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  • 06 Jul 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The Truth About Authentic Leaders

to change. Understand their leadership purpose so they can align people around a common purpose. Purpose defines the unique gifts people bring to leadership challenges, through which they can align others with their purposes in order to... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 21 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 21

sustainable cotton supply chain in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. Key dilemma for its managers: feasibility of introducing tractor technology for improving yield. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 8

borne by JCDecaux alone. The two parties opted to renegotiate their contract, which would impact prices, revenue sharing, cost allocation, and the operation of the system as a whole. Could the parties agree on a common strategy that would... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One

It sounds almost paradoxical. A quiet leader? Yet quiet leaders—managers who apply modesty, restraint, and tenacity to solve particularly difficult problems—are more common than we think, says Harvard Business School professor Joseph L.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

Human Behavior & Decision-Making Human Behavior & Decision-Making 2014 Book The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See By: Max Bazerman This book will examine the common failure to notice critical information due to bounded... View Details
  • 13 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

sample of actual applications from entrepreneurs seeking commercial loans for the first time. They acquired the loan files from a large commercial lender in India, a country challenged by a dearth of verifiable financial data. As is View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking
  • Web

Business History - Faculty & Research

market economies such as the United States. This article finds instead that regional influences were more important, supporting sociological theories about the importance of visibility in corporate green strategies. It identifies major View Details
  • 18 Nov 2022
  • HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

2021, the firm had 36 employees and $18 billion in assets. That year, its flagship small-company fund outperformed 99 percent of competitors. “An important question for organizations is how to avoid group thinking in teams. ” As Brown approached retirement (and his... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • Web

Research - Private Capital Project

Europe, was a pioneer in the “democratization” of private equity investments. Historically, private equity was accessible only to institutional investors like pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and large family... October 2024 Case Continuation Fund... View Details
  • 10 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 10

Under founding director Dr. Aristotle Alip's leadership, CARD has become one of the top microfinance institutions in the world. More recently, larger commercial and financial institutions are seeking a slice of the microfinance market. The main View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan

dilemma while participating in the second semester required course The Entrepreneurial Manager taught by Shikhar Ghosh, the MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice and the faculty cochair of the HBS Rock Center for... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 25 May 2011
  • HBS Case

QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

heard." "Retailers like Mercadona and QuikTrip have created ways to institutionalize improvement.” Ton notes that another commonality between QuikTrip and Mercadona lies in the strongly held values of its leadership. QuikTrip's... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 09 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

expected to try to fill up their own vessels with fish on each voyage—to do less would not be in their competitive interest. Yet if every fisherman acts this way, all will lose out as the overall stock becomes depleted. Economists call this dynamic View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
  • Web

Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

my brother and I inherited from our mother. Thanks to her relentless efforts, we are part of the fortunate few that have been properly genetically tested and diagnosed. While rare, HHT is the second most common inherited bleeding... View Details
  • 28 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How to Avoid a Price Increase

Gourville discusses the price-versus-quantity dilemma in this e-mail interview. Manda Salls: When prices for raw materials increase, companies need to compensate to keep their profit margin on target. What are the typical responses? John... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 02 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

It’s a sticky but common dilemma for managers: A valued employee finds out that a coworker earns more, gets upset, and demands a raise. If gender or race figure into the wage gap, tensions can escalate fast.... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 04 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

chance to thrive. Drawing on more than a decade of researching smashing successes and painful failures alike, Wasserman walks readers through the dilemmas that plague and challenge most new entrepreneurs, starting with pre-founding career... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
  • Web

Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

International Business/Globalization category for The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations (Princeton University Press, 2017). Tsedal Neeley : Included in the 2018 Thinkers50 On the Radar... View Details
  • 22 Jul 2019
  • Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

authors explain the fundamentals of platforms, different strategies and business models, common errors, and platform battlegrounds of the future that involve competing technologies and implications for organizations. There is advice for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Barry , School of Fashion, Faculty of Communication and Design, Ryerson University How Fabulous is too Fabulous? The Masculinity Dilemmas of Daring Dressers at Work Margaret Gullette , Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University... View Details
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