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      Big Ideas Feature: Time for Happiness: Why the Pursuit of Money Isn't Bringing You Joy—and What Will

      By: A.V. Whillans
      Adam (real story, fake name) was a good employee who was given a plum project he believed could get him a promotion and a raise. Taking it seemed like the proverbial no-brainer: Work hard, nail the assignment, get more pay. He knew he’d have to put in long days and... View Details
      Keywords: Time; Privilege; Guilt; Money; Happiness; Work-Life Balance
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      Whillans, A.V. "Big Ideas Feature: Time for Happiness: Why the Pursuit of Money Isn't Bringing You Joy—and What Will." Special Issue on HBR Big Idea: Time Poor and Unhappy. Harvard Business Review (website) (January 29, 2019).
      • January 2019
      • Supplement

      The De Beers Group: Launching GemFair for Artisanal Diamonds

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
      In April 2018, the De Beers Group launched a pilot project called GemFair to create a new supply of ethically and environmentally sourced diamonds from artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM) in Sierra Leone. Whether this project would yield a meaningful supply of rough... View Details
      Keywords: Diamonds; New Business; Strategy Development; Strategy Execution; Scope; ESG; Supply; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mining Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Sierra Leone; United Kingdom
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel Fisher. "The De Beers Group: Launching GemFair for Artisanal Diamonds." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-437, January 2019.
      • August 2018
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      Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain

      By: Colin M. Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa M. Amabile
      How do teams working on complex projects get the help they need? Our qualitative investigation of the help provided to project teams at a prominent design firm revealed two distinct helping processes, both characterized by deep, sustained engagement that far exceeds... View Details
      Keywords: Helping; Rhythm; Prosocial Behavior; External Team Leadership; Social Construction; Time; Qualitative Methods; Field Research; Groups and Teams; Projects; Behavior; Leadership; Social and Collaborative Networks
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      Fisher, Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M. Amabile. "Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain." Academy of Management Journal 61, no. 4 (August 2018): 1524–1553.
      • July 2018
      • Case

      Hironobu Tsujiguchi and His Sweet Revolution

      By: Boris Groysberg and Naoko Jinjo
      Hironobu Tsujiguchi, a Japanese chocolatier, had chosen an unusual path to success as a pastry chef. Instead of spending most of his time in his kitchen and focusing on one or two confectionery categories like most pastry chefs, he chose to work on diverse projects and... View Details
      Keywords: Relevance; Entrepreneurship; Diversification; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Naoko Jinjo. "Hironobu Tsujiguchi and His Sweet Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 419-011, July 2018.
      • June 2018 (Revised July 2023)
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      John Chambers, Cisco, and China: Upgrading a Golden Shield

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
      This case examines the role of Cisco led by John Chambers in facilitating web filtering in China. It begins by tracing the origins of Cisco as a pioneer of networking equipment. John Chambers, who had worked as a sales manager at IBM and Wang Laboratories, joined Cisco... View Details
      Keywords: Cisco; Internet and the Web; Governance Controls; Ethics; Rights; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Technology Industry; China
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Emily Grandjean. "John Chambers, Cisco, and China: Upgrading a Golden Shield." Harvard Business School Case 318-158, June 2018. (Revised July 2023.)
      • April 2018 (Revised September 2018)
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      Impact Investing for Cancer

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
      It is early 2018, and Emily Park, managing director of impact for the Abreu Family Office, is meeting the next day with Tomás and Maria Abreu to discuss the various ways in which the Abreus can allocate a planned $100 million to make a meaningful difference in cancer... View Details
      Keywords: Impact Investing; Investment; Health Disorders; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Decision Choices and Conditions
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "Impact Investing for Cancer." Harvard Business School Case 818-068, April 2018. (Revised September 2018.)
      • 2017
      • Working Paper

      Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain

      By: Colin M. Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa M. Amabile
      How do teams working on complex projects get the help they need? Our qualitative investigation of the help provided to project teams at a prominent design firm revealed two distinct helping processes, both characterized by deep, sustained engagement that far exceeds... View Details
      Keywords: Helping; Rhythm; Prosocial Behavior; External Team Leadership; Social Construction; Time; Qualitative Methods; Field Research; Groups and Teams; Projects; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks
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      Fisher, Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M. Amabile. "Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-035, October 2017.
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      Anti-imperialism: The Leninist Legacy and the Fate of World Revolution

      By: Jeremy Friedman and Peter Rutland
      The most important of Lenin’s writings was, arguably, Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism. That work shifted the focus from workers’ struggles within one country to the dynamics of capitalism as a global system. The Leninist project thereby inextricably... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Systems; Global Range; History
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      Friedman, Jeremy, and Peter Rutland. "Anti-imperialism: The Leninist Legacy and the Fate of World Revolution." Special Issue on 1917–2017, The Russian Revolution a Hundred Years Later. Slavic Review 76, no. 3 (Fall 2017): 591–599.
      • 2017
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      Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey
      Today's global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work by teams of experts operating across different professions, organizations, and industries. Extreme Teaming provides new insights into the world of complex, cross-industry projects and the ways... View Details
      Keywords: Groups and Teams; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Complexity
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      Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey. Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership. Emerald Group Publishing, 2017.
      • September 2017 (Revised January 2025)
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      Dinesh Moorjani and Hatch Labs

      By: Christopher Stanton, Shikhar Ghosh, Allison Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
      This case is about Tinder. It discusses different business models and ways of structuring the initial team. With a $6 million investment from IAC/Interactive in 2010, Dinesh Moorjani founded Hatch Labs to build mobile apps. His mission was to attract entrepreneurial... View Details
      Keywords: Returns; Incubator; Mobile App; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Model; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Talent and Talent Management; Valuation; Equity; Finance; United States; North America
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      Stanton, Christopher, Shikhar Ghosh, Allison Ciechanover, and Jeff Huizinga. "Dinesh Moorjani and Hatch Labs." Harvard Business School Case 818-026, September 2017. (Revised January 2025.)
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      Lessons From Hollywood: A New Approach To Funding R&D

      By: Gary P. Pisano and Andrew W. Lo
      Companies find it increasingly difficult to justify long-term, risky R&D investments—particularly in science-based fields such as biotechnology, advanced materials, and energy. We argue in this article that the traditional venture model has limits for such investments... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Innovation; Financial Strategy; Project Management; R&D; Start-up; Innovation Strategy; Business Model; Research and Development; Financial Management; Risk Management; Strategy
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      Pisano, Gary P., and Andrew W. Lo. "Lessons From Hollywood: A New Approach To Funding R&D." MIT Sloan Management Review 57, no. 2 (Winter 2016): 47–54.
      • December 2016
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      Social Network Utilization and the Impact of Academic Research in Marketing

      By: Stav Rosenzweig, Amir Grinstein and Elie Ofek
      The forces that drive the impact of academic research articles in the marketing discipline are of great interests to authors, editors, and the discipline’s policy makers. A key understudied driver is social network utilization by academic researchers. In this paper, we... View Details
      Keywords: Social Networks; Academic Reserach; Human Capital; Country Of Origin; Scientometrics; Social and Collaborative Networks; Research; Marketing; Gender; Human Resources; Social Media
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      Rosenzweig, Stav, Amir Grinstein, and Elie Ofek. "Social Network Utilization and the Impact of Academic Research in Marketing." International Journal of Research in Marketing 33, no. 4 (December 2016): 818–839.
      • August 2016
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      CSI Ingenieros

      By: Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague
      CSI's business unit managers gathered around the downstairs conference room for the company's weekly meeting to discuss project bids. Cristina WaldAshley Hartman, who was in charge of finding projects for the engineering firm to work on, read through several she had... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Board; Board Committees; Board Dynamics; Organization; Organization Alignment; Dynamic Capabilities; Organization Design; Organizational Prototyping; Organizational Silence; Organizational Learning; Organization Behavior; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Manufacturing Industry; South America; Uruguay
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      Lorsch, Jay, and Emily McTague. "CSI Ingenieros." Harvard Business School Case 417-022, August 2016.
      • Aug 2016
      • Conference Presentation

      Deep Help: The Benefits and Perils of Intensive Collaborative Assistance in Creative Project Work

      By: Teresa M. Amabile, Colin M. Fisher and Julianna Pillemer
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      Amabile, Teresa M., Colin M. Fisher, and Julianna Pillemer. "Deep Help: The Benefits and Perils of Intensive Collaborative Assistance in Creative Project Work." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, August 2016.
      • August 2016 (Revised October 2016)
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      Nirvana Vihar Rehabilitation Homes

      By: Shawn Cole, Andreas Rotenberg and Thomas van den Aarssen
      Kumar Builders (KUL) was finally nearing completion on the four luxury condominium towers that comprised the first phase of its bold vision for the redevelopment of more than 70 acres of prime real estate in downtown Pune, India. The Nirvana Hills development also... View Details
      Keywords: Real Estate; Slum Redevelopment; Double Bottom Line; Economic Development; Partnerships; Partners and Partnerships; Development Economics; Urban Development; Business and Community Relations; Real Estate Industry; India
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      Cole, Shawn, Andreas Rotenberg, and Thomas van den Aarssen. "Nirvana Vihar Rehabilitation Homes." Harvard Business School Case 217-013, August 2016. (Revised October 2016.)
      • 2016
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      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Alberto Mora and the Costs and Consequences of Torture

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Benjamin Summers
      Alberto Mora's time as General Counsel of the Navy from 2001–2006 greatly influenced his mission to illuminate the policy consequences of torture. Mora's drive to restore the nation's awareness and conscience against torture was gaining traction. Prominent... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership Skills; Torture; Costs And Consequences; Humane; Restraint; Human Dignity; Treatment Of Prisoners; Prison; Repression; Opposition; Revolution; Democracy; Communism; International Affairs; Public Service; September 11; War On Terror; Operation Enduring Freedom; Guantanamo; Cuba; Coalition; Working Group; Cruelty; Interrogation; Memorandum; American Law; Authority; Authoritative; Quadrennial Defense Review; National Defense Authorization Act; Public Engagement; Advocacy; Law; Accountability; Center For The Victims Of Torture; Human Rights; Public Policy; Legality; Morality; Legal System; Tactical Military Operations; West Point; NGO; Human Rights First; American Civil Liberties Union; Human Rights Watch; Amnesty International; Constitution Project; Center For Constitutional Rights; Strategic Military Effect; National Security; Weapon; Terrorism; Prisoners Of War; Abu Ghraib; Pentagon; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Rights; Policy; Public Opinion; United States
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Benjamin Summers. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Alberto Mora and the Costs and Consequences of Torture." Harvard Business School Case 316-054, 2016. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
      • Spring 2016
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      The Billion Prices Project: Using Online Prices for Inflation Measurement and Research

      By: Alberto Cavallo and Roberto Rigobon
      New data-gathering techniques, often referred to as “Big Data” have the potential to improve statistics and empirical research in economics. In this paper we describe our work with online data at the Billion Prices Project at MIT and discuss key lessons for both... View Details
      Keywords: Billion Prices Project; Online Scraped Data; Online Price Index; Economics; Research; Price; Analytics and Data Science
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      Cavallo, Alberto, and Roberto Rigobon. "The Billion Prices Project: Using Online Prices for Inflation Measurement and Research." Journal of Economic Perspectives 30, no. 2 (Spring 2016): 151–178.
      • January 2016
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      Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey
      This case study examines a market-based approach to economic development through the eyes of NGO TechnoServe's project manager, implementing a US$9.5 million five-year public-private partnership between Coca-Cola, IDB, and USAID. The case ends at the beginning of the... View Details
      Keywords: Sustainability; Economic Development; Corporate Social Responsibility; Emerging Country; Teaming; Public-private Partnership; Inter-organizational Relationships; Collaboration; Strategy Implementation; Agricultural Commodity; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Public Sector; Supply Chain Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Learning; Partners and Partnerships; Private Sector; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Enterprise; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Haiti
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      Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey. "Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain." Harvard Business School Case 616-040, January 2016.
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      Financing Innovation

      By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
      We review the recent literature on the financing of innovation, inclusive of large companies and new startups. This research strand has been very active over the past five years, generating important new findings, questioning some long-held beliefs, and creating its... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Borrowing and Debt; Innovation and Invention
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      Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Financing Innovation." Annual Review of Financial Economics 7 (2015): 445–462.
      • September–October 2015
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      Crash and Burn: Why Silicon Valley's Notion That Failure Leads to Success Won't Work for the Rest of the World

      By: Debora L. Spar
      In the frenzied hills of Silicon Valley, going bust is common. Research attests that close to half of start-ups supported by venture capital chew through most or all of their backers' money and that the majority never achieve their projected returns on investment. But... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Failure; Learning; Situation or Environment
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      Spar, Debora L. "Crash and Burn: Why Silicon Valley's Notion That Failure Leads to Success Won't Work for the Rest of the World." Foreign Policy 214 (September–October 2015).
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