Filter Results:
(5,265)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(7,919)
- People (19)
- News (1,357)
- Research (5,265)
- Events (80)
- Multimedia (67)
- Faculty Publications (3,996)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(7,919)
- People (19)
- News (1,357)
- Research (5,265)
- Events (80)
- Multimedia (67)
- Faculty Publications (3,996)
Sort by
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
sending chicken soup to their home offices if that is what it takes. Leaders also need to model self-care for their teams. Looking disheveled and exhausted in virtual meetings can rattle employees and weaken confidence. At the same time,... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
effect dominates the negative within-firm effect post IPO. We build a firm industry model with endogenous entry to quantify the importance of two competing selection mechanisms: an increasing share of R&D-intensive firms in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
and emotion is, thus, critical to designing organizations, control systems, and governance structures that promote desired behaviors. Teaching Purpose: Some model of human nature, implicitly if not explicitly, guides any manager's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
of such historical accounts but observing that they can (1) bring to light complex realities and subtleties that parsimonious analytic models may neglect; (2) suggest overlooked, non-obvious aspects of the process that merit deeper, more... View Details
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
No one was fooled by that. At a certain point he was at a loss. When he came to class as a guest lecturer, he described different models of leadership and the problems with each one. What worked 10 years in didn't work 20 years in. He... View Details
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
where top execs tested whether the current business model was robust enough for the challenges lying ahead. While LEGO has sold toys in Asia for three decades, there is serious potential to improve market share and maybe even outgrow... View Details
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
increases by public utilities commissions. Regulators Must Recognize Influencers To the degree these third-party stakeholders do have influence, it complicates the traditional models of regulatory capture. On the one hand, it is perhaps a... View Details
- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
Gulati, the problem starts with corporate growing pains. When businesses are small, they organize themselves into clear functional units, tapping experts in each respective function to make sure each unit excels. But as they grow, these businesses tend to reorganize... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
obstacles will never be confronted or overcome. Honeywell What does the Honeywell example teach us? Mainly, the difference between the pacesetters and the laggards in the wanna-dot race. Pacesetters embrace the Internet as an opportunity for questioning their existing... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
that occurred near the end of their time at university (2 or 3 years later). Linear regression models showed that students who made more friends in their first term reported better health and a healthier diet at the follow-up (2–3 years... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-100.pdf Open Innovation and Organizational Boundaries: The Impact of Task Decomposition and Knowledge Distribution on the Locus of Innovation Authors:Karim R. Lakhani, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, and Michael L. Tushman Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
an action plan to implement back home what they've learned on campus. We then visit each district a few months later to check on the progress of their action plans, and to identify topics to study in the next cycle. Then the knowledge development process starts again.... View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
financing to make the diligence process easier for new investors. They may even have models or frameworks that other portfolio companies use that you can borrow. Not sure whether your compensation packages are competitive or fair? Or how... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
satellite teams into the UK’s government agencies to guide, assist, and in some cases control, each agency’s digital presence. Did London hold lessons for if, and how, these teams could be successful in the U.S. government? USDS had begun to experiment with this View Details
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
except in special circumstances. What alternative do you propose? A: Tagging is such a central implication of the standard model that, as tax scholars, we really must be able to explain its general rejection in real-world tax systems. If... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
professor Mary Tripsas introduces conceptual models to help students launch and creatively manage new businesses, including both stand-alone start-ups and ventures operating within an established organization. "Whenever a firm... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
multi-sided business, its technology offering and early business model, its efforts to shift to a new model based on media distribution, and its chief competitors in that market space. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers
technique. Also included in each toolkit is a spreadsheet supplement that contains sample problems; interactive graphs and tables that illuminate the concept visually; and a prebuilt Excel model that guides users in conducting... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
In this article, Pozen presents a new model for the corporate board. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2010/12/the-big-idea-the-case-for-professional-boards/ar/1# M@n@gement in Times of Economic Crisis: Insights into Organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
businesses that have passed through the high growth stage can continue to deliver the resources, capabilities, and platforms needed to fuel the emerging opportunities of the future. This business lifecycle view of innovation requires new leadership and organizational... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace