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- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
experiment to determine if physical meetings were essential for holding people accountable for their goals. Could the same effect be accomplished remotely? To find out, the research team designed a text message experiment among 873 people... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
reactors lacked sufficient power to achieve cooldown. To prevent the disaster experienced up north, the site superintendent, Naohiro Masuda, and his team had to connect them to the plant's surviving power sources. In a volatile... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best
an unconditional bonus would reciprocate by working harder. In the gift condition, the sales team was told the company had decided to give each member a bonus, which would be paid at the end of the week. In... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
Case 614-063 Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) In 2006, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals was a fast-growing biotechnology company. Its leadership team was divided over whether to keep R&D organized in functional departments or transition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
complex task will contribute to added burnout of middle managers. Cindy McDaniel agrees that middle managers, “now, more importantly than ever before keep their team members connected and engaged.” Germain... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
different ways by the time they get into junior high school. For girls, it's especially important to emphasize the importance of team skills, mathematics, science—"which are often not viewed as feminine pursuits and somehow get off... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
is building his current team and are questioning whether he should remain CEO. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809046 Gordon Williams: Clinical Research at Brigham and Women's Hospital... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
response." Henderson is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard and is a member of the General Management and Strategy units at HBS. Many HBS students hope to land with companies dedicated to this dual focus, said... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
Business School faculty members highlight the leadership skills and qualities that separate the good from great. How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak COVID-19 put many small businesses on life support. Karen G. Mills,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
people," said Cynthia Fisher (HBS MBA '90). In 1993, using her own capital, Fisher founded ViaCord, a business that allows customers to bank cord blood stem cells for possible future use in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Keeping that support... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank-are no more likely, on average, to get a negative quality rating than other projects. When aid is given to Security Council View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
in, and when they did, they saw a warm, welcoming city, with attractive facilities and convenient infrastructure. Team Great Britain also vastly exceeded expectations, earning 65 medals in the Games compared to 19 four years earlier and... View Details
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
four decades. "There are many people who believe the government is doing too much, and that the government interferes with economic growth if it enacts and implements policies around climate change; therefore, they choose not to believe in climate change." Is It Worth... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
of practices, "Ask team members what would work for them, their service area, customers, and work colleagues." Stacy Krauss suggests that "Employers who give employees flexibility win in the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
that data. However, Sportradar's core business was thriving, whereas a recent attempt to branch out into video player tracking systems had proved to be a costly failure. The team weighed the pros and cons of various media ventures,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
Ask board members their most important duty, and they will likely say it is appointing and overseeing the CEO. Yet many boards fail to make appropriate choices, often because they don’t prepare candidates for the challenges they will... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
effects in teams, meaning that they default to using the expertise of high-status members while becoming less effective at using team members with deep client knowledge. I test... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
Business School Case 217-062 The U-Turns of National Truck Stops Raj Makam had spent months trying to restructure a 2006 investment he had made in National Truck Stops, Inc. (NTS) as a senior member of Oaktree Capital Management’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
focus on outcomes—keeping people well. These organizations will provide their members with the tools and teams of health professionals they need to stay healthy. ACOs will include not only doctors and... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
emphasis needs to be on process, on the journey, not on end points." Marc Michaelson reminded us that "when individuals manage their lives well, they make better teams and stronger organizations." Respondents also provided... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett