Management Attention - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?

turnarounds. Thus, Holcomb, Holmes Jr., and Connelly argued that “firms must pay close attention both to their resource endowment and to the ability of their managers to extract value." The tale... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

01 Feb 2008
What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

that "68% of the Global 250 firms generated separate annual sustainability reports in 2004." Whether that represents a "management revolution" remains to be seen, but it's something that puts a number on a trend toward View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

2024
Working Paper

The Fading Light of Democratic Capitalism: How Pervasive Cronyism and Restricted Suffrage Are Destroying Democratic Capitalism as a National Ideal…and What to Do about It

By: Malcolm S. Salter

What are we to do about declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer is not entirely clear, I argue in this essay that any effort aimed at restoring... View Details

Keywords: Government Administration; Economic Systems; Trust; United States

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02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

making certain types of public risk management less necessary. How this pans out is something that I plan to pay close attention to in the coming years. Q: Your book seems particularly timely given all the... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

the trends of yesteryear, we ask that you also turn your thoughts to 2012. What do you think will be the top areas of concern for managers in the coming months? Please share your thoughts in the comments section, and have a happy new... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Mar 2023
What Do You Think?

How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?

before purpose, you get an Enron. Ranjay Gulati, the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, recently identified this quest as a search for “deep purpose.” Gulati considers deep purpose not just another View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

however, things look different. While there are instances of democracy in the business landscape, hierarchical forms of organization remain dominant, and organizational democracy commands only scant attention in organizational theory. The... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2023
News

That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

30 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

capital are also important for the effect of FDI on economic growth. Download working paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W12522 A New Framework for Analyzing and Managing Macrofinancial Risks of an Economy Authors:Dale F. Gray, Robert... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2020
Blog Post

The Aspen Fellowship: MBA Student Launches Program Supporting Black Undergrads

Introducing The Aspen Fellowship, a 6-week program helping black undergrad students build the skills they need to jumpstart their careers. Brian Hollins (MBA 2021) is building the Aspen Fellowship, a 6-week program that provides black undergraduate students with the... View Details

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

It is a classic leadership challenge of the early twenty-first century: How do you steer your business and motivate your people to pursue breakthrough growth while giving proper attention to executing the here and now with the utmost care... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

28 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

How Racial Bias Taints Customer Service: Evidence from 6,000 Hotels

Hotels, restaurants, and other businesses in the service industry often thrive or die depending on whether they provide exemplary customer service, but new research shows that the color of a customer’s skin can determine whether the person receives good service—or any... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

14 Mar 2023
In Practice

What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?

deposits and its business of revolving credit, on which it had substantial exposure. To add to that, the SVB leadership’s unorthodox approach to management of liquidity pressures clearly backfired. The bottom line: The art is not to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

22 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

This sad scenario plays out at many firms: Top-performing salespeople get promoted to become sales managers, but don’t actually know how to manage. The result is a disaster—productivity takes a dive, disgruntled salespeople start heading for the door, and the new View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

for corporate managers and scholars alike While the paper focuses on the most extreme example of reacting to an external shock, the findings may hold value for any manager dealing with change in the face of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Nov 2023
News

Love and Money

optimizing and trying to buy the best, can often miss out on what actually is going to make them happy. JF: Do people manage to close that gap? What does that work look like? RG: Often it's just something that never occurred to them. They... View Details

25 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Collaborating Across Cultures

says. "I often compare it to the heightened awareness you have when driving in a foreign city, where you will pay more attention to the road signs and traffic signs. It's this kind of heightened awareness and reflection about what I think... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

conjuring up. 3. Emphasize coaching and mentoring over managing the details. Talent is the most important strategic resource for future success, suggests Hargrove. You can't win the talent wars without putting leadership development at... View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

30 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

registered. Other countries, including Australia and Indonesia, are studying the UIDAI system with thoughts of potentially pursuing similar programs of their own. And the impressive scale of the project has attracted the attention of... View Details