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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

The 20th Century Zeitgeist The 20th Century Zeitgeist Great Leadership is not a singular concept. On the contrary, it is a function of the circumstances in which businesses and their top executives operate. The opportunities available to... View Details

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Software Tools - Research Computing Services

More Modules The module system is based on a module hierarchy , in order to keep sets of modules separate that are (binary) incompatible. For example, loading a compiler module (e.g., module load intel )... View Details

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Great Negotiator Study Initiative

By: James K. Sebenius

What can be legitimately be learned from closely studying great negotiators at work? Since 2000, the Program on Negotiation (PON)—an active inter-university consortium mainly comprised of numerous faculty from across... View Details

07 Nov 2012
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HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

Alex speaks of the difference between "building a team and building a club." When he started at United, he immediately set about revolutionizing the club's youth program. He also made it more visible in the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

20 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

By significantly expanding our understanding of the dynamics of competition, Michael E. Porter's Harvard Business Review article "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy" launched a business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

01 Dec 2019
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Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering

extend students’ understanding of engineering. Prior to graduation, the program faculty will select students who have shown exemplary leadership, academic success, and innovation to receive an honorary award... View Details

01 Mar 2021
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What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

managing the execution of existing policies and practices to pursue goals often set by others. Middle managers lead smaller numbers of associates but with more intense... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Rethinking Brand Contamination: How Consumers Maintain Distinction When Symbolic Boundaries Are Breached"

If consumers view their brands as extensions of themselves, what happens when undesirable consumers adopt these same brands? I address this question by examining an issue that is of great concern to managers of high-status brands: the rampant spread... View Details

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Terrill L. Drake | About

engagement; organizational culture; diversity, equity, and inclusion; event, program, and project management; marketing; and operational management. Prior to joining HBS, Terrill was Associate Dean of... View Details

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Understanding Health Systems, Payors, and Regulation - Health Care

healthcare settings to identify sources of competitive advantage (and, more commonly, disadvantage). Executive Education Strategy for Health Care Delivery Improving value is the only solution to the global... View Details

10 Oct 2023
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Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

The White House released a memo with guidance surrounding Justice40 in which they define communities as “either a group of individuals living in geographic proximity to one another, or a geographically dispersed View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Financing Innovation

Keywords: by William R. Kerr & Ramana Nanda

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Morgan Hall | About

added. A central atrium with light wells runs lengthwise through the 117,707-square-foot building with a unique focal point: a fourth-century Roman mosaic of the Greek sea goddess Tethys set into the floor... View Details

14 Jul 2020
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Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

and operational challenges. It provided employees with tools and equipment to set up their workstation at home. The company proactively managed uncertainty with clients. Instead of passively waiting for... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

20 Mar 2000
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Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?

Move over, venture cap. There's a new kid on the block. It's the business incubator, and it has the potential to remake the way businesses are launched in the Internet economy. Incubators are not really new, of course. "They've been... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

23 Mar 2022
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Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

As the children of civil servants living in northern India, siblings Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019) and Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) enjoyed educational advantages that millions of their lower-income peers did... View Details

31 May 2004
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How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

usually strongly correlated. I think that what we have discovered are leader behaviors that can support both creative and productive work. Q: What's next for you? A: With a different set of co-authors, I am... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

organization and, even more importantly, a stronger ability to deliver on the mission. What Networks Are And How They Work Trust forms the core of a network, she said. Among academic researchers, the word network refers to a View Details