each other generally result in greater success than companies founded by individuals or those with larger teams. This is especially... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

11 Sep 2015
Blog Post

What is the JD/MBA Program at HBS?

engages individual students in their answers. Our fellow students can also be very different; it's fascinating debating the same questions in the two schools. Zach: To echo Tian, the two schools attract bright, ambitious, personable... View Details

Feb 2014
Case

Flying High, Landing Low: Strengths and Challenges for U.S. Air Transportation

areas. It becomes clear that individual airlines have often been managed back to health and focus on innovation, but the overall system itself and its governmental connections need attention, including the desire for NextGen air traffic... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Entrepreneurs’ Fund

Fund teams on progress and lessons learned. Students are seeking alumni to work with winning teams as advisors. Individuals interested in working with the MVP Funded teams are invited to contact Dan Rumennik (HBS '12) -... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Profile

Ameel Somani

TPC, I also saw that I didn't have a full understanding of functional areas, such as operations and marketing." HBS stood out for a number of reasons. "I felt the case method was a fascinating way to learn. You're in a classroom with ninety View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

New Releases

the social environment on creative motivation and behavior in a variety of contexts, including the organization. From an ongoing multiyear research project into the nature of creativity and how social factors influence its manifestations, Amabile provides new insights... View Details

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/Bookentry_Main.lasso?id=13257 Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: How High Status Individuals Decrease Group Effectiveness Authors:Boris Groysberg, Jeffrey T. Polzer, and Hillary Anger Elfenbein... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1999
News

New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information

CareerSearch. "We've negotiated special licenses for these services on the portal - services that are otherwise unavailable to individual subscribers," explains Michalak. A Community-Wide Effort The development of HBS Working Knowledge... View Details

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

exploiting the well-documented social divide between urban resident workers and rural migrant workers in urban Chinese firms. We analyze data on weekly output, individual characteristics, and coworker composition for all weavers in an... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

to help organizations better access, integrate, and leverage the talents and insights of their employees. An earlier career as an organizational change consultant led me to realize how many thoughtful, caring individuals were stymied in... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

05 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

Using Competition to Reform Healthcare

Knowledge next month.How can providers compete on value? To do so, they must embrace a series of strategic and organizational imperatives, shown in Figure 5-1. We describe the imperatives in the context of hospitals and physician groups. However, they apply even to the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

technology, released a few [?] years ago as the Sony Play Station. Q: Would this course also be suitable for managers of nonprofits? Kotter: Yes, absolutely. We hope to have a broad group — professionally, functionally, and internationally — made up of open-minded... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

21 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 21, 2007

decisions confronting the founding management team of a new online financial services company. Prosper Marketplace is an internet-based market for individuals to borrow money from other individuals who wish... View Details