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28 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 28, 2008

practice. Using evaluation data from variations of a single executive education program, we find that action-learning programs significantly enhance both individual and organizational outcomes compared to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

at the market level, then translate these into strategies at the market segment level. A paper mill's marketing strategy, for instance, might call for selling newsprint to the publishing industry segment and paperboard to the packaging... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

07 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

so she recruited a team of Harvard doctoral students and undergrads to help her. “If I had gone through them systematically by myself, I would have been looking at another three to four years of work,” she... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

April 2009
Teaching Note

Ocean Tomo: Building a Market for Intellectual Property (TN)

By: Peter A. Coles and Andrei Hagiu

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Keywords: Management Teams; Intellectual Property; Valuation; Auctions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Resource Allocation; Banking Industry

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03 Aug 2016
What Do You Think?

How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?

of successful leadership is recognizing when it is not needed And what is almost always not needed are the dozens of books on the shelves in the leadership section ” Sherri Holland added to this a thought-provoking notion of leadership... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

June 2008
Teaching Note

Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard (TN)

By: Robert S. Kaplan

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Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Strategy; Performance; Groups and Teams; Management Systems; Market Entry and Exit; Competition; Social Enterprise; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Manufacturing Industry; Latin America; Brazil

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06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

paper called, "Asset Allocation and Asset Location: Household Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances," published by the Journal of Public Economics in August, 2004. Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF),... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

January 2008
Teaching Note

Pilgrim Bank (A): Statistics Review with Data Desk

By: Frances X. Frei

Teaching Note for 602104. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Policy; Banks and Banking; Management Teams; Motivation and Incentives; Customers; Mathematical Methods; Service Operations; Banking Industry

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07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

environment, the 1990s found the U.S. Army struggling with an "identity crisis," both for individual soldiers and for the very soul of the institution itself. What was the Army all about? Fighting... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How Relationships are Building Biotech

teams of almost 300 biotechnology companies that went public between 1979 and 1996. Even more than firm age, size, product stage, and receptivity of the equity markets, Higgins... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

faculty across a wide spectrum of disciplines including business history, entrepreneurship, finance, and organizational behavior have made creativity and innovation primary subjects of focus. What is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices

In the land of the digitally connected, the mobile device is king. The majority of digital media consumption happens on mobile devices, with smartphone and tablet activity making up 60 percent of digital screen time in the United States,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

that the temptation for individuals and organizations to take steps that benefit themselves, rather than the broader social good, is universal and minimizing that danger. Q:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

e-mail interview, HBS Working Knowledge talked with team member Raj De Datta to hear more about the plan and next steps for Gyaana.Tishler: What inspired you to develop Gyaana? De Datta: The genesis of... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

Article

The Role of Conflict in Economic Decision-Making Groups: Some Empirical Results

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Economics; Decision Making; Groups and Teams; Information

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26 Sep 2024
HBS Case

If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

Deontology teaches “aggressive responsibility.” A deontologist, focused on universal duties and morals, might concentrate on leaders’ responsibilities to their teams and... View Details

Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology

26 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

oversight and better corporate governance. The next step in improving CEO succession—and ultimately in improving financial performance and long-term returns to shareholders—seems more likely to come from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 May 2019
What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

Jamie_Hall SUMMING UP: Does West Coast Management Need Adult Supervision? There is a distinctive West Coast style of management in the United States. It is characterized by, among other things, open-minded leadership, fast decision-making, View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

social insurance, bankruptcy law, disaster relief, and so forth) have been studied extensively on an individual basis. What struck me, however, was that no one had ever looked across these policies View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard