Change Barriers - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Feb 2016
First Look

February 9, 2016

subsequent agenda, thereby altering resource allocation. The opportunity to delay decisions leads the players to act against their short-run interests by changing the expected decision delay. We characterize delay equilibria and explore... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Ideas, April 18

trend is the use of online tools to improve physical asset utilization in many traditional off-line businesses. This article discusses the water industry as an example, and the organizational changes and levers relevant to extracting... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3

"leadership gap" and describe barriers to implementing leadership development training in health care. Next, they present evidence that leaders are not just "born" but, rather, can be "made" and offer a set... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

bad process—one perceived as unfair, illegitimate, or simply confusing—can create unnecessary barriers to agreement and that good process design can promote breakthroughs. Principle 4: Breakthrough Negotiators Foster Agreement When... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

insisted that the greatest barriers for inner city development today are negative perceptions. These areas are not just economically distressed because of social issues, he said, adding that unless businesspeople take steps to build... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2014
News

What’s Next

evolving into the future? Chris Cobb (MBA 1992), Miami, Florida Nitin Nohria: Many of us have a perspective that HBS exists—as you say, philosophically and physically—in splendid isolation from the rest of Harvard, with the river forming not just a break but also a... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

reasons include structural changes in the advertising industry such as the unbundling of agency services, and improved communication tools that make it easier and more cost efficient for firms to manage some aspect of their own... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

02 Dec 2015
What Do You Think?

What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

he said, “The very act of trying to attain gender equality portends to assume that is a positive goal. My concern is not equality but quality. Man or woman, we as individuals and organizations need to rip away all the barriers that lie... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

elect to increase or decrease the number of advertising positions it shows on a page. Google can change the placement and prominence of ads, or make some ads more prominent than others. Google can reward or penalize advertisers through... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

18 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

employees believe it’s too risky to speak up, many decide it’s safer to put their heads down and keep their opinions to themselves—but that muting of views creates barriers to learning and collaboration that can be detrimental to both... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Sep 2020
News

Turning Point: Change, Stat

I also had two experiences where family members were really sick and having a great doctor changed the trajectory of their lives. Being able to have that impact seemed incredibly meaningful; and I decided to specialize in Emergency... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; healthcare; medicine; innovation; interpersonal communication; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 1998
News

Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue

noteworthy. In a plenary session titled "The Economic Crisis in Asia," Sugisaki urged Asian authorities to lower barriers to trade and investment and to close insolvent financial institutions and restructure those that are weak. "The key... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan

occurred, causing 1 to 2 million deaths. The H5N1 virus is treacherous — we know that it can jump the species barrier to infect humans and that it is prone to mutation. Indeed, every case of human infection increases the probability that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

spoke about how glass ceilings don't apply to black women—when they look up, they see a concrete wall. And she argued for another conference on changing academic roles, to combat what she sees as fear among more junior professors to... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

changing corporate world beset by reorganization, downsizing, and recession. Of that group, the Bulletin asked four members of the class to share some of their views on sizing up and seizing opportunity. Their discussion gives insights... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

help to break down cultural and structural barriers to leadership and organizational development, especially for non-white, non-male, and non-cisgender social change leaders.” Beyond the implications for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

extension, which historically has not been a matter of contention. The juxtaposition with a change in leadership at the Federal Reserve also adds to the concern. And finally, I think that businesspeople have long had an attitude that,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

Web

Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley - Course Catalog

diverse and evolving industry structures. Understanding this structure is critical to finding and developing startup opportunities. Unlike mature economies with established sectors, emerging markets are marked by rapid changes and the... View Details

09 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 9

clients. We stated that even honest auditors were incapable of independence within the current regulatory framework. We document the failure to make sufficient changes to our institutions, highlight the View Details