Management Practices - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

political—should always marshal as much credibility and goodwill as possible in anticipation of having to deal with the unanticipated. Joseph Fuller (@JosephBFuller) is a Professor of Management Practice in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

This relationship between the tax preferences of institutional shareholders and firm payout policy could reflect dividend-averse institutions gravitating to low-dividend paying-firms or managers adapting their payout policies to the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

buyout market: RLBOs performed strongly in the late 1980s, the mid-1990s, and the 2000s. Large RLBOs that are backed by private equity firms with more capital under management perform better. We also find the so-called quick flips—when... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

goal was to drive practical and tactical conversation about what women should know and do when faced with #MeToo-type issues in the workplace,” she says. “So we structured the discussion using three possible scenarios that the panel then... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2024
News

Alumni Books

kindness. With personal insights on how to turn getting older into life’s best chapter, the book provides useful and practical tips and guidance to embrace and celebrate the richness of life, one day at a time. Bringing Adam Smith into... View Details

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

strengths and limitations of this method, and address two misconceptions about ABMs: reductionism and “you get out what you put in.” We also offer maxims for good and bad ABMs, give practical tips for beginner modelers, and include a list... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

passed, often twelve to twenty-four months. Such a clause, for instance, sparked a public legal battle two years ago when Google hired away a top Microsoft executive, Kai-Fu Lee. But disputes and tensions over noncompetes are not isolated instances. As most View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2014
News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

country riven by tribal factions and lacking roads, electricity, and a well-functioning government—required the mindset of a manager who half-jokingly refers to himself as a “lovable dictator.” Khoja below a billboard on Bibi Mahru Hill,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

aeronautic plant, I demonstrate how an implicitly negotiated leniency between management and workers around the use of company materials and tools, on company time, to produce artifacts for personal use, enhances workers' identities. This... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 May 2022
News

Bidding Up

have us go through that when there’s a substantial body of useful, practical literature, about how to go about competitive bidding. JH: Even so, Wilson graduated as a Baker Scholar, in the top 5 percent of his class. And with that MBA box... View Details

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

There is nothing small about the research practiced by Harvard Business School professor Benjamin Esty. He studies the financing of some of the largest projects in the world: the Eurotunnel, Hong Kong Disneyland, and the Airbus A380, to... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

after installing a simple pop-up prompt in the referral system. “Behavioral insights are increasingly being put into practice in the private sector as well. We’ve also worked with companies to use behavioral economics for the social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

15 Nov 2018
News

Don’t Be Afraid of AI

today, we would all benefit from that. Morrell: But you're saying that we can't even really do that because it's not practical to program that. But, is it possible with Numenta's learning model to eventually do something? Dubinsky: Yes.... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

08 Nov 2024
News

Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection

Schlesinger with the HBSLAA’s Distinguished Latino Alumni in the Community Award. “As the chair of the Practice Faculty at HBS, Professor Schlesinger has done a lot to help the Latino community at HBS, by fostering representation among... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2010
News

Innovation Takes Center Stage

to American management practices with the increasingly global nature of business. Today, there’s a clear sense that this will be a global century in which economic activity and business innovation will be... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

winning streaks, the number of leaders multiplies along with the momentum of the streak. Winning teams and successful organizations become increasingly less dependent on the person called the commander-in-chief—even though, ironically, the same top View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

have too many people on the board of financial institutions who don't know anything about financial institutions, then you have a problem. Q: But you also make the point that it's not possible for a board member to know everything. It's important that they know enough... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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4.2 Student/Faculty Ventures | MBA

covered by this policy. any student from Harvard University or any other university that is registered for a course taught by an HBS faculty member.(4) A student venture is any entity that is, or is expected to be, substantially controlled, owned, or View Details

09 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk

divest a recent acquisition or buy other assets to build this business area would check the same column. The law partner who is thinking about retirement from a lucrative law practice and who really wants to go into teaching and shape... View Details

Keywords: by Eileen C. Shapiro & Howard H. Stevenson

17 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 17

Publications September 2013 Management Science Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton Abstract—This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the... View Details