Perspective Taking - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

paper, "A Replication Study of Alan Blinder's 'How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?'" [PDF]. Wide-Ranging Impact "The offshoring phenomenon has implications for policymakers, business leaders, and members of the workforce," Rivkin says. "These are the three View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

different people. The power of measurement was to take the ambiguity out of words so that everyone had a clear, coherent picture of exactly what the strategy is. Partnering With Employees Several forces highlight the importance of... View Details

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

19 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

Authors:Scott Snook, Herminia Ibarra, and Laura Ramo Publication:Chap. 22 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana Abstract Despite the wealth of managerial and scholarly attention paid to leadership development, only... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

Integrity in all dealings means taking the interests of other parties taken into account, operating with a long-term perspective rather than short-term greed or sensationalism. Anything for a deal or... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

22 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

CEO Succession: The Case at Ford

been at a tobacco company. But in fact, at American Express, where he had a significant run, he was running the largest customer for computers perhaps in the world, the American Express travel business. And it was based on that understanding, from a customer's View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Auto; Employment

10 Feb 2014
HBS Case

Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines

implemented pretty quickly by command—acquisitions, divestitures, real estate purchases, layoffs. Long marches take time and the involvement of many people who must produce new elements and coordinate their actions before the change can... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. Trained as an industrial engineer, Tucker is interested in the perspective of frontline workers in productivity and process improvement, including how internal supply chains and other... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

16 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

outline the key questions on the research frontier from the behavioral decision-making perspective and debunk the myth that behavioral and neoclassical economic perspectives need be in conflict. Download the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

characterization. They demand multiple epistemologies, theoretical orientations (e.g., construction, analysis, or intervention), and value considerations. As our understanding of this emerging field of study grows, we become aware that the sciences of design require a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

both. A long-term view of investing does take into consideration reinvestment risk. This changes dramatically our perspective on what constitutes the "riskless asset" for a long-term investor. If... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

thought of as a school, and the problems that managers have confronted within it constitute the "curriculum" that was offered in that school. The skills that managers can be expected to have and lack, therefore, depend heavily upon which "courses"... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

16 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters

from the perspective of smart people looking in. When it comes to understanding the state of American competitiveness, I often find that the sharpest insights come from the individuals I meet when I travel abroad. On a recent trip to... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria

06 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

elective course, Managing Global Health: Applying Behavioral Economics to Create Impact, which she teaches to second-year MBA students at HBS and select students from Harvard Medical School and the Kennedy School of Government. The User's View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

09 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

to capital, which was a primary focus of hers at the SBA. Spreading The Wealth Having spent over 25 years in private equity and venture capital firms before becoming SBA Administrator, Mills has perspective on challenges and opportunities... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services

08 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

efforts. But despite dozens of individuals in some of the world's largest companies taking on these duties, the role has been little studied. Just what are chief sustainability officers (CSO), where do they come from, and how much... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

peacekeeper?" We take thousands of young recruits every month and train them to operate some of the most sophisticated equipment in the world under some of the most challenging conditions imaginable.— Scott A. Snook Such an identity... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

human nature and organizations and performance,” Iansiti says. “The case shows that in any kind of environment, you’ve got to know your stuff. So from this perspective you can’t go ahead and accuse somebody of deflating a football without... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

Leadership and Organizational Behavior. The key developments include the original teaching of scientific management by Frederick W. Taylor; the change in perspective from Taylorism to the Human Relations approach, which resulted from the... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

06 Nov 2017
Research Event

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

have to make sense of this.” It was a fitting introduction to a multidisciplinary panel called The Future of Cities, which considered urban growth from as many diverse perspectives as there were panelists. Hosted by the Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 4

minorities. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/apfelbaum%20norton%20sommers.pdf Leveraging Tribal Sovereignty for Economic Opportunity: A Strategic Negotiations Perspective Authors:Gavin Clarkson and James K. Sebenius... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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