Emergent Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

2014
Book

Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth

By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan

At the time of the American Revolution, China was the strongest, richest, and most powerful civilization in the world. The Great Qing Empire ruled China and dominated East Asia by a combination of power and cultural prestige. China's economy was the world's largest.... View Details

Keywords: Economic Systems; Leadership; Power and Influence; China

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21 Nov 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values

leadership style is how humble she is and how she repeatedly says, “I’m not perfect.” This is a message that I want to convey to students. You don’t have to be perfect. When you think about sustainability, people are typically very... View Details

Keywords: by Brian Kenny; Fashion

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

its flagship magazine, Harvard Business Review, as well as digital content, live events, books, and tools, HBR Group continued to deliver insights on emerging business trends and management best practices. Paid circulation rose to... View Details

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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

whose work examines racial inequities in the business sector, and emerging best practices for combatting or addressing them. Our third cohort of Fellows will start in September 2024. Explore the BiGS Fellows Learn more about the current... View Details

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

and Entrepreneurial Management) Geoffrey Jones Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Global Climate Change (also listed under Strategy) Gunnar Trumbull Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Globalization and Emerging Markets Reshmaan Hussam Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 IFC: Italy;... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

also theirs. To Rawi Abdelal, an HBS professor of international management who serves as faculty co-chair of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, Dlodlo’s community-focused approach to redevelopment represents a necessary... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

12 Mar 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO

Even the stock market moves with changes in the leadership of a company. When the Japanese camera maker Olympus fired its CEO in 2011, its stock fell; when Air France-KLM indicated it would let its CEO go that same year, its stock rose.... View Details

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

a cultural double standard of unconscious bias that I don’t think is getting enough attention and HBS could help educate future leaders and change our culture.” AGE 48, WHITE, WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE, UNITED STATES Composition of Senior View Details

13 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

http://hbr.org/2010/10/the-power-of-alumni-networks/ar/1 Prices or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets? Authors:Shawn A.Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics

“We have a lot of interesting emerging technologies,” he says, “but maybe, too often, we overlook human behavior.” Upon graduation, Bracaglia’s internship at Google segued into a full-time position working within YouTube. “Google is the... View Details

18 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

otherwise emerge from group discussions and making the teams less productive. “Even subtle ways of making people feel powerful have powerful effects on behavior.” The observation would run counter to the way we usually think about group... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

Judging by the most-read articles and faculty working papers over the last year, our readers continue to be fascinated by the emergence of social networks and their potential impacts on business and management. Another developing area of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

have steered huge strategy shifts at Intel Corp. and the Pentagon, for example. In 2011, Thinkers50 named him the world's most influential business thinker. At the same time, he has held major leadership positions in his church, and he's... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

Frances Frei and Francesca Gino (Image by John Ritter) Frances Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management, is an expert in the intersection of leadership and inclusion. Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

“professional people person,” his work involves leadership development; talent management; diversity, inclusion, and equity; and more in creating sustainable competitive advantage through human capital. “The relevance of human resources... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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One Man Crime Wave

everybody because nobody will sleep with anybody when they have a new book of yours.” (Marlene Dietrich, 1975) The World According to Travis McGee “Far off on the north-south highways there was the insect sound of the fast moving trucks, whining toward warehouses,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Harvard Business School

Building on the Legacy Thought Leadership Andrew F. Brimmer James I. Cash Jr. Linda A. Hill David A. Thomas HBS Faculty Members HBS Doctoral Students Alumni Profiles Research Links Essay on HBS Thought View Details

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

Navy took me, a sorority sister with mediocre confidence, and gave me self-reliance, instructed me on leadership and humility, and made me appreciate that there are bigger and more important things in life than self. LUKE WHEELER / 42... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

problematic. Based on more than two decades of research, this presentation will explore the power of digital platforms, the emergence of AI as a platform, and how to manage the numerous problems digital platforms can create. Participants... View Details

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