Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (2,099) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (2,099) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 30 of 2,099 Results →
  • Research Summary

Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation

By: Alison Wood Brooks

Once considered irrational, emotions often exert a more profound influence on decision-making and workplace outcomes than logic or reason. Professor Brooks studies emotional experience, emotional expression, and how individuals can regulate their emotions... View Details

  • 15 Mar 2024
  • HBS Case

Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work

time in the workplace and can be addressed wisely—or poorly—says Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer Christina Wing, whose forthcoming book Unspeakable offers advice for managing weighty interactions. She has also created a... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Op-Ed

The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

and the way unexpected crises can emerge rapidly, leaders must move faster and display more strategic agility than ever before. Much of Watkins’ advice about how company officials should assume a leadership post still holds true. It’s... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch

    Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success

    Confronted by omnipresent threats of job loss and change, even the brightest among us are anxious. In response, we're hunkering down, blocking ourselves from new challenges. This response hurts us and our organizations, but we fear making ourselves even more vulnerable... View Details
    • December 2022
    • Article

    Social Skills Improve Business Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial with Entrepreneurs in Togo

    By: Stefan Dimitriadis and Rembrand Koning
    Recent field experiments demonstrate that advice, mentorship, and feedback from randomly assigned peers improve entrepreneurial performance. These results raise a natural question: what is preventing entrepreneurs and managers from forming these peer connections... View Details
    Keywords: Social Skills; Business Performance; Entrepreneurs; Peer Relationships; Field Experiment; Entrepreneurship; Performance; Relationships; Interpersonal Communication; Togo
    Related
    • January–February 2014
    • Article

    The New Patterns of Innovation

    By: Rashik Parmar, Ian Mackenzie, David Cohn and David Gann
    The search for new business ideas—and models—is hit-or-miss at most firms. Tackling the problem systematically, of course, will improve the odds of success. Traditional ways of framing this search examine competencies, customer needs, and shifts in the landscape. This... View Details
    Keywords: Value Creation; Information Technology; Innovation and Invention
    Related
    • 2012
    • Working Paper

    Level II Negotiations: Helping the Other Side Meet Its 'Behind the Table' Challenges

    By: James K. Sebenius
    A long analytic tradition explores the challenge of productively synchronizing "internal" with "external" negotiations, especially focusing on how each side can best manage internal opposition to agreements negotiated "at the table." Implicit in much of this work is... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation; Conflict Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Government and Politics; Mathematical Methods; United States; Germany
    Related
    • Article

    Network Effects Aren't Enough

    By: Andrei Hagiu and Simon Rothman
    In many ways, online marketplaces are the perfect business model. Since they facilitate transactions between independent suppliers and customers rather than take possession of and responsibility for the products or services in question, they have inherently low cost... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Platforms; Competition; Internet and the Web; Network Effects; Market Participation
    Related
    • 2012
    • Book

    Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations

    By: John R. Wells
    In today's world, only the smartest survive. The competitive landscape is littered with graves of well-known firms whose revenues, profits and stock prices rose for decades until they suddenly imploded.
    In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Competition; Business Growth and Maturation; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Decision Making; Innovation and Invention
    Related
    • Web

    Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

    Publications In the News 26 Feb 2025 Coursera Podcast Navigating Disruption with Suraj Srinivasan Re: Suraj Srinivasan 11 Feb 2025 Trellis The Consequences of Missing Emissions Targets? For Many Companies, None Re: Shirley Lu 25 Jan 2025 New York Times Financial View Details
    • Web

    How Coaching Can Help You - Alumni

    an entrepreneur? Need advice on pitch feedback or startup challenges? HBS Alumni can take advantage of the Rock Entrepreneurship Advisor Program (REAP) to support them in their entrepreneurial journey. Our highly curated group of... View Details
    • Web

    Program Requirements - Doctoral

    Committee Meeting All students are required to hold a meeting with their Dissertation Committee by May of their 4th year to discuss a clear path for the student to successfully defend their dissertation and provide feedback and advice on... View Details
    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Structural Transformation: A Competitiveness-based View

    By: Christian H.M. Ketels
    Competitiveness research aims to enhance our understanding of the drivers of prosperity differences across locations and of policies that can sustainably raise a location’s prosperity level. The paper outlines key elements of the competitiveness framework and discusses... View Details
    Keywords: Competitiveness; Cluster; Development; Growth; Economic Policy; Competition; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Policy
    Related
    • 2011
    • Book

    Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success

    By: Thomas J. DeLong
    Confronted by omnipresent threats of job loss and change, even the brightest among us are anxious. In response, we're hunkering down, blocking ourselves from new challenges. This response hurts us and our organizations, but we fear making ourselves even more vulnerable... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership Style; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges; Attitudes; Behavior
    Related

      The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial Performance

      There is a growing belief that scalable and low-cost AI assistance can improve firm decision-making and economic performance. However, running a business involves a myriad of open-ended problems, making it hard to generalize from recent studies showing that generative... View Details
      • 17 Aug 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

      day makes me optimistic that I might last another forty. But the darkness of each night makes me realise that, if any one thing goes wrong, I will not survive.” The circadian rhythm appears to be very important. Advice on adverse... View Details
      Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
      • 26 Jul 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out

      you go to the male sounding names.” Advice for everyone involved So, how should stakeholders improve the process? Lane offers the following advice: For universities: Pay close attention to details when choosing a recruitment firm—and make... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 13 Oct 2015
      • First Look

      October 13, 2015

      2015 Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World By: Friedman, Jeremy Abstract—The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a global... View Details
      • 11 Jun 2024
      • In Practice

      The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

      As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
      Keywords: by Avery Forman
      • 01 Dec 2023
      • Blog Post

      8 FAQs on the MBA Application

      recommendation letters? Recommendations are due at the same time as the application deadline, though we do extend a 48-hour grace period afterward to recommenders only. Our advice is to ask your recommenders early and encourage them to... View Details