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- 22 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
I Found My Future at HBS and You Can Too
community’s lifeblood sat dormant along the banks of the Ohio River. Consumed by poverty, the soft bigotry of low expectations had crept into the social construct, sentencing families in underserved communities like mine to a lifetime of... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
for granted, ever. Today, social media can quickly amplify the views of even a few vocal opponents, giving voice to latent negative concerns of many otherwise passive groups. As Amazon learned, an apparent... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
kind of social contract, a promise of a certain mix of quality (D1), service (D2), novelty (D3), and reliability (D4) that adds up to a value that justifies the price. Of course, shareholders have always been seen as caring only View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 01 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner
Business Administration. The detrimental health impacts of pressure-filled professions are increasingly getting the attention of business leaders, who are not only concerned about the welfare of their... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 27 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?
They have been found guilty and sentenced to prison sentences of 11 and 13 years, respectively. Former McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook agreed to pay a $400,000 fine and accept a five-year ban on serving on public company boards on... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
their native Tamil and switched languages among English, Hindi, and Tamil. The researchers found that teams that were empathic and accepting about language issues and who didn't get emotional when workers,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 03 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed With Your New Boss
your mandate and negotiate for resources is a clear early priority. Defining Your Goals When you think about working with your new boss, keep the following goals in mind: Clarify mutual expectations early. Begin managing expectations... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
longer-term interests sufficiently well.” Not everyone spoke as one on the issue. Rob Jones, for example, commented that, “Theories abound, but owner still means owner Social and moral obligations make for fascinating discussion, but... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Apr 2020
- What Do You Think?
What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?
doubts were expressed by readers of this column about whether it even qualifies as a Black Swan. Let’s turn to some of the responses. “We are not dealing here with a Black Swan,” Tom Coyne commented. “The potential for, and impact of, a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
questions with the tools generated by the innovation of past decades, including the relationship between money and power, commerce and politics, exchange and social status. Its effort is to find new ways of exploring how institutions,... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 13 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles
Editor's note: This is part of a series of occasional columns on managing the family business written by Senior Lecturer John A. Davis. In this article, Davis discusses leadership roles. Part Two: Structuring Leadership Roles My previous article outlined what we know... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How To Do Business in Islamic Countries
to do business with. While it's good for Westerners to be able to speak Arabic socially in the Gulf region, Hayes said, many people would be insulted if you try to speak Arabic about something as important... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Interviewing - Alumni
interviewer's shoes. Think about what might concern the interviewer about you and what you can do for the company. Have several good questions to ask the interviewer. Be... View Details
- 06 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers
scenario in an experiment, most people did indeed choose the longer stick, whereas only 15 percent initially chose the shorter one. However, when the short version was labeled as “newer,” twice as many, about 31 percent, chose it—even... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
refurbished parts was inaccurate and resulted in profits being shifted from one segment to another. Prior to his report to the SEC, Mayhem had reported his concerns to his managers and to the company’s internal compliance hotline. At... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jul 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?
Summing Up Judging from the number of responses to the July column, Justin Menkes, author of the book Executive Intelligence, appears to have tapped into a hot issue with his concern that what he terms "executive intelligence"... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
forthcoming The Creativity Reader The Art of (Creative) Thought: Graham Wallas on the Creative Process By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—The Creativity Reader is a necessary companion for anyone interested in the historical roots of contemporary ideas View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
speak.” For others in the course, however, it mattered how cosmetic firms were actually encouraging the demand, Deshpandé says. “If it’s through making consumers feel concerned about themselves, View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
of accounting research papers draws causal inferences notwithstanding the well-known difficulties in doing so with observational data. While a minority of papers seeks to use quasi-experimental methods to draw inferences, there are View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
soon as the checkbook comes out a flood of emotions comes out with it—fear, anxiety, competiveness, anger, annoyance—all of which can influence what either side is willing to accept. “I can't imagine a good negotiator who doesn't have either an explicit understanding... View Details