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- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
Maurice Schweitzer. Q: Are goals by themselves a problem, or is it the way we use them? A: When we can so easily predict the dysfunctional behavior that will ensue, I would argue that it is the goals themselves. Far too often, people want... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat
play a role in regulating hormone levels in employees. The bad news is that far too many business situations actually fuel the very hormones that trigger unethical behavior. The findings are detailed in the paper Hormones and Ethics:... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
of information and perspectives between the two firms, and led to a novel type of agreement. ABB would design and build the plant at a far lower cost than standard. Then, if ABB could reduce the cost even further, it would receive a... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling
pitfalls in the future? Many of our cases were about Western figures — such as Isaac Singer of Singer sewing machine or famed designer Coco Chanel. They were great, rapturous stories. But as GDP increasingly moves East (where it was... View Details
- 01 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself
sold - the stability, the pay, what more could I really want? I had made it so far from being the little girl on welfare helping her momma with her younger siblings. I was set to return to P&G for a second internship, and since I had... View Details
- 04 Mar 2019
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?
people, have the will to confront Google, Facebook, Amazon and the like.” On the other hand, Wittenberg stated, “What should be feared most is government colluding with the surveillance capitalist companies—all in the name of ‘security.’” He added: “I’m View Details
- Web
Faculty - Private Capital Project
H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Brian J. Hall is Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School where he is the Head of the Negotiation,... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
themselves, shifting both professional and personal priorities in profound ways. Indeed, far beyond a deep understanding of business, industry, and leadership, the reflections below highlight the ways in which cases have also revealed,... View Details
- Profile
Prineeta Kulkarni
an Indian pharma, Cipla, that was specifically "focused on access and affordability," says Prineeta. Through her work on the acquisitions team, Prineeta helped Cipla expand access to inexpensive HIV medicine to more countries in View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
2019 Cambridge University Press Disciples of the State?: Religion and State-Building in the Former Ottoman World By: Fabbe, Kristin Abstract—As the Ottoman Empire crumbled, the Middle East and Balkans became the site of contestation and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
high enough, delivering mostly incremental changes rather than something truly remarkable, and they move far too slowly to keep up with the pace of disruption. In Leaders Leap, he makes the case for why a complete metamorphosis of... View Details
- 30 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay
disclosures with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). While many companies have been trying to build more inclusive workplaces, only half of S&P 500 companies had gone as far as naming a chief diversity officer as of 2021,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
From Beirut With Love (A)
By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy
This case describes how Robert Fadel, CEO and chairman of ABC, one of Lebanon’s leading retail and real estate groups, professionalized the family business. Robert was the second son of the company’s founder, Maurice Fadel, who had run it single-handedly. Concerned... View Details
Keywords: Family Conflicts; Sibling Rivalry; Second-generation; Foundation; Trust; Work-life Balance; Succession Planning; Corporate Culture; Shareholders; Board Of Directors; Retail; Department Store; Shopping Mall; Real Estate; Growth; Non-executive Chairman; Sustainability; Family Business; Conflict Management; Management Succession; Governance; Leadership; Transformation; Leading Change; Organizational Structure; Management; Growth and Development; Retail Industry; Real Estate Industry; Lebanon; Middle East
Wing, Christina R., Esel Y. Cekin, and Samer Al-Rachedy. "From Beirut With Love (A)." Harvard Business School Case 619-024, September 2018. (Revised November 2018.)
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
development of new products, but was also indispensable for the constant upgrading and renewal of brands. Unilever's main problem was the time it took to turn scientific knowledge into successful branded products. It entered the 1960s with an View Details
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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online
Develop: An Experimentation Mindset Develop, assess, and strengthen innovation concepts, and guide prototyping by creating critical questions related to a concept's desirability, feasibility, and viability. Highlights Impact, Difficulty, and Innovation Sweet Spot Near... View Details
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things." That's what this book is about—innovation far more audacious than a new way to find a restaurant or a smart phone you can wear on your wrist. Amy C. Edmondson and Susan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
Whether their mission is to protect wildlife, help disabled people, or offer financial services in developing countries, nonprofit organizations often believe they need to grow big before they can achieve significant social impact. HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
networking is beneficial to their careers, they often don't do it," says Francesca Gino, a professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit at Harvard Business School, who coauthored the study with Tiziana Casciaro (Rotman... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Dean Nitin Nohria | About
provides a venue for the exchange of ideas among students, faculty, staff, alumni, and leaders of organizations from across the globe. 2018 AASU 50 The 50th anniversary of the founding of the African-American Student Union was used as a... View Details
- 19 Apr 2023
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
performance data, options that so far have not reached their full potential in Latin American countries. Another startup, Diferente, tackles food waste. According to Forbes, the region's annual loss in food supplies represents 6 percent... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon