Extremism - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

example by giving rewards for both individual and team performance. Without direct oversight, “Relationships can all too readily slide into cutthroat competition or totally collusive bonding. Either extreme will harm the firm's... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

made their learning real and accessible — connecting me to that knowledge and the living proof of the community on campus in real time.” — HBS Alumna (MBA 1982) “The sessions were all extremely relevant, insightful and thought-provoking.... View Details

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

advice and guidance from professors on how to effectively navigate the challenges of a dual-career household was extremely helpful. And don’t be too hard on yourself. HBS is academically demanding, there are so many activities to get... View Details

22 Sep 2023
News

Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Mehendale. I'm class of 2003, Section C. Specifically, one person who had a great impact on me was one of my mentors, Clay Christensen. I was extremely fortunate at school to have his tutelage and extremely... View Details

15 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

School, who is one of the study’s authors. “If you are connecting with people who are strong ties, that’s not as useful, but if you are connecting with people who are extremely weak ties, that’s also not as useful. Moderately weak ties... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Strategy and the Internet

were often forced to change the way they conducted activities in order to conform to the "best practices" embedded in the software. It was also extremely difficult to connect discrete applications to one another. Enterprise... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

increase short-term profitability (desired by short-term investors who make up an increasing share of the total) over long-term health of the corporation. This includes imprudent downsizing of organizations, spending reduction for long-term R&D, and View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

Jeff told her he’d found a local professor who was letting him experiment with airplane wings and friction and drag.” Flash forward to today. Amazon is not only one of the world’s most powerful and innovative companies, but one of the most secretive. Financial analysts... View Details

Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail

11 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups

also reached their natural endpoints—either scaling or failing—more quickly. “Firms that adopt A/B testing are more likely to hit zero page views, which we take as evidence of shutting down, but they’re also more likely to have extreme... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

consensus in a multiparty deal makes you hostage to the most extreme or reluctant party." This surprisingly common result is why an “A” is often appended to DAD: “DADA” means Decide-Announce-Defend-Abandon. An apparently irresistible... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

05 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: Why I Decided to Pursue an MBA at HBS

sure who or what I would encounter at HBS. And I was extremely pleasantly surprised when I stepped foot here for admitted students weekend. I mean, the atmosphere was so, so warm. People were just extremely... View Details

05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

also offer other forms of evidence of past success in similar relationships, such as media or trade reports. 3. Make dependence a factor The more dependent you are on someone, the more willing you'll be to trust her. This phenomenon plays out to the View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

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Your Coach Will Help You Become a Better Leader

backgrounds and professional experience to the table—they can provide valuable guidance and elicit significant new insights. Executives tell us that coaching is an extremely valuable part of their program experience. Markus Messerer, who... View Details

11 Mar 2024
Blog Post

A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh

overwhelming, parts of business school is all of the lovely people to eat dinner with. There was a dinner event with the Energy & Environment Club happening today, but I need some alone time to recharge, free chicken tenders notwithstanding. Even for an View Details

27 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall

patients. “The extremely high profit margins in medical devices offers a setting in which the risks are often overwhelmed by the potential rewards to innovate, especially when competitors face their own product failures,” according to the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Auto; Medical Devices & Supplies

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

16 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision

are affected by the receipt of a coupon for $10 off their bill. A rational actor model suggests that people without extreme wealth constraints (meaning anyone who can afford to shop for groceries online) should buy the same items they... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Entertainment & Recreation

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

non-verbal reactions (e.g., facial expressions, body language). In addition, the response will clearly depend on the nature of the comment – for example, how extreme it is and whether offense seems to be intended. In general, the most... View Details

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

design process. This design rule is easy to state, but it is difficult to follow for two basic reasons. First, some core production technologies are less amenable to applying the rule than others. Second, organizations have a tendency to veer to an View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

threats will be more credible if you have a reputation for carrying through on them. If you are known for sometimes being rash or obstinate, even your more extreme threats are likely to be taken seriously. Your threats also may be... View Details