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- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
4+2 = Sustained Business Success
services that consistently meet customers' expectations. Put decision-making authority close to the front lines so employees can react quickly to changing market conditions. Constantly strive to eliminate all forms of excess and waste;... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
models cannot predict. COVID-19 events deliver surprises daily to many organizations, so the decision-making process that responds to rapid change is as important as the decision itself. Agile leaders promote a move in mindsets that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination
discrimination, you might be creating a blind spot." A manager’s toolkit for platform design The first step to building inclusive online platforms, says Luca, is for designers and decision-makers to recognize the potential for... View Details
- 05 Feb 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
Principles, Bridgewater practices what Dalio preaches, for example, by videotaping all meetings. The tapes are available to meeting participants and others who can then study effective decision-making behaviors (as described by the many... View Details
- Research Summary
Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation
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
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
pernicious effects that power has." Sharing some of their power with their employees, for example by giving them more autonomy or allowing them to contribute to the decision-making process, can actually lead to better results: higher... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- Web
Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
social entrepreneurs and their funders as they seek to advance the enterprise from startup to scale. It focuses on the evolution of four social entrepreneurs and their decision-making paths as they attempt to scale their respective... View Details
- Web
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Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Topics Topics Accounting Analytics Business Essentials Business in Society Career Development Communication Community ConneXt Decision-Making Digital Transformation Earning Your MBA Entrepreneurship &... View Details
Paul W. Marshall
MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management, Paul W. Marshall, is affiliated with the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager in the Turnaround Environment. This Elective Curriculum course focuses on the role of... View Details
- 03 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'
all of us. DeLollis: When it comes to race, technology, and tomorrow’s business outcomes, what advice would you give to CEOs, CMOs, and other top decision makers? Turner: I advise them that if marginalized people and women weren’t involved in the past’s View Details
Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis
- 16 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience
style of working – quiet, intentional, and thorough. And lastly, if you aren’t entirely sure where you fall on the introversion spectrum, we do a few personality tests during RC year (first-year) to help determine this precisely. To paint all introverts with a broad... View Details
- January 15, 2019
- Article
Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?
By: Josh Baron
The legacy of Vanguard founder John Bogle has brought attention to the transformative influence of ownership structures within the business world. Bogle's revolutionary insight into the limitations of active fund management led to the widespread adoption of index... View Details
Keywords: Ownership Type; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strength and Weakness; Competitive Advantage
Baron, Josh. "Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?" Harvard Business Review (website) (January 15, 2019).
- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
business model. Similarly, more and more institutional investors are incorporating sustainability into their resource allocation decision-making process. As a result we are seeing the emergence of a new view of the role of the corporation... View Details
- 16 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce
mobility, and decision-making power, among other factors) rose to the point that the gap between the two groups of women (constrained and unconstrained) was essentially closed. “We are not making these women ultra-liberals,” Rigol says of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People
executives on Wall Street. According to Chua, their research found that "people who were made to think about luxury prior to a decision-making task have a higher tendency to endorse self-interested decisions that might potentially... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 21 Sep 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?
vacancies job applicants have more choice and more bargaining power. But with less than 11 percent of American workers being unionized and given that in the vast majority of companies, workers have no representation on the board of directors, the View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
in this way, its ROIC would grow by 16 percent.” Oberholzer-Gee elaborates on his approach to strategic decision-making in his new book Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance, which comes out April 20. We... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
Fourthly, although a low-profile corporation, Unilever was embedded in business systems and official decision-making worldwide. This was derived from the company's long-established position as a large firm in many countries, from its role... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
rise of German universal banking, and placing students in the decision-making role made them reconsider the myths that often surround historical figures. “What you are doing is writing the Constitution—specifically Article 1, Section 8,”... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
government policies, short-term corporate management thinking, the World Trade Organization (Paul saying, “Personally, I’m a long-time supporter of globalization, but the WTO decision-making process needs to be more transparent and... View Details