Role Of Profit And Social Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

Businesses in the Asia-Pacific region today are caught up in a dizzying swirl of economic, cultural, political, technological, and social change. Enormous opportunities await... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

market for any electronic product. Historically, Apple was trying to sell to its installed base of Mac users, and that base has never been large enough to amount to a hill of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

respond in very different ways. You have to be prepared." Innovators who are working on solving a problem can benefit from alternating between the roles of creator and critic.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

positions in society. Sociocultural distinctions may be race, ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, and sexual orientation. Theory And Practice According to Ely, there are two competing theories about... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers

in the paper Are Bankers Worth Their Pay? Evidence from a Talent Measure by Boris Vallée, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and Claire Célérier, an assistant professor at the University of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America's economy, shaped the country's development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

19 Dec 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

New Year, New Habits

bad behavior causes memories of those acts to gradually become less clear—a phenomenon they call “unethical amnesia.” Research Papers Habit Formation and Rational Addiction: A Field Experiment in Handwashing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

vexing. The first, which Mike emphasized, is that there are so many related elements. The second is that the lag times involved are very long. Investments in improving K-12 education have an impact a decade, two decades, from now. That... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

08 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief

at Harvard Business School, and Kate Barasz, an associate professor at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, asked participants in a recent study. Interestingly, 20 percent of participants wished for the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Becoming an Ethical Negotiator

The book What's Fair: Ethics of Negotiators is a rich collection of pointers from professional dealmakers, attorneys, academic specialists, and, not least, ethicists. Michael Wheeler, an HBS professor View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

In the family of investment products, a U.S. savings bond might be cast as boring old Uncle Ned, snoozing away in the corner after dinner. There's nothing wrong with that—but HBS professor Peter Tufano envisions a more meaningful View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

because the organization is depressed and skeptical because previously promised changes have not come to fruition. And there are problems under the surface that haven't even been discussed. Leaders have to... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

Lawrence noted years ago, is "the vehicle by which a chunk of reality is brought into the classroom to be worked over by the class and the instructor." Most cases require students to assume the... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

05 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

venture and how you behaved when things didn't go well." History points to the importance of people skills in successful ventures, agreed Sahlman. But what roles do... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

separating these two roles is vital for maintaining balance in the boardroom. Companies that fuse the roles of CEO and chairman collapse the... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

10 Jan 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

cross-functional coordination, and profitability management. Current product-tracking technology makes problem diagnosis much easier than the time of the original study. By... View Details

05 Jul 2004
What Do You Think?

Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?

suggests the questions of the month. He writes: "... Natural resources and geopolitical advantages played no small role in the American rise to power, but the bulk View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

great resources available to help with financial planning and asset management. Make the family strategic plan before you search for investment advisors. And before you do that, take the time to reexamine... View Details

Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Retail

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

few processes in clusters, such as operations management, customer management, innovation, and regulatory and social processes, that are expected to have the greatest View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

02 Jul 2024
Book

Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead

global executive and coaching experience—explains how people can use these five Cs to find their own “treasure,” that personal or professional achievement that spells success in their own eyes and have... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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