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  • 20 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

venture capital firm Globis Group and chairman and CEO of private equity concern Apax Globis Partners & Co., was the only panelist to voice undaunted enthusiasm about a bright future for Japanese... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
  • Web

Curriculum - MBA

disorders. Research Ethics This course will introduce students to the interplay of philosophical, scientific, and practical considerations that characterize the field of research ethics. Real-life ethical issues such as undue influence and coercion of research... View Details
  • 20 Apr 2021
  • Blog Post

Leadership In Challenging Times: Thierry Ibri (MBA 1997)

what inspires me. That and support from our community. This immediate and deep support has helped us say yes more and make the right decisions as the pandemic surges on. Those interested in learning more about Second Harvest Heartland and... View Details
  • September 2017
  • Case

Christine Lagarde

By: Julie Battilana, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas and Noemie Assenat
The case covers the youth and career trajectory of Christine Lagarde across her time at Baker & McKenzie, as a minister in the government of France and as the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The case highlights the challenges and opportunities she faced... View Details
Keywords: Change; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Leadership; Gender; Leading Change
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  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • Article

Individuals' Decision to Co-Donate or Donate Alone: An Archival Study of Married Whole Body Donors in Hawaii

By: Michel Anteby, Filiz Garip, Paul V. Martorana and Scott Lozanoff

Background: Human cadavers are crucial to numerous aspects of health care, including initial and continuing training of medical doctors and advancement of medical research. Concerns have periodically been raised about the limited number of whole body... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Health Care and Treatment; Personal Characteristics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Industry; Hawaii
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  • 06 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Critical Minutes After a Virtual Meeting That Can Build Up or Tear Down Teams

lead to misunderstandings and discord that can damage working relationships, she says. In a post-pandemic world where hybrid meetings have become the norm for many businesses, the findings provide a cautionary tale about the rifts that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 06 Oct 2010
  • Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

achieved if an audience feels uneasy with those presenting a proposal. Without even saying the words, a question is raised about whether you are smart enough to have done careful homework on a problem, or visionary enough to see better... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
  • Web

CSV Explained - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

minimizes employee absences and lost productivity. The graphic depicts some areas where connections are strongest. Social Needs & Economic Value Creation How can companies create shared value opportunities? Companies need to think... View Details
  • November 2010
  • Article

Stress-Test Your Strategy: The 7 Questions to Ask

By: Robert Simons
An economic downturn can quickly expose the shortcomings of your business strategy. But can you identify its weak points in good times as well? And can you focus on those weak points that really matter? I identify seven questions all executives should ask in order to... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Creativity; Success; Customers; Employees; Business and Shareholder Relations; Performance; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Choices and Conditions
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  • Web

Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

made failure downright fashionable. Yet despite happy talk, most people would rather do anything but fail. Failure, it seems, is fine in theory, and fine for other people, but difficult to accept for ourselves. Professor Amy Edmondson... View Details
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools

By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura and Marion Fourcade
The question of institutional change has become central to organizational research (Powell, 2008). Recent scholarship has demonstrated, often through carefully researched cases, that institutions can and sometimes do change. According to this research, there are two... View Details
Keywords: Change; Business Education; Business History; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Behavior
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  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

payments in the remaining months. Concerns about later-life income, spending flexibility, and counterparty risk are the most important self-reported motives that influence the annuitization decision.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

Summing Up How Important is Leadership Gender in Influencing the Way We Work? Any attempt to describe behaviors on the basis of gender runs the risk of stereotyping, generalizing, and generally oversimplifying. As Susan Chipman said in response to this month's inquiry... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 20 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced

question to Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Letian Zhang, who studies organizational theory and strategy with a focus on social inequalities and status hierarchies. He explores the issue in a recent paper scheduled to be... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Program Requirements - Doctoral

dissertation committee agree that the dissertation is acceptable, a dissertation defense is scheduled. It is expected that a dissertation will be approved unanimously by the dissertation committee. If the dissertation committee should find itself deadlocked View Details
  • 10 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 10

professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment. Publisher's Link: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/How-Will-You-Measure-Your-Life-Karen-Dillon?isbn=9780062102416&HCHP=TB_How+Will+You+Measure+Your+Life Retail Doesn't Cross Borders: Here's... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Apr 2022
  • HBS Case

Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off

our economic analysis.” Crafting a careful communications strategy Stack and his colleagues fully expected a backlash from angry customers and gun-rights groups, such as the National Rifle Association, and they were additionally concerned... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 29 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

volume may lead to productivity improvement, little is known about how this shift toward outsourcing influences learning by providers of outsourced services. When producing output, the content of the knowledge gained can vary from one... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

is the right organization to operate the blockchain project. What challenges will the project face? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518089-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-101 WeWork WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey was View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman