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- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
run we've got to have a system that substantially readdresses leverage, transparency, and liquidity. "It will be in fact a whole new ballgame that takes many years to play out. It will be years before we figure out where the crucial financial View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
decreases as functional managers join the executive team suggesting a shift in activities from general to functional managers-a phenomenon we term "functional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
about language. Too often, talented professionals don't get the support or the training necessary to bring up their level of language competence, and that is why organizations need a language strategy. It's so fundamental and it drives the way that their global View Details
Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
the team to rally around and second, scheduling a weekly team check-in. You start with a facilitated discussion around whether you can take your night off—and if not, why not. That might lead to... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
the wider consumer goods industry. I was attracted to product management by the broad range of creative and strategic activities. I felt that product design and pricing were important determinants of success. It was a function that... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Crucibles of Crisis Leadership - Course Catalog
successes and failures of different teams as they tried to navigate the large storms they faced. The second objective is to understand how crises always contain the possibility of substantial innovation. Some of this innovation occurs at... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
determinants of success. It was a function that provided the opportunity to be involved in the whole marketing process. To build my management skills and set myself on a path toward executive-level positions, I applied to business school... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
numbers of stakeholders potentially influencing decisions, with teams and flatter organizations, and with command, control, hierarchy, and authority systems often unable to elicit crucial cooperation and commitment." In addition, he notes... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
that year of treatment, I could barely function at all. After considerable discussion with my wife, Janet, a psychology professor at the University of Pittsburgh, we decided to start over in a distant place with a very different context.... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
real-time connections with colleagues, but will prefer to maintain their at-home work lifestyle. I suggest managers put some structure in place to ensure that time in the office is optimized for face time. For example, make a team... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 22 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow
career path, a few lessons stand out. 1. Fall in love with a problem Largely due to HBS’ social impact efforts, I’ve shifted the way I frame my career thinking. Rather than solely defining my career search by function or company, I think... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
book, Crossing the Chasm. NB: Why do so many companies have a hard time getting traction during this phase? Lassiter: The art in this process is recognizing how you get from "today" to the mainstream market of... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
the thin crossing points of the task network, which correspond to module boundaries. Therefore, transactions are more likely to be located at module boundaries than in their interiors. Several implications arise from this theory. Among... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
and finding practical ways to improve the coordination between sales and other functions required for profitable growth. Teaming to Innovate by Amy C. Edmondson (Jossey-Bass) This book brings together... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
to crucial functional systems is not just a one-time task, but an ongoing process. This approach fosters a culture of continuous improvement and preparedness, ensuring that the company is always ready to respond to potential disruptions.... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
technical person - whom I call a 'maestro' - to help find the solution. As the CEOs get up to speed on the technology, they suddenly begin to see the opportunities that computer systems provide by integrating across functions that create... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-048.pdf Regulating for Legitimacy: Consumer Credit Access in France and America Author: Gunnar Trumbull Abstract Theories of legitimate regulation have emphasized the role of governments either in fixing market failures to promote... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
functional specialists, not general managers responsible for cross-functional integration. Three decades ago, COOs outnumbered CFOs in Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies, but the proportions have flipped. Many CFOs are now charged with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907412 HDFC (A) Harvard Business School Case 301-093 The top management team at India's leading home finance company must decide how to deal with the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
Slovakia that morning: They were there to bring an end to the war. Green and his team were under orders to support the Slovak National Uprising. Three weeks earlier, Slovak partisans had risen up against the country’s Nazi-allied... View Details