Signals - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

Students are invited to walk in the shoes of the CIO and become active participants in making these decisions and creating new knowledge about IT leadership through classroom discussion and debate. We want to send the signal that this is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

universities, where it was freely available; they are able to build on knowledge they already possess. And, two, programmers welcome the opportunity, made possible by open source, to customize and de-bug projects, either for personal use or to make their job easier at... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

receiving creativity scores 23 percent lower than the average of the other conditions. In the other three conditions, creativity was about the same.] "As human beings, we pay more attention to negative information because it is a signal... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Mar 2024
Blog Post

History of the HBS Women's Student Association

for gender equity in the business world. Looking forward, the WSA continues to inspire and empower, signaling a bright future for women at HBS and beyond. Through its continued efforts, the WSA not only honors the achievements of past... View Details

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Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them

Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Green Technology

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

General Motors had laid the groundwork for decades of industry dominance, offering "a car for every purse and purpose" and pioneering the multidivisional structure that became one of the signal achievements of the modern... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

identifies a specific recipe for receptiveness that leaders and others can follow to improve collaborations and interpersonal interactions in general. “Conversational receptiveness involves using language that signals a person is truly... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Michael W. Toffel : Runner up for the 2006 Academy of Management Best Dissertation Award from the Organizations and Natural Environment Division for "Voluntary Environmental Management Initiatives: Smoke Signals or Smoke Screens?"... View Details

04 Jun 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?

customers. Any company pursuing the subscription model by taking its customers for granted should be pursuing another model." Another view is that Internet companies will return to the subscription model given their signal lack of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

people don't know what to expect—I think for CEOs to come out and say, 'We are going to give up our pay,' it's a signal that they are sharing the pain." TJX Companies announced its CEO and chair would have their base salaries reduced for... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

27 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

hand, letting a colleague into one’s personal world online signals an acceptance of vulnerability that opens up paths to a richer multiplex relationship, which may in turn facilitate collaboration and teamwork,” the authors write. “On the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

prevalent in organizations. ... How easy it is for a boss to send a powerful signal that a worker should be quiet. —Leslie A. Perlow Silence often starts when we choose not to confront a difference. Given the dissimilarities in our... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad

Kobe-Osaka region—the second-largest regional market in Japan and one that offered educational institutions with high-quality scientists—Lilly would send a signal to the medical community there that the company was committed to the needs... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

01 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing

said they "frequently" tried to gain access to another person's email account, for instance, or faked a sick day at work. "We like people who are honest," concludes John. "It signals trustworthiness, and that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Harvard Square's Hidden History

Common, across Garden Street from the Old Burying Ground, a tombstone-like granite plaque commemorates the site on which George Washington stood beneath an elm tree and drew his sword, signaling his acceptance of the command of the... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

My First Job

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Ross MacDonald Here’s the humbling truth: no matter how high your career soars, how many awards you win or companies you sell or differences you make in this world, everyone has to start somewhere. And in those first... View Details

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

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Engagement - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

examples or experiences. Best Practices Tell students how long they have and what will be the signal to end Give students space to talk freely; don’t linger by any one group Consider allowing brief "report-outs" from one or more groups... View Details

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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

Professor Geoffrey Jones, Flipkart's sale to Walmart didn't signal that founders of the online retail firm were less patriotic than an earlier generation of business leaders. It meant they were driven by different value system. 08 Jun... View Details

17 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?

human driving but not others, such as sending a more explicit signal that the AV is about to stop. “The solution is not to make AVs quickly accelerate through a crosswalk, as humans often do,” says De Freitas. More broadly, although... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto

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