Connectivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

Cleveland Day in January, agrees. "The Cleveland Turnaround is an excellent example of the kind of impact business can have on society," she says. "It's important that HBS is training us to think not just like business leaders, but like community leaders." The... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

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Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

unionization efforts. Employee magazines, an increasingly popular genre after the war, helped foster a sense of belonging to a family-like organization where a strong connection existed between workers and their managers and executives.... View Details

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Commencement 2020 Address | About

experiencing. Let’s focus instead on one of the positive emotions I hope we are all also feeling. Connect with some of the gratitude you feel today and center your mind and heart on it. When my daughters, who are now in their 20s, were... View Details

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

opportunities to connect with our alumni," notes Hess. "Personally, it's been a wonderful opportunity for me to get to know so many of you. It's natural for the School to look toward alumni for financial support. But it wants—and needs—us... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Mar 2003
News

Inside the Revolution

LSP core team. Explains Pisano, “The purpose of this initiative is to create some mechanisms for collaboration and integration across disciplines and among faculty, as well as to connect with outside constituencies.” In this way, the LSP,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Eileen McCluskey; Jonathan West; Life Sciences Project; LSP; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Women, Work, and the "M" Word

information and access evidence-based information related to their physical and emotional health and well-being. Employee resource groups or affinity groups can be a powerful way to disseminate education while fostering a sense of belonging and community that can keep... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

September 11: A Community Reflects

market opened for the first time after the attacks, Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter watched the Dow plunge as she began a guest appearance on The Connection public radio program. An expert on how businesses adapt to change, Kanter... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

12 Dec 2018
News

Lesson Plan

economies—work that sometimes meant traveling to as many as four European capitals in two days. For Cognetti, however, all public service is created equal. Her role on the school board connects with two of her key values: first, everyone... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

30 Nov 2017
News

Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

Steve Easterbrook, was named president and CEO, and the turnaround was on. Chris Kempczinski (MBA 1997) had left Kraft Foods in September 2015, when he connected with Easterbrook, who was looking for someone to help him fine-tune his... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

17 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

of technology and conditioned by the Great Recession, are becoming more price-driven causing many brick-and-mortar retailers to become unable to compete. Furthermore, some hyper-informed customers now connect directly with manufacturers,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

11 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business

connect with others." But Looser sees practical applications as well. At Harvard, she is conducting research to determine whether we're more likely to retain and remember information—data and objects—if the information is paired with a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 9, 2007

networks given that there was a more sophisticated system of formal institutions to mediate transactions and obtain capital and information. Our hypothesis is confirmed by three related results: 1) the total number of connections (i.e.,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Jeremy Andrus

them? A little bit of both. We certainly are aware of trends that exist, but great brands and great product companies are always innovating and leading their consumers. How do you connect with consumers? We interact with them in... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

10 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Coming Out at Business School

guess of why I was calling crying and confused speaks to how deeply I had buried my identity from myself and others. I was unable to make this connection because of how deeply Christianity - a demonizing, demeaning version of Christianity... View Details

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

protective stock in case delivery is not when expected. Late deliveries cause higher costs for expediting orders and rescheduling the plant around the missing items. Also, low-price suppliers may not be electronically connected to their... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

how you grow your sales force. They also help them with networking, connecting them to people. There's a lot more to the coaching role than is covered by literature on mentoring. It has domain knowledge content as well as personal... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

clarify matters. There are many areas, like how firm performance connects to entrepreneurial personality, that are woefully understudied and ripe for major advances if the appropriate cross-disciplinary ingredients are assembled.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

admitted patients who were at high risk for readmission to the hospital. Patients at risk of being readmitted within 30 days of discharge have hospital staff members who work with them on managing medications and connecting them with... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

27 May 2014
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First Look: May 27

itself and its governmental connections need attention, including the desire for NextGen air traffic control and revisiting Open Skies agreements. Purchase this case:... View Details