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  • 07 Sep 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West

intelligence. It is relatively rare to find people who are fully self-aware. Mindfulness is a logical step in this process of gaining self-awareness that should be combined with experiences in leading... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 25

their career, want to run their own companies. This note looks at the funded search as a means to entrepreneurship through acquisition and describes the path to buy and run a business using debt and equity as a means of financing the purchase. While applicable to an... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 28 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

If a dike or dam has sprung a number of leaks, there are many possible ways to respond. The initial impulse is to assiduously plug one hole after another, hoping that the situation will right itself. Another approach—and often a more sensible one—is to View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman
  • 10 Apr 2019
  • HBS Case

How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold

virtuous circle, the researchers say, with each step in the process opening up new opportunities beyond the traditional funding mechanisms. “You have to go out and make your own network happen,” Wu says,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 13 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action

alone do not a learning organization make. The necessary complement is a mind-set of inquiry and experimentation, plus a knowledge-sharing process that enables everyone in a company to act in an informed way upon what's been learned... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
  • 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016

others. This chapter reviews research on how these biases manifest themselves in the core processes of organizations—that is, how people are hired, compensated, developed, and evaluated—all of which are aspects of organizational life that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

their practices. Today's quality movement in healthcare is a welcomed step in the right direction, but it is not really focused on results; it is focused on methods, or processes of care. Q: What about pay... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health
  • 25 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

structures and systems should be configured to ensure that the firm delivers superior value to these (and only these) customers. Making this critical decision involves two steps. Step 1: Identify your constituents The first View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 21 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

is the need to consider how social spending changes as industries consolidate and mergers change the locations of major corporate headquarters. Q: What are your next research steps in this line of work? A: Building on this paper, Gerald... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

assurance that decision-making will be transparent and participatory, particularly for those that are marginalized in the domestic political process and (d) assessing the political risks faced by those who participate in its consultation... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

this Action Plan will allow individuals to reflect on these critical areas and help them determine appropriate and impactful steps to help further their development. Purchase the exercise: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs. I focused on understanding the processes by which CEOs were selected—in particular the phenomenon of outsider CEO succession. In the conclusion I wrote a bit about the role of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 05 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

negotiated. Indonesia was, of course, not alone. Argentina is another prominent example where foreign investors in infrastructure found themselves with contracts that could not reasonably be honored. In my view, the most pressing step is... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities
  • 02 Oct 2000
  • What Do You Think?

What Lies Beyond NAFTA?

of the Mexican labor force. In the words of Alejandro Jaime, "American society needs Mexico and vice versa." Nor was there any argument that illegal immigration into the U.S. from Mexico is a dehumanizing process for both... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 05 Dec 2012
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Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

information and assumptions went into the process, and to know how susceptible the conclusion is to small changes." Referring to an example of Royal Dutch Shell's early scenario planning efforts, Hugh Quick volunteered that "I was involved in Shell's... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

is asked to investigate the matter and to decide what, if anything, to do about it. The case raises issues in aligning strategy and sales systems, performance evaluation criteria, and on-going performance management processes in field... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

stakeholders. They then go one step further and exploit the opportunity by creating a sustainable business. So what are some of the disruptors that innovators are exploiting to create value? As you review the list below, take a moment to... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
  • 18 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

Skinner III, head of the Atlanta-based consultancy LCS Partners. The article discusses the importance of understanding your ideal customers; the implications for selling, cost management, growth strategy, and organizational relationships; and a View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

Cores, while closed collocated organizations tend to develop systems with larger Cores. Our findings represent a first step in establishing some "stylized facts" about the fine-grained structure of large, real-world technical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

between the FASB and the IASB would allow GAAP to better respond to market forces. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1413775 The Effect of Market Leadership in Business Process Innovation: The Case(s)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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