Dean Nitin Nohria - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School makes a case for diversity

26 May 2016
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Harvard Business School Celebrates 106th Commencement

04 Aug 2015
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Brazil Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

alumni in the region, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, Professor William A. Sahlman, Senior Associate View Details

01 Sep 2017
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used to be that you looked at the fraction of foreign students to get a sense of how global the class is. Today, students may say “I have an American passport,” but they’ve worked in four or five different firms and countries. Dean View Details

Keywords: HBX; CORe; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Understanding Human Nature

By: Nitin Nohria

Recent advances in biological sciences provide great insights into the workings of the human brain and thereby into human nature. Drawing upon this research, my colleague Paul Lawrence and I propose a neo-Darwinian theory of human motivation based on four basic human... View Details

January 8, 2022
Editorial

The Post-Pandemic Office Should Be a Clubhouse

By: Nitin Nohria

If the primary purpose of an office today is no longer to get actual work done, then perhaps it’s better conceived as a place for connection and community. Do we still need desks and cubicles? View Details

Keywords: Employees; Geographic Location; Buildings and Facilities; Relationships

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December 1, 2023
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When Charismatic CEOs Are an Asset—and When They’re a Liability

By: Nitin Nohria

Starting in the 1980s, a generation of larger-than-life CEOs became full-blown celebrity, but over time, research suggested that charismatic CEOs tended to have drawbacks at leaders. However, charisma can be especially useful in two business concepts with big unknowns:... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Business Startups; Risk and Uncertainty; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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May 19, 2017
Editorial

We've Gotten Better at Diversity. Now the Challenge Is Inclusion.

By: Nitin Nohria

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November 2012
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A Whole New Way of Looking at the World

By: Nitin Nohria

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October 2002
Supplement

NerveWire: A Tale of Two Executives

By: Nitin Nohria

A series of five segments that include NerveWire, Inc., A Day in the Life of Malcolm Frank, A Day in the Life of Kirk Arnold, Employee Observations of Malcolm and Kirk, and Malcolm and Kirk Discuss Co-Leadership. View Details

Keywords: Employees; Leadership; Organizations; Performance Evaluation; Behavior

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May 1992
Teaching Note

Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc. Advertising (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: Nitin Nohria

Keywords: Advertising Industry

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Appex Corp.

By: Nitin Nohria

1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through... View Details