Conversation - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

Sharing News That Might Be Bad

fulfill her commitments and still protect the business by shifting the focus of the conversation to the future, says Heath Shackleford, manager of public relations at Nashville-based American Healthways. "What the manager really... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

conversion factors to translate these into GHG emissions. But to calculate their Scope 3 emissions for materials and components they procure, not all suppliers are willing or able to share this information. “LCAs tend to be quite... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration and Beverly Daniel Tatum’s Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race. Wilkerson is an award-winning journalist. Tatum, a former... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Nov 2016
First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted, from The New York Times to The Economist, and from talent management to the future of education. Synthesizing what these stories have in common, and drawing on the latest research in economics, marketing, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

schools took some responsibility. The conversation was cut short upon the entry of the United States into World War II. After World War II, business schools experienced one of their fastest growth rates as a consequence of the GI Bill.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

smart decisions will be made as to where available money is allocated. But the impact will be severe and cause a lot of change in the sector. Ebrahim: The conversation about results and performance management is occurring globally, not... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

the platform for one conversation in which all stakeholders can and must participate.” Additionally, One Report ensures that a coherent and consistent message is going out to all stakeholders. It creates the platform for one View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’

the number of likes or followers, the number of responses, or the number of times corporate messages are forwarded to others. For example, by mid-2013 Target had slightly less than 22 million fans on Facebook, Wal-Mart had 30 million, while View Details

08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

Over time, the media conversation about work-life balance has shifted slightly, Ely said, from discussing women's individual choices to showing "a whole set of experiences that look less like women opting out and more like women... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

10 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

surprised. The popular logic is that the importance of such collaborations has increased with the rapid pace of globalization. This research and conversations with multinational firms suggest that an alternative dynamic is at work. That... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

investors should consider in the short term and long term as they think about the future of the space economy. This conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Baskin: What are the highest-growth areas in the space... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

30 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music

"Bye Bye Bundles: The Unbundling of Music in Digital Channels." Sean Silverthorne: First, what gave you the idea for this study? How did you do the research? Anita Elberse: As with most of my research, the idea emerged after a View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

perspiration." Missteps, dead ends, and rework are inevitable and must be accepted, even encouraged. Innovation requires a mind-set of try, learn, adjust, try again. In a conversation we had with Catmull about Pixar's enviable track... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

bang your head for hours trying to find the root cause of a hard bug. But you bring over a colleague and talk through the situation and often a solution will appear. They didn’t tell you the answer, but the process of conversation brought... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

18 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

WOM that is most effective at driving sales is created by less loyal customers, not loyals, and occurs between acquaintances (not friends). We find support for this in the field test as well as in a lab setting. Hence we demonstrate the potential usefulness of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

Krishna Palepu, sought answers and suggested some corrective measures. Highlights of the conversation follow. Krishna Palepu: Let's start with some background on these matters as they relate to your areas of interest and expertise. Then... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

the past fifteen years of the contest, it's extraordinary." The Art Of The Pivot A few common experiences filter to the surface in conversations with past contest participants, whether their venture sells crème brûlée or online video... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

23 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

insurance reform, payment reform, and reform of our delivery system. For me, these are three separate but related conversations, clearly not independent of each other. Most of the conversation has been about insurance: how we pay for it... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

are funding the Center by contributing 2 percent of TruePoint's revenue to fund the Center. Finally, I plan yet another book that will present the theory and method leading an honest, collective (organization-wide) and public conversation... View Details