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29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games

technology is now also used for assigning children to New York City high schools and to Boston schools at all levels. And many professional organizations, and universities and business schools, try to help set the recruiting "rules of engagement" so as to help level... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

24 Feb 2021
Lessons from the Classroom

What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

aggressive, too quick to push back on others, that will lead to conflict,” Malhotra says. “So you should be more patient, more pliant, more forgiving when conflict has the potential to escalate. But even this seemingly reasonable... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

October 7, 2022
Article

Why Nations Lead or Lag in Energy Transitions

By: Jonas Meckling, Phillip Lipscy, Jared Finnegan and Florence Metz

Keywords: Energy Sources; Global Range; Transition; Policy

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October 2020
Case

Holden Forests & Gardens: Leading in Turbulent Times

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Ankita Panda

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2010
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Are Lagging Regions Catching Up with Leading Regions?

By: Lakshmi Iyer, Ejaz Ghani and Saurabh Mishra

Keywords: Geographic Location; Competitive Advantage; Development Economics

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May 2010
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Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms to Decentralize?

By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen

There is a widespread sense that over the last two decades firms have been decentralizing decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence,... View Details

Keywords: Product; Markets; Competition; Business Ventures; Geographic Location; Employees; Research; Programs; Decisions

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March 1970
Journal Article

A Dynamic Inventory Model with Stochastic Lead Times

By: Robert S. Kaplan

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05 Mar 2020
News

Real Leaders: Ernest Shackleton Leads a Harrowing Expedition

2015
Book

MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads; shipping delays on clogged railways; and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent flyer,... View Details

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2015
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The Role of Multiplier Firms and Megaprojects in Leading Change for Sustainability

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Martine Haas, John D. Macomber and Tiona Zuzul

In both the private and public sectors, organizations around the world face increasingly pressing questions about how to stimulate and manage change for long-term environmental, social, and economic sustainability. The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the roles... View Details

Keywords: Blueprint Logic; Learning Logic; Megaprojects; Multiplier Firms; Leading Change; Environmental Sustainability

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April 2, 2013
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Has the Glass Ceiling Been Shattered for Women Leading Major Companies?

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

With all the talk recently about the need for women to "lean in," the phrase that has gained instant currency with the publication of Sheryl Sandberg's book about how women should act more aggressively in pursuing their careers, it is worth asking: Has the glass... View Details

Keywords: Women And Leadership; Women; Glass Ceiling; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Gender

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Q. Who should take the lead in fixing market capitalism? A. Business, not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion,... View Details

22 Dec 2015
News

Cahill to Lead HBS External Relations

HBS community is nothing short of remarkable, and I am honored to lead the External Relations team in supporting and enabling our alumni and the School to continue making a difference in the world.” Cahill previously headed Alumni... View Details

2016
Chapter

Dishonesty Explained: What Leads Moral People To Act Immorally

By: F. Gino and D. Ariely

The last two decades have witnessed what seems to be an increasing number of cases of dishonesty, from corporate corruption and employee misconduct to questionable behaviors during the financial crisis and individual acts of unethical behavior in many spheres of... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Ethics; Organizations; Attitudes; Financial Crisis

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20 Apr 2022
Blog Post

How HBS Prepared Me to Lead a Company on Day One

A few months after graduating from HBS, I drove my Buick halfway across the country and moved to a state I’d never visited. When I arrived in Oklahoma, I became CEO of a union heating and air business. I soon discovered that HBS prepared me to View Details

04 May 2017
Cold Call Podcast

Leading a Team to the Top of Mount Everest

Keywords: Re: Amy C. Edmondson

2015
Book

Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective

By: Rebecca Henderson, Ranjay Gulati and Michael Tushman

The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling—reducing our global footprint to sustainable levels is the defining issue of our times, and it is one that can only be addressed with the active participation of the private sector. However,... View Details

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