Executives - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability

Recent articles have looked at research into the history, efficacy, and social responsibility found at the intersection of business and the environment. Here is a sample of some of the latest work from the School. How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals At a recent HBS... View Details

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

allow executives to make investments. Turkey’s example provides a richer view: Yes, the change to a military regime undermines social capital and the rule of law. But, at the same time, the disruption is an opportunity for outsiders who... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Career & Life Balance

literature to look closely at issues of leadership. Here's an excerpt. Key concepts include: The hazards of success is one of the oldest and most perplexing themes in literature, and is at the core of the novel I Come as a Thief by Louis Auchincloss. View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

23 Jul 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action

a Balanced Scorecard program. The purpose of an OSM is to unlock value by making strategy execution a distinct and recognized competency in an organization. Does The Bsc Work In Testing Strategy? Working Paper: Testing Strategy with... View Details

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

settings right, you can design a job in which a talented individual can successfully execute your company's strategy. But if you get the settings wrong, it will be difficult for any employee to be effective. I'll look at each span in... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Bringing the Environment Down to Earth

considerations of social responsibility are important, executives who frame environmental problems solely in those terms may overlook the business opportunities and risks that come with such problems. Treating environmental issues like... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt

13 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants

For business executives trying to decide where exactly in the digital realm to invest their advertising dollars, new research indicates that paid search ads on review sites such as Yelp can be a good way to go—at least for small,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

costs, and enabled businesses to form mutually beneficial alliances.Once two or more companies agree to do business with each other on activities beyond simple procurement, they again face a challenge in executing many joint processes as... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

14 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Business Summit: China in the Global Economy

Stropki, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.G. Richard Wagoner, Chairman and CEO, General Motors CorporationMarjorie Yang, Chairman, The Esquel Group While the global economic downturn will... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

regulated industry, so anyone who's interested in business and government would be a player. It has a social and ethical component to it. So this is fertile ground to study a lot of other phenomena." The School has assembled a talented set of practitioners and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

25 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

Working PapersA Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership in the New South Africa Authors:Linda A. Hill and Maria T. Farkas Author's Abstract Through her efforts to recruit, hire, and develop minority executives at MTN, a South... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News

executives a question. That's the procedure that HBS Associate Professor Lauren H. Cohen followed to find out more about the odd dealings he'd observed at a company that was the subject of one of his case studies. But he wasn't given the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

04 Oct 2004
What Do You Think?

Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?

there appears to be no legal defense against the knockoff game in women's fashion, network TV executives are apparently helpless to defend against it regardless of how much time they spend deploring the practice. One victim of the Fox... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

increasingly turn to athletes to promote their products. The marketing executives I spoke with told me they value these endorsements especially because it is getting more and more difficult to reach a wide group of consumers using... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

13 Jun 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

That Costs HOW Much?

Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores? For multichannel retailers, pricing strategy can be difficult to execute and confusing to shoppers. Research offers alternative approaches to getting the price right. How Would You... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

21 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes

underrepresented in executive officer positions. Professor Robin Ely and colleagues propose a new way to think about developing women for leadership. Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know Do women shy away from competition... View Details

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

The World in Your Palm?

Microsoft. Consumers have such varied needs, it's difficult to conceive of one product that would please them all. For example, DelBene added, she has certain device needs as a business executive and others when she is in "mom... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

1978, U.S. airlines were one of the most government-regulated businesses, when suddenly full deregulation changed the competitive landscape once again. How individual executives both shaped the industry and were shaped by it is the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation

03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

This curiosity needs to start with our existing team. Who is in our team and how can we map their skills to see the gaps? Then how can we approach the process of finding new people with a view of filling these gaps ?” NickC addressed the issue of training when he said,... View Details