generativity - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jun 2010
What Do You Think?

How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?

sustainable without a framework of cultural values and rules." Drew Williamson pictured the relationship as "a virtuous circle that can break at any of the three points. It starts with a happy, innovative culture that generates... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

submission reduces the probability of achieving top rank, it increases the community value of the submission. Code structures that are more nonconforming to commonly accepted programming conventions similarly increase the probability of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

apply, firms can now hop on a platform and pick out talent they think would be an especially good fit for their needs. When Koning and his colleagues set out to learn how many workers were being recruited versus applying for jobs directly, statistics from the 1991... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment

01 Jun 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

debate between economists such as the Chicago school’s Milton Friedman, who argued that the sole purpose of business is to generate profit for (and presumably transfer wealth to) shareholders by any legal and ethical means, and Yale’s... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 3

1990s to the 2000s and how the emergence of SecondMarket provided liquidity to privately held companies like iContact, an email and social marketing software-as-a-service (SaaS) company. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/812072-PDF-ENG View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Ludcke House | About

as a volunteer career adviser, fundraising volunteer, 60th Reunion chairman, and Class Secretary. Through a bequest, the Gipp Ludcke (MBA 1925) Fellowship was established in 2004. Ludcke House was named in honor of his longtime commitment to the School and in... View Details

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

People are generally receptive to talking about their careers and the choices they made that helped get them where they are today. In addition, be sure to also network outside of your target industry to get exposure to more perspectives... View Details

05 May 2011
What Do You Think?

How Ethical Can We Be?

can be found to reduce bounded ethicality, most ethics "education" is missing a large part of the problem. In fact, one study found that ethicists who teach the subject are less likely to return library books associated with their research than the View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

elaborate shell game. As Jonathan Swift, the greatest satirist writing in the English language put it, "Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." Some readers actually... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

takes a considerable capability to see the value in an accident, and to build upon it to create even more value. I became interested in this subject when I was interviewing artists about their creative processes and discovered that many of them seemed to rely on... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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James Sharpe | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Transcript (PDF) James “Jim” Sharpe, HBS 1976, spent the early part of his career at General Electric, where he eventually had P&L responsibility for $15 million in sales and 100 employees. He then joined Hoover Universal, where he had... View Details

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Recruiting Partners - Health Care

For Spine & Scoliosis Integra LifeSciences Invacare Corporation Invitrogen J Johns Hopkins Health Systems Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies K Kaiser Permanente L L.E.K. Consulting M Magellan Diagnostics, Inc. MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Massachusetts Eye and Ear... View Details

06 Nov 2018
Research & Ideas

8 Ways to Make Olympic Stadiums Useful After the Games End

when necessary improvements weren’t made to the facility. In addition, the site’s access to public transportation was generally poor. Major Renovations After the Olympic Games and Major Tenants A bird's nest helps In one... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Sports

22 Dec 2022
Blog Post

TOP 10 MBA VOICES BLOGS OF 2022

problem in 2016 was autonomous vehicles and I was fortunate enough to join Ford as a Machine Learning Researcher. I wrote software, generated intellectual property, and talked about autonomous vehicles in international industry... View Details

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Growing on the Job - Alumni

growth needs, you have important choices to make regarding your goals. Typically, these are: Improved performance in specific skill areas; General expansion of skills, including the development of new ones, which can contribute to your... View Details

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Course History - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Pacific, ConocoPhillips, Corning, Electrolux, Foot Locker, General Mills, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Mattel, Merck, Medtronic, McDonald’s, Stanley Black & Decker, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Whole Foods, and Zurich Financial Services.... View Details

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

the wane. "I fear that social networks may make the problem worse," commented Gamaliel Pascual. "The technology may be hardwiring a younger generation to create virtual tribes where the congregation is based on shared biases/values."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Apr 2023
News

Leading the Way

Foundation, a nonprofit focused on improving educational opportunities and outcomes for underserved, predominantly Hispanic youth in Arizona. "As my mentor, Gary invested in me as a student and as a person," says Trejo, a Phoenix native, whose Latino family's roots run... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

own ideas about what is important, and if your ideas deviate from theirs, you risk being ignored or even ostracized. The researchers pointed out that nonprofit organizations often become more agile and effective once the founder is succeeded. Problem diagnosis.... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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A Tradition of Philanthropy - Alumni

first eight women graduate from HBS’s two-year MBA Program in 1965, setting the stage for future generations of female leaders. 1970s-80s Increased support from alumni and friends enables HBS to complete its original campus plan, endow 34... View Details

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