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- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
make that connection. And then it's part of the selection of people. People who do not really want to live by these values may not want to come to work for the company. It's also a conversation that is often held with companies being... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
experts in the selection and development of early-stage ideas. Our context is the movie industry, in which customer appeal is difficult to predict and investment costs are high. The Black List, an annual publication, ranks unproduced... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
with the conditioned odor, participants were found to be (i) more creative and (ii) better able to select their most creative idea than participants who had been exposed to a control odor or no odor while sleeping. These findings suggest... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
emergence of political economy and the project of creating market societies. By reconstructing ideas in their historical contexts, I address motivations and contingencies at the very foundations of modernity. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
plant in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to introduce a new pilot project designed to enhance the motivation and performance of a group of 200 employees. A rare female manager at Frito-Lay, Johnson finds that her youth, inexperience, and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
selected you to be part of the class, and if it’s not clear now, it will be soon.” He then added, “Besides, you couldn’t possibly feel more out of place here than I felt when I first arrived.” He went on to tell me that when he first came... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
his penchant for carrying to class each day a handful of pencils, wrapped in elastics. On the last day of our course, our section gave him some “going away” gifts, one of which was a fine selection of elastic-wrapped writing implements. I... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
Sprint-Nextel, and Verizon Wireless; technology and service vendors, such as RealNetworks and Microsoft; and mobile virtual network operators, such as Virgin Mobile. Covers the origins of the mobile music business, projections on its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
offshore platforms as the organizational environment for your research? A: We selected this setting because we knew it to be one where the work is hazardous and the workforce largely male—and, in these respects, similar to the workplaces... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation (MELF), formed in 2005, invested in two projects designed to test the economists' recommendations. The St. Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program (SPECSP) provided up to $13,000 a year per child... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
questionnaire about how much they liked working in a competitive environment versus working with others as a team. A person who selected "like competition" was teamed with other competitors. Once the results were tabulated,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
was an exception. Selected from 3,000 applicants, I learned that there is always a way if you never give up. A lack of role models did not bother me. I love doing things my way without being bothered by precedent. After HBS, I worked in... View Details
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
this chapter, we share preliminary results from a collaborative project on leadership for innovation. We studied a dozen effective leaders of innovation in a wide range of industries and geographies, posing the following question: what do... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
the increasingly global environment. "At HBS," Baeza continues, "I learned to establish priorities, work under pressure, look at projects with a Ôhelicopter view' before looking at details, and be aware that there is usually no set answer... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
of resources. “We don’t have a culture that rewards risk. But jump in, it’s fun, and the adrenaline keeps you strong.” Gerardo Ruiz Maza (MBA ’01) sees a huge opportunity in Mexico’s housing market. His firm, Grupo Módulo Progresivo, has seven small, low-income... View Details