Leading - Publications - Faculty & Research

2018
Working Paper

Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact

Achieving transformative impact has been much discussed by social entrepreneurs, funders, and consultants. These discussions have focused on issues of increasing impact and scale, but often with no clear distinction between the two terms. In order to provide clarity,... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Performance Efficiency; Growth and Development; Outcome or Result; Strategy

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Brian Kenny | About

Brian Kenny Bio Brian Kenny is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO) at Harvard Business School. He has led marketing and communications work for several global institutions. As the School’s first CMCO, Brian has oversight of the HBS brand globally,... View Details

John C. Mulliken

Strategy consultant, former CTO & CPO, public & private company board member, retail & climatetech entrepreneur, early stage investor. Father of two, husband, sailor, hiker, and aspirational road biker.

John is a senior lecturer in the... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

each participant brings to the table. Being part of a leading university is also beneficial, he notes: “We take the strengths of each Harvard school and help create a whole that’s greater than the sum of the parts by providing... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2022
News

My First Job

want. As an aside, I ended up marrying my aforementioned girlfriend, so while I don’t endorse slacking off on any job, in this particular case the reprimand was worth it. —Brian Ginsler (MBA 2003) "My First Job" - HBS alumni reflections (video) View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

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... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Ahmed Alimi

things done, cultivating relationships as well as leading people. I thought I needed these 'next level' skills and felt HBS was the right place to get them." Gradually, Ahmed also felt "a greater calling. I had been doing some... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

emphasize the importance of organizations making a distinction between coordination and centralization. How does each term apply to a global manager? A: In the drive to achieve global-scale efficiency, the old assumption was that you would follow the View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

05 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

that purports to protect their investments abroad. So far, business managers have not taken a significant role in pushing for a multilateral agreement on foreign investment; neither have they been active in promoting less drastic changes that might View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities

Blog

Is the Digital Transformation Certificate Right for You?

case studies on industry pioneers, provided practical insights, and sparked meaningful conversations among peers. Participating in these programs amplified my understanding of the strategic decision-making processes in large digital enterprises." Learn More Read our... View Details

27 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

wages—randomly assigned to accrue to individuals or to a charity—in the presence of expectations-based reference points or targets. When individuals earn money for themselves, higher wages lead to higher effort with relatively muted... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World

forecasting, strategic planning, and statistical decision making have not prepared them for this amount of flux in the environment. In short, these rapid-fire changes are putting extreme pressure on business leaders to lead in ways not... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

diversity, equity, and inclusion have been elevated in a new way. These discussions are happening more frequently, and are more often leading to real problem solving, dialogue, and, we hope, lasting change. When I return for my 30 and... View Details

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

presenting them, even when the merit of one alternative is clearly superior to others. A natural aversion to loss leads us to make irrational choices that minimize it. Choices may be expressly made to enable us to conform to the behaviors... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Fast Answer

Investment bank league tables

your category of interest: M&A, Equity, Bond, Loan, etc. Add other criteria as desired. Click the drop down next to Output above the results and select League Tables. Bloomberg LEAG: Tables of lead managers for all types of debt,... View Details

31 Aug 2020
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Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

correlation vs. cause and effect. As commenter Diogenes put it, “Prove with a cogent methodology that racial and gender diversity lead to greater profitability. Prove causation, not correlation (which studies to date primarily by... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

May 2012
Case

Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved?

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Alisa Zalosh

Shelby Givens, a new MBA, is the general manager of Westlake Lanes, a near-bankrupt bowling alley that her grandfather founded decades earlier. Givens has been given one year to turn a profit; if the goal is not met Westlake will close. During the first few days on the... View Details

Keywords: United States; Operations Management; Small And Medium-sized Enterprises; Turnarounds; Strategy; Leading Change; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Transformation; Growth and Development Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States

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20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

It’s simple: They create the most value, says Harvard Business School Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee. In almost every segment of the economy, the very best companies lead their peers by wide margins. They take share by building on proven... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

02 Aug 2017
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Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

According to Gallup, those who are engaged are: More than twice as likely to remain on the job as those characterized as disengaged, and more likely to refer friends and family members for employment. These factors lead to lower costs of... View Details