by William George - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

care providers such as doctors and hospitals placing profits before client needs (David Stahl, John Van Slyke, Roger Chen, Jan Fersing, Hugh Quick, among others); the agency problem separating payers such as individuals, businesses, and the Government from users (Adam... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

book Transitions, by William and Susan Bridges, outlines three stages of transition—the ending, the neutral zone, and the new beginning—and encourages the reader to pause and understand each of these phases... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

23 Sep 2020
Video

Driving Impact: A Dialogue on Capitalism, Climate, and Social Change

18 Oct 2018
News

Why Global Talent Clusters Around Cities

10 Jan 2014
News

Why no employment number is too high

05 Mar 2009
What Do You Think?

How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?

by Nobel-prize winner in economics George Akerlof and economist Robert Sheeler of "irrational exuberance" fame. These authors cite the importance of what John Maynard Keynes once referred to as... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 Dec 2014
News

Filling US skills gap

07 Feb 2018
Video

Material Sustainability Information and Stock Price Informativeness

1:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT, 23 Sep 2020
Virtual Programming

Driving Impact: A Dialogue on Capitalism, Climate, and Social Change | Sept 23

Join Professor Rebecca Henderson (MBA 1985) and Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969) as they explore whether and how managers and investors can lead and invest differently in order to drive positive changeeven amidst a pandemic and climate crisisand the timing for government... View Details

Ting Zhang

Ting Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School, where she teaches the Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (LEAD) in the Required Curriculum.

Professor Zhang’s research... View Details

20 Jan 2011
News

Tribes still matter

30 Oct 2019
News

Celtics’s Allison Feaster joins Maura Healey, Jessica Gelman at Harvard to talk women in sports

15 Aug 2011
News

When being good at your job isn't good enough

05 Jun 2023
What Do You Think?

Is the Anxious Achiever a Post-Pandemic Relic?

society This would go a long way to self-regulation " Other comments expressed a need for protections afforded by regulation, but were skeptical that they could be implemented. William Cottinger, based on... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

competitiveness of individual firms. Harvard Business School and Harvard University jointly created the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness in 2001. It is led by Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2019
News

Thailand's Richest Family Is Getting Richer Helping China

23 Nov 2013
News

It’s complicated

22 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Why You Are Unhappy at Work

feeling. What can be done to improve the office environment? Research by Harvard Business School professors suggests these problems are not only common—but solvable. Here are some of our most insightful stories about unmotivated employees... View Details