Base Of The Pyramid - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy

started to really think about what I wanted to do, and where a Ph.D. would get me,” Zutshi said. “Did I want to be calling all the scientific shots? Or was I good with being part of a team and helping make... View Details

30 Sep 2019
Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, some saw it as proof that the color of one’s skin could no longer hold people back from achieving important leadership roles in View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Aug 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

change.” In the opinion of davidfinaz, employees walk through the door of their new employer with hidden skepticism View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Apr 2020
Blog Post

Introducing LivelyHood, A Volunteer Nonprofit Founded in Response to COVID-19

volunteer designers and engineers from across the globe. Where We Started Friday, March 13th, 2020. It’s one of the last “normal” days I vividly remember. It was View Details

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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

James L. Heskett, and Christopher A. Bartlett This document offers guidance and advice, including check lists, for the preparation and writing of both classroom cases and their accompanying teaching notes.... View Details

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

miscommunication based on cultural differences. "Even though, when you asked them, they didn't think it was a problem, I wondered if it could have an indirect impact on people observing these tensions," he says. Chua compares it to View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

2013
Book

Flourishing: A Frank Conversation About Sustainability

By: John Ehrenfeld and Andrew J. Hoffman

Flourishing: A Frank Conversation about Sustainability invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Culture; Behavior; Society

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Keywords: Textiles, NGO

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Loan Assistance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Works Award eligibility is determined based on an applicant's earnings and need-based debt, as well as qualifications and job fit. Eligibility and selection are determined by a Selection Committee and awards are distributed on a funds... View Details

Profile

Jean Luo

After two years with Goldman Sachs, Jean Luo landed the kind of job millions dream of: developing games as a product manager at Zynga. “I really enjoyed being a PM; it's like being a mini-general manager... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Tech

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

universities in 16 countries. The initiative’s funding model had also evolved, shifting from an exclusive reliance on Rakhimbayev’s donations to a donor base of 218... View Details

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

poor performance. This should be based on metrics that are clearly tied to the company’s mission. Note that we say performance, and not performers. Performance may be based on... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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The Information Age has introduced well recieved opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands show individuals their own performance; service companies including Uber and leading hospitals help pick from drivers or doctors based on how others rate them;... View Details

Keywords: Management Accounting; Performance Measurement; Incentives; Control; Healthcare Industry; Education; Education Industry; Health Industry; Transportation Industry; Energy Industry; Auto Industry; United States; Japan; India

16 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

adjust their directional reality to one of three proposed growth strategies. The pace firms should use to adapt to this directional reality will be based on their level View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

02 Jun 2010
What Do You Think?

How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?

the subject of a management meeting at which he had forty of the most senior members of his organization tackle... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

the people you meet who impact you the most. One such man had an incredible impact on me: Jawid. Jawid was the local Afghan National Army commander, who lived and operated from... View Details

07 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Financial vs. Strategic Buyers

Keywords: by Marc Martos-Vila, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf & Jarrad Harford

29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

send a signal that, not only do you care about the time workers spend on productive tasks,” Whillans says, “but also that you care about the quality of their life outside View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

01 Dec 2023
News

Drop Everything, Read This

The Bookshelf Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time. His book, The Creative Act: A Way... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

May 21, 2020
Editorial

Primary Care Is Hurting: Why Aren't Private Insurers Pitching In?

By: Leemore S. Dafny and J. Michael McWilliams

Primary care clinicians are the front line for patients with suspected infection. We rely on them to diagnose, triage, and manage patients with potential or confirmed COVID infections. They are also responsible for keeping non-COVID medical conditions under control... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Primary Care; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Financial Condition; Insurance