Learning - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

should hire for curiosity, model inquisitiveness, emphasize learning goals, let workers explore and broaden their interests, and have “Why?” “What if ?” and How might we ?” days. Doing so will help their organizations adapt to uncertain... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

succeeding at its objective? A: To some extent, yes, and not just in physical infrastructure development, which in any case has been a strong point of the way in which China has developed. But it is forcing China to learn how to deal with... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

It's no secret that private equity firms have enjoyed massive profits in recent years. In Private Equity Finance, a course in the second-year MBA elective curriculum, students follow the life cycle of a deal in order to learn more about... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

23 Apr 2008
Op-Ed

The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations

appropriate action to manage credit risk in their domain, but as a result, credit risk was shifted to institutions and markets that were less heavily regulated. The same phenomenon will continue to occur under the Treasury proposals. View Details

Keywords: by Dwight Crane; Banking; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services

29 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

or "shepherds," rather than micro-managers of the creative process. How the market interacts with creativity and the impact of this interaction on creativity in organizations. The relationship between creativity and accountability. The importance of View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

13 May 2002
Op-Ed

A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures

If companies and regulators are ever to learn from the collapse of Enron—and prevent similar corporate debacles in the future—they must look more closely at the relationship between auditors, managers and the company audit committee. The... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Lorsch; Accounting

14 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

"Africanize" their corporate image through these campaigns. Multi-agent Learning and the Descriptive Value of Simple Models Authors:Ido Erev and Alvin E. Roth Periodical:Special Issue on Foundations of Multi-Agent Learning.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

the future of the global market system. In keeping with the School's learning model, we provided participants with a "case"—this one consisting of the World Bank's scenario for global economic progress, looking toward 2030.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

Christensen. Is it possible to capture in a few words how these five very different people contributed to the life of HBS and to describe their impact outside the School? Although these people are very different, there are nevertheless important lessons to be View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

01 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 1, 2006

twenty-first century—race. As contributors to this volume, we were asked to focus on the relationship between race and mentoring. What do we learn about this important developmental relationship by examining the research on race and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

tendency for leaders to engage in monitoring, leading to a reduction in felt autonomy among employees. Reduced autonomy on the job may lead to lower well-being. One of the challenges for leaders working in the virtual world is to learn to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Free Software

a large majority of those who contribute to the open source community do so in order to learn and share new knowledge and skills, over half cite direct payment for their work or the chance to improve their employability as motivating... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?

compete against the customer's manifest priorities. Instead, he said, facilitate them. In the electronic learning industry, for example, textbook publishers have invested great sums into creating elaborate products with Web links that add... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

know it's getting harder. We all need to keep learning and adapting.” We asked Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, to discuss how managers can work faster, embrace digital transformation to cultivate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

Leadership—An Ontological Model' Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, and Kari L. Granger Abstract This course is designed to leave students being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self-expression—rather than attempting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer

referred a donor to another organization that more closely fit with the individual’s philanthropic goals. That suggestion earned a $1 million “tip” a few months later, simply because the donor was so pleased to learn about an organization... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think

No one knows how much it will cost to keep the risks of significant climate disruption to a reasonable level. One commonly cited estimate puts the cost at roughly 1 percent of world GDP a year, or about $840 billion. This is a large number, but it seems smaller when... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy; Utilities

30 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men

men. But looks had no significant effect on whether female-voiced entrepreneurs fared well. Next Steps And Lessons Learned In the secondary stages of their exploration, the researchers plan to dive deeper into gender dynamics. Among the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

16 May 2011
Research & Ideas

What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee

domestic bank operating in more than 20 states from 2002 to 2006. In addition to proving what earlier models only hinted at—that new challengers offering high levels of service can siphon off the best customers of long-standing incumbents—the researchers View Details