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31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

number of instances in which leader behaviors could have affected employees' feelings of autonomy in the work. For example, people whose team leaders are always hovering around to closely monitor their progress are more likely to feel... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting

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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS Working Knowledge Close Harvard Business School About... View Details

13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

framework to identify the role of regional clusters-groups of closely related and complementary industries operating within a particular region-in regional economic performance. We exploit newly available data from the U.S. Cluster... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

booking process. Zumper Anthemos Georgiades Business Track Runner-Up Zumper allows tenants to search for and close annual apartment leases in a much more transparent manner. Social Enterprise Track, 2012 eTransitions (now Careport Health)... View Details

March 2025
Article

Novice Risk Work: How Juniors Coaching Seniors on Emerging Technologies Such as Generative AI Can Lead to Learning Failures

By: Katherine C. Kellogg, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Steven Randazzo, Ethan Mollick, Fabrizio Dell'Acqua, Edward McFowland III, François Candelon and Karim R. Lakhani

The literature on communities of practice demonstrates that a proven way for senior professionals to upskill themselves in the use of new technologies that undermine existing expertise is to learn from junior professionals. It notes that juniors may be better able... View Details

Keywords: Rank and Position; Competency and Skills; Technology Adoption; Experience and Expertise; AI and Machine Learning

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05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

After earning a doctorate, Ashley Whillans received two tempting job offers: one in her hometown, where she could remain close to family and friends and work reasonable hours for the local government, and another that required a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 24

competition, and this logic breaks down in thin political markets. The result is a structural flaw in the determination of critical institutions of our capitalist system, which, if ignored, can undermine the legitimacy of the system. The book View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Oct 2019
Blog Post

How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

navigating conflict and disagreement, listening, and conducting group conversations—across diverse contexts such as work meetings, giving and receiving feedback, dating and relationship health, hiring and firing. I co-taught the earliest... View Details

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

about what you earn Syllabus 4 Modules, 30-40 Hours Download full syllabus 8-10 hrs Module 1 Introduction to Negotiation Analysis: Finding the Zone of Possible Agreement Identify your walkaway, manage the exchange of offers, and close the... View Details

01 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

who want to push performance very strongly shouldn’t expect employees to engage in extra-role behavior as much,” Gallani says. “There is a little bit of a tradeoff between pay for performance and extra-role behaviors, such as innovation.” You Might Also Like: What If... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

rising college seniors. At SVMP, we developed a friendship, which turned into a relationship a year later during Laura’s work trip to the New York City Wine and Food Festival. We started off long-distance—flights between New York City and... View Details

29 Aug 2018
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What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

planning for move of EU manufacturing offshore ” Most respondents suggested that the Company’s survival was more closely associated with product/market issues than the logistics and politics of manufacturing. Roaddoggie said, “The new... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

10 Apr 2014
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John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

other more rational. In a typical organization—from the federal government to a pharmaceutical giant—a hierarchical operational structure meets daily demands through clear reporting relationships and responsibilities, Kotter writes. This... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

in very senior positions or are the designated successor and close to assuming this leadership role. A board should not include the company's service providers such as banker, lawyer, or accountant. One should also resist enrolling on the... View Details

21 Aug 2000
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From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer

in the case," Ghemawat warned the audience as the discussion began. "There's a lose-to-a-billion dollar commitment that Embraer is close to making for a new family of aircraft. There's an extraordinarily complex and bitter... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing

27 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

relationships with the right people. This crisis presents an opportunity for the CEO to communicate to all employees, including new hires, that the company cares about them and is prioritizing their health and safety during the pandemic.... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Competitiveness Recruit Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS Working Knowledge Close Harvard... View Details

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Professor Huang’s research examines early-stage entrepreneurship, and the role of interpersonal relationships and implicit factors in the investment... View Details

02 Apr 2001
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Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

link strategic intent to the implications for integration that result. It stands to reason that executives overseeing each of these activities face different challenges. If you acquire a company because your industry has excess capacity, you have to figure out quickly... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

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