Invisible - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

is the only way to identify the whereabouts of the otherwise invisible virus, similar to collecting enemy intelligence in time of war. From its experience with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in 2015, South Korea from... View Details

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health

01 Feb 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?

advocated for some kind of lower-key negotiated settlement. Ahmed Bougnine favored firing with cause, adding that “the damage (from his admitted misbehavior) could be much deeper on the invisible structure. It needs to be addressed with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

very moment, say Leonard and Swap, to wait, step back, and mull things over — or as they put it, "incubate." "A group that is hotly pursuing a tempting solution may need to be interrupted mid-gallop in order to pause for incubation," they write.... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

guided by the invisible hand of the stock market. In Germany alone, some 2,500 companies that would qualify to go public are not listed on any exchange." In rectifying that problem, Europe must deal with another one of considerable... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

magnitude of the responsibility is incomparable. For example, the repair and maintenance of levees is a task requiring long-term vision and effort difficult to muster in a political environment in which deferred maintenance is an easy and View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Facebook’s Future

deliver recommendations on what we should do socially. This will help us get off the mobile phone and actually meet up in the offline world. This way, Facebook will become less of a website to visit than an invisible conduit to the most... View Details

Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski

21 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

Drawing on lessons from the battlefield is common practice for business leaders seeking tested strategies to succeed against adversity. Today, the battle against COVID-19, an invisible enemy, feels to many observers like a military... View Details

Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

Badaracco says. Furthermore, the "new invisible hand" of the markets is even more intense than the old one due to rapid global dissemination of information. Badaracco's vision suggests it's more difficult to be a responsible leader today... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

invisible hand of markets increasingly governs them. An assessment of this form of governance against the requirements of science-based businesses suggests a gap and a need for organizational innovation. Download the paper: View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything

technologies allow information to flow seamlessly and invisibly across national borders, they make it very difficult for governments to do many of the things to which they have grown accustomed. Governments can't patrol their physical... View Details

Keywords: by Debora L. Spar

04 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

unique ways that multinational corporations (MNCs) and local businesses are serving the previously invisible BOP market: Nestlé, with its "milk-district model" that encourages supporting businesses to spring up around its... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism

intentions. When employees witness a leader acting in ways that could be seen as threatening cherished values, they are quick to conclude that he or she is a hypocrite. But leaders who take the time to carefully explain the reasons behind negative decisions (which are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies

and 60 million electronic calendar entries over a three-month period. The results provide an unmatched look inside the "black box" that hides what Stuart calls the "soft wiring" of previously invisible social networks. In this Q&A,... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

19 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55865 in press Behavioural Public Policy Invisible Inequality Leads to Punishing the Poor and Rewarding the Rich By: Hauser, Oliver P., Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, David Rand, Martin A. Nowak, and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 16

forthcoming Abstract Capitalism, as defined in this book, is an indirect, three-level system of governance for economic relationships (i.e., economic, administrative, and political). Whereas economic markets can coordinate supply and demand within an existing system... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

circumstances, including human purposes, evolved. While the invisible hand of the pricing mechanism can balance supply and demand on a global basis, or in subunits thereof, the visible hand of political authority is essential to the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

beneficial for society. This theme was later replaced by preference for disciplinary knowledge, and finally by a market logic that regards business education as a marketable commodity rather than a professional education. It has been an View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

struggles taking place in adjacent fields. More specifically, we argue that the scientific strategies of business schools played an essential-if largely invisible and poorly understood-role in major transformations in the organization and... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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