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March 2008 (Revised December 2011)
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IBM Values and Corporate Citizenship

IBM's transformation into a globally integrated enterprise (GIE) began with a conviction about what should never change. Since its founding in 1911, the company operated under a set of principles articulated by founder Thomas Watson and became known for a strong... View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Integration

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21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

sales people. The article discusses reasons for that gap, the implications, and an example of what one leadership team did to link better its business strategy with sales investments and behaviors. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

emerging markets. Companies are now taking seriously the need to be truly global. How do we develop leadership able to work in diverse markets with ever more demanding stakeholders (employees, customers, communities) around the world? How... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007

and the Medici String Quartet Harvard Business School Case 607-083 Describes the approach to creative collaboration and leadership adopted by Paul Robertson as leader of one of the most highly regarded string quartets in recent history.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

expenditures? Expectations for business leadership will be greater than ever. For example, real estate developers will be expected to not just comply with building codes but actively contribute to crafting higher standards. Bankers will... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

01 Oct 2020
What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

leadership from all sectors this is about long-term change.” EA Hardin added that “it is far too soon to draw conclusions about whether CEOs can lead us into a reimagined state.” In the meantime, we’re left with the question of who will... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

female entrepreneur in the turbulent economy of Kenya, Eva Muraya observes, "It's really up to the leadership of the business to define the moral code." Insights, Struggles, And Achievements These insights aside, Jones is interested in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

demand which is deemed as justified by a panel ." What isn't off limits when it comes to transparency? What do you think? Original Article When Sony was hacked recently, most observers concentrated on issues of criminality as well as inappropriate View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

Editor's note:When it comes to improving your leadership abilities, Professor Robert Steven Kaplan is a big believer in starting with a look in the mirror. In fact, he wrote a book on that subject: What To Ask The Person In The Mirror:... View Details

18 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 18

Buildings Authors:Timothy Simcoe and Michael W. Toffel Abstract We measure the impact of municipal policies requiring governments to construct green buildings on private-sector adoption of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

Bank we realized that the risk management function was getting involved in more and more firm-wide debates that were really important for management," Mikes says. "At the same time, risk managers guarded carefully their leadership and... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

05 May 2011
Research & Ideas

How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless

says Iyer. "But we found exactly the opposite." When the researchers examined 22 years worth of data on reported crimes in a variety of gender-specific and gender-nonspecific categories they were initially surprised by what they found. After women assumed... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

02 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 2, 2009

Lockheed Martin, NASDAQ, and PricewaterhouseCoopers with MCPS leaders to learn about management and leadership practices. After leading MCBRE for the past five years, first as executive director and now as board chair, Jane Kubasik was... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Mar 2008
What Do You Think?

Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?

they sail into retirement...." Haresh Vaishnu concurred in saying, "It will take the ... passing of the leadership role to (the) next generation .... When the underlying workforce that management is supposed to manage is... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action

also emphasizes the importance of establishing an atmosphere conducive to organizational learning — a task he entrusts primarily to corporate leaders, who, he says, need to be tolerant of dissent and ready to hear new views. Learning View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

April 2022
Teaching Note

Gender Equality in Business: 100 Years of Progress?

By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-066, "Gender Equality in Business: 100 Years of Progress?" The case traces the history of women in management from the early 20th to early 21st century through analysis of Harvard Business Review's coverage of women and gender. The... View Details

Keywords: History; Business History; Gender; Management; Employees; Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Work-Life Balance; Prejudice and Bias; Social Issues; Diversity; Equity; United States

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June 2019
Teaching Note

CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap

By: William R. Kerr and Ted Smalley Bowen

Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-081. The teaching note presents background, case details, and teaching strategies, along with board plans and supporting graphics. View Details

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15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

built her career on increasingly large line leadership positions, such as the president of ABC Network, and has no experience in getting things done without line authority. The case lays out the steps she takes to build authority and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

organizational structure, we suggest that interdivisional innovations are driven primarily by social networks. Putting Leadership Back into Strategy Author:Cynthia A. Montgomery Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2019
Case

Shell: A Company of Opportunity?

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Emer Moloney

The Opportunity Hub was a cloud-based platform that enabled managers to market projects they were working on and associated resourcing needs as “Opportunity Owners” and employees, or “Opportunity Seekers,” to browse these statements of need and engage when they had... View Details