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- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
markets, do managers have responsibilities to the system itself? If they do, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they are engaging in the political process in an attempt to structure the institutions of capitalism? The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
this way, maintain John Kotter and Lorne Whitehead. In Buy-In, they reveal how to win the support your idea needs to deliver valuable results. The key? Understand the generic attack strategies that naysayers and obfuscators deploy time and time again. Then View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
boundaries of these learning behaviors. We find that effective virtual teams, like co-located teams, engage in both reflective and action-oriented learning behaviors. However, the virtual context highlights distinct participation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
strategies: matching, within-firm variation, and instrumental variable. Public firms' greater access to capital accounts for about one-quarter of the difference. The remainder can be explained by differences in the extent to which public and private firms View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the post-WWII international scene while serving... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
or a combination—can catalyze leaders' listening skills, reveal what does or doesn't work inside the organization, highlight hidden challenges and opportunities, and generate essential competitive intelligence. It can promote engagement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
will use their knowledge and the practice of their work to benefit others rather than engage in self-dealing or self-interest. A minimal step would be to have students take a Hippocratic Oath equivalent that would ensure on some level... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
civilians' support for the opposition, who failed to protect them. Instead we show that such violence increases parochial forms of solidarity and social engagement within the refugee community. Altogether this suggests that, when... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
Dialogue on Liberal Arts and Sciences: Re-engagement, Re-imagination, and Experimentation By: Kirby, William C., and Marjk van der Wende Abstract—This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
What’s the difference between having an adviser, external coach, internal coach, and therapist? Should I join a peer support group? I’m often asked these questions. With so many options these days it’s hard to know which to choose or how... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
asking an occasional question or offering an occasional comment to show that they are doing their due diligence. Extending the Balanced Scorecard and strategy map framework to board members will enable them to perform more effectively and efficiently. To View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 22 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Why You Are Unhappy at Work
jobs for the right mix of organizational support and responsibility. Why Can't Organizations Engage Their Employees? Who is responsible for generating employee engagement? asks James Heskett The employee or the employee's managers? What's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
Editor's note: As traditional hierarchical organizations flatten, new ways of thinking about internal communications must be developed—news no longer flows just from top to bottom. In Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
measures; 2) customers; 3) internal processes; and 4) learning and growth. Developed by HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan, chairman of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, and David P. Norton, co-founder with Kaplan and president of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
mention those who engage in other competitive endeavors) are fixated on exploiting rules to their advantage, instead of thinking about how best to build a sound business while complying with the principles that underlie the legal rules.... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
thereby contributes to the theory of positive optimal taxation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54934 Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in and Engagement with... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
instant-message chat volumes (-8.7 percent).” Companies may want to consider locating their knowledge-worker team members strategically. “Our results suggest that employees engaged in knowledge co-production place a strong premium on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
insatiable need to learn about other cultures." A knack for cross-boundary partnering. "You need to feel comfortable engaging a team in India and giving them as much power as a team in Germany or the United States. There's a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
Photo by Mary Ellen Mark At first glance, perhaps, the writer John Irving might not seem to have a lot to teach the corporate world. As the author of such celebrated bestsellers as The Cider House Rules and The World According to Garp, Irving has spent the majority of... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
don’t believe government is good at, nor should engage in picking winners and losers. I don’t disagree with that, but perhaps it would be constructive for us to have a national conversation about what has made us so successful in the... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications