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- 14 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Growing CEOs from the Inside
industry. Promoting from within is no promise of success, of course. Former Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O'Neal was with the company 21 years before his forced resignation on October 30. But strong leadership and View Details
- 21 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.
Repurposing can also be effective for managing interpersonal problems. When personality clashes rise to the level of aggression, a leader can repurpose those emotions in the pursuit of a more positive... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
PublicationsAdding Bricks to Clicks: Predicting the Patterns of Cross-Channel Elasticities over Time Authors:Jill Avery, Thomas J. Steenburgh, John Deighton, and Mary Caravella Publication:Journal of Marketing (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2017
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?
leadership might begin by changing the Visions and Values section on the current company web page to read: “We believe in our vision and values more strongly today than we did the first View Details
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America Globalizing Latin American Beauty By: Jones, G. Abstract—This article discusses the growth over time of the beauty industry in Latin America and its bias towards... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
view that the term "crowd" might be a bit extreme in describing effective management processes. For example, John Baxter suggests that "a group of knowledgeable 'veterans' ... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
model to establish these interrelationships at a firm level. Using publicly available financial data we estimate the six causal effects among sales, inventory, and gross margin. Our results show that sales, inventory, and gross margin are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Program
Ascending the Peak: Finding the Leader Within—Virtual
with conviction through challenging times Develop a personal leadership plan that will enrich and strengthen the way in which you lead long after the course ends Lead... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
capture share by foreclosing an incumbent's access to users; in doing so, they harness the network effects that previously had protected the incumbent. We present a typology of envelopment attacks based on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development
shared with employees around the skills they would need to succeed in their next role. “Organizations should spend a bit of time putting on paper the skills required of people at each level,” said... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees' Career Development
shared with employees around the skills they would need to succeed in their next role. “Organizations should spend a bit of time putting on paper the skills required of people at each level,” said... View Details
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2024 The Parlor Room Anthony Mayo on What Makes an Effective Leader Chris Linnane Harvard Business School Professor Anthony Mayo joins host Chris Linnane to explore what distinguishes good leaders from great ones, emphasizing how... View Details
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Programs & Events - Alumni
Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital Raise capital successfully for a new venture or first-time fund by being more effective across the structuring and fundraising process. Mar 03 03–07 MAR 2025 Executive Education HBS Campus... View Details
- 05 Sep 2023
- Book
Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential
In the 1990s, after drugmaker Eli Lilly spent more than a decade and millions of dollars developing the new drug Alimta to treat lung cancer, the medication came up short in View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A More Accommodating Approach
comprehensive leadership programs offered by Executive Education at HBS, is designed to enhance one’s business perspective, management expertise, and leadership skills. “As a woman View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
structure, allows us to analyze the effect of quota frequency on sales force performance. Over a given time frame (i.e., a month), we find that shifting to a temporally more frequent quota plan—the daily... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
Business leaders can't develop and execute effective strategy without first gathering the right information, says Harvard Business School professor Robert Simons. In his new book, Seven Strategy Questions: A... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
perverse effect of perpetuating the problem. Drawing on a case study of a professional service firm, we develop a multilevel theory to explain why organizations are caught in this conundrum. We present data... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Springing Forward on Social Enterprise Career Paths
Office, Social Finance US, United Nations World Food Programme, Revolution Foods, Greentown Labs, and Accion. If you are interested in hiring an HBS intern and your organization falls in the social... View Details
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One
for your new book was the unusual course you've been teaching for MBA students on moral leadership in organizations. What is a quiet leader? Is quiet leadership a topic you had... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace