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- 07 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change
arguments about whether sea level rise is human caused or even if it’s real; we just need to invest with the probabilities in mind the same way we make risk management decisions under uncertainty about interest rates, exchange rates, or... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber
- 29 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 29, 2007
worldwide. The organization is at a crossroads as it attempts to reach the ambitious goal of serving 10% of the 20 million Egyptians living in poverty by 2023, while at the same time developing the local NGO capacity to serve the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
Building sufficient cash reserves to launch a business and managing subsequent fundraising are challenges for every entrepreneur, but they are particularly daunting tasks for women. Women often come up short of cash at start-up and, when... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
Administration at Harvard Business School. “This is technology that's going to help us to abate these issues around energy and climate, and it's the best technology in that space.” The spectacular rise of sustainable investing Almost 33 percent of the $51.4 trillion in... View Details
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
cover in one of the chapters in the book. A network approach requires leaders to focus not only on management challenges and opportunities at an organizational level, but also more broadly on how to mobilize resources both within and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 2010
- Case
Playa Dorado
By: W. Earl Sasser
Playa Dorada Beach & Resort in Boca Raton, Florida, faces a growing seasonal demand for tennis services. The number of guests is expected to double in the next few years, and while the tennis facilities are a popular and well-promoted amenity at the resort, court space... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
enterprises as well. In this e-mail interview, Edmondson and Detert discuss their research and how managers can create environments that encourage and support "upward voice." Their paper is called "Latent Voice Episodes:... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
been doing on the management of organizational change. The more I studied leaders who were trying to make changes in their organizations, the more I realized that they were usually in the midst of transitioning into new positions. In... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
wins were more frequently associated with the positive emotions and intrinsic motivation that in turn generated the creativity needed to develop innovative approaches to problems. That doesn't mean that managers don't have some control... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
favorable to authors who have garnered other attention in the press (as measured by number of media mentions outside of the review) and who have won book prizes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45339 August 2013 California View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
perspective, the illegality of the practice and its misalignment with official organizational goals might be most salient. Thus, the topic of homer making puts the person disclosing it in a position of vulnerability, one in which hasty judgment is likely. The unusual... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details
- 28 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative
origin and mission of the Social Enterprise Initiative? James Austin: When we began the Social Enterprise Initiative, the opportunity that motivated us was to mobilize the talent and capacity of HBS to enhance the leadership, managerial... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
Management Proceedings Affective, Cognitive and Behavioral Trajectories of Change Recipients in Global Organizations By: Reiche, B.S., T.B. Neeley, and N. Overmeyer Abstract—Research rarely addresses how change recipients respond to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
effectively, fulfilling those responsibilities, in a complex situation. Decisions facing the company include how to sustain credible research on the drug's efficacy and safety, how to increase manufacturing capacity to meet expected... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
These structures determine a firm's motivation to seek protection, as well as its capacity to overcome collective action problems within its industry. In the petrochemical industry, the shift toward greater horizontal consolidation and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
more pressing crisis management activities. Local sales organizations, which are often tasked with local-level implementation of community health activities, prioritize product sales, supply, and distribution issues first. Target is... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
autonomous/dedicated teams, which vary in their capacity to manage integration. More formal product development approaches including the stage-gate process and critical-path method are described, as are... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
products next to Apple’s own products such as charging cables. Anker has also managed to partner with offline retailers Best Buy, Costco, Target, and Walmart and sell through their channels. Through this strategy, Anker has View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
Inspection Panel for purposes of evaluation and redress. Taken as a whole, however, these successes have been decidedly limited. In particular, persistent problems in the timing, scope, content, and quality of consultation processes have often limited their View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim