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Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Research Areas Research Areas Antitrust & Competition Policy CEO Leadership Environmental Quality Innovation & Innovative Capacity Philanthropy Social Progress Index Philanthropy Philanthropy Beyond charity and corporate... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Does Spirituality Drive Success?
Slayton said. Honesty, for example, is important for any leader, although it can get you in trouble. "Sometimes you'll pay the price [because] some people don't want to hear it." On the other hand, Zia Chishti, chairman and... View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
market investors and non-investors; (ii) concerns about the treatment of workers and CEO pay rank highest—higher than concerns about workforce diversity and fossil energy usage; (iii) moral universalism... View Details
- 07 Jul 2011
- What Do You Think?
So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?
to their book, Built to Last, advised us to "Preserve the core but stimulate progress." Phil Clark argued that commitment, embodied for him in habit, "gives us time to pay attention and think about what is happening around... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
telecommuting, gender-related pay gaps, a household division of labor that still saddles women with a disproportionate share of caretaking chores, and the question of religious expression in the workplace. Read the article:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
Amazon officials understandably figured that the prize it offered New Yorkers would sell itself: 25,000+ jobs paying in excess of $100,000 each with all the ancillary economic benefits. Decide (on Long Island City, Queens), Announce (the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2023
- What Do You Think?
Will Hybrid Work Strategies Pull Down Long-Term Performance?
generations of entrants to the workforce who have become accustomed to study and work from home, if not from anywhere. Bloom estimates that working from home is equivalent to a 7-8 percent pay increase for them. It allows a larger group... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
scale their company and cut waste in Medicare spending. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817029-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-087 OPET: Precision Marketing in Uncertain Times During Timucin Guler’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
conversations about layoffs and pay cuts we discussed in The Founder’s Journey course at HBS weren’t theoretical anymore. I wasn’t sleeping at night.” Scrambling for another small business–oriented tech... View Details
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
Company managers have likely heard the old quip: Business ethics is a contradiction in terms. That’s because too often, business is viewed as a hard-hearted enterprise, driven by getting ahead at all costs, even if that means cutting... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 22 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup
Douglas Conant is an introvert. But when he took over as president and CEO of struggling Campbell Soup Co., he realized he had to break out of his comfort zone, get in front of his staff, and make some bold declarations from the get-go.... View Details
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
effort to educate its employees about the benefits of an outside-in perspective (it even launched a "customer- centricity university" for employees) and, second, a monumental effort to mobilize action. From building cross-functional customer segment units to... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary
international alumni who participated in the documentary and later went on to high-level leadership positions around the world shared challenges of navigating hierarchical societies. Sitting in the CEO seat during an HBS case study was a... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
difference,’” says Dave Bangert (MBA 2005), who became CEO of the company shortly after the program was introduced. Some employees were able to pay pressing bills, while others invested in cows for their... View Details
- 19 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control
will defend you," Avery tells brand managers. "If people start bashing a beloved brand, there is a ready group of organized consumers who swoop in and say, 'Don't beat up our brand!' Treating your communities well during good times can View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures
had actually gone out and bought, or made, the exact outfits we were wearing in those pictures.” That was when Crowley, president and CEO of Amicus Therapeutics, first got a taste of how it would feel to be the subject of a movie.... View Details
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Leading Successful Digital Transformation
transformation in large organizations for three main reasons: Focus on optimization and efficiency: Many companies use technology to cut costs, improve efficiency, or enhance the productivity of their current operations. Artificial... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
research and technological innovation, this approach is misguided and potentially risky. This article argues that researchers need to pay close attention to issues such as biases in data collection and spurious correlation. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Willy Walker (MBA 1995) is the chairman and CEO of Walker and Dunlop, a commercial real estate finance firm founded in 1937 by his grandfather and his great... View Details