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Rebecca M. Henderson
Rebecca Henderson is one of 25 University Professors at Harvard, a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a fellow of both the British Academy and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She also has more than twenty-five years of... View Details
- 16 Aug 2013
- News
Which will make you happier: Buying a new couch or going on a trip?
- April 2001
- Teaching Note
PlanetAll TN
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Steven Silverman and William A. Sahlman
Teaching Note for (9-898-105). For book only. View Details
- 07 Feb 2018
- News
What Abraham Lincoln and Rachel Carson can teach us about leadership
- 17 May 2013
- News
Live With Former Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman Robert S. Kaplan
- Research Summary
Personal Productivity
He is working on a short book advising professionals on how to increase their productivity -- the quality and quantity of their output, as opposed to their hours. The book grows out of an article he published on the subject in the Harvard Business Review
View Details- 2017
- Book
The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return
By: Mihir Desai
The Wisdom of Finance takes well-known financial concepts and applies them to our most pressing life issues. The book is philosophical in its approach, but Desai's thesis is peppered with real-life examples of how financial types can and should see the world... View Details
Desai, Mihir. The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
- April 2001
- Teaching Note
MindSpring TN
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Steven Silverman and William A. Sahlman
Teaching Note for (9-899-178). For book only - not listed on case. View Details
- April 2001
- Teaching Note
Marshall Industries TN
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Elliot N. Maltz and William A. Sahlman
Teaching Note for (9-899-239). For book only - not listed on case. View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
expand on her ideas detailed in Blockbusters. Book Excerpt Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment Colin Durrant Read An Excerpt Sean Silverthorne: What is a blockbuster strategy? Anita Elberse: I... View Details
- 2012
- Book
Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right
By: Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville
This book includes twelve detailed stories of organizations that have successfully tapped their data assets, diverse perspectives, and deep knowledge to build an organizational decision-making capability. The book introduces a model that utilizes the collective... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Judgment; Decision-making; Decisions; Organizational Structure; Business Processes
Davenport, Thomas H., and Brook Manville. Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right. Harvard Business Review Press, 2012. (Publisher's Weekly Top 10 Business Book of 2012.)
- 2008
- Book
Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide
By: Bill George, Andrew McLean and Nick Craig
Based on Bill George's bestselling book True North, this personal guide offers leaders a comprehensive method for identifying their unique “True North.” The book offers methods for personal reflection and includes targeted exercises that help leaders hone in on the... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Personal Characteristics
George, Bill, Andrew McLean, and Nick Craig. Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.
- Research Summary
Work/family
By: D. Quinn Mills
I have just published, in 2004, a book on how professionals might manage the challenge of balancing work and family demands. The book is oriented not at the problem, which is often dealt with in publications by others, but with six steps for dealing with it. View Details
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Practical Wisdom
I am writing a book with Ikujiro Nonaka that will build on "The Wise Leader" article we published in the May 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review. It will be a sequel to "The Knowledge - Creating Company" book we wrote in 1995. We... View Details
- April 2001
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Carpoint
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Steven Silverman and William A. Sahlman
Teaching Note for (9-898-280). For book only - not listed on case. View Details
- 14 May 2012
- News
Clayton Christensen On Truth, God and Personal Courage
Linda A. Hill
Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. Hill is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and innovation. Hill is... View Details
- 2022
- Book
Win from Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage
By: James Heskett
There is significant evidence that an effective organizational culture provides a major competitive edge—higher levels of employee and customer engagement and loyalty translate into higher growth and profits. Many business leaders know this, yet few are doing much to... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Competitive Advantage; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership
Heskett, James. Win from Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage. New York: Columbia University Press, 2022.