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- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
decidedly moral flavor, involving tradeoffs between near-term infrastructure costs and long-term (possibly very long-term) benefits, and impacts that extend well beyond the traditional constituencies of the firm. To meet these challenges, my View Details
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove on the Confident Leader
advisory body to the CEO: selected by the CEO, working for the CEO, doing a certain amount of rubber-stamping of the CEO's actions, giving a bit of advice if things were going well—for most practical purposes, acting no different than a... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
examples from their own experience and their clients', the authors walk readers through each of the five patterns and how to apply them. They also provide advice and questions that will help executives get started on their own searches.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
successful agreement. Following Robert Putnam's (1988) two-level games schema, I characterize such "behind the table," or "Level II," barriers more broadly, offer several innovative examples of how each side can help the other overcome them, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
manufacturers who wish to build an exclusive platform for patients taking their medications. But Barry, against the advice of her management team, is considering an alternative business model, which would open the platform up to all... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
frameworks to decide exactly what they're going to do, what decisions they're going to make, what things they want to monitor and oversee, and also the areas in which they want to offer advice and counsel to their CEO. So given that fact,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
one-year coaching engagement and the outputs from it, including her pre-coaching self-reflection, agreed-upon purpose and outcomes, 360 feedback, the coach’s advice to her, an in-depth coach’s final report, and Lane’s one-pager of lessons... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
clinicians, and facilities. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50194 December 2015 Harvard Business Review Control the Negotiation Before It Begins By: Malhotra, Deepak Abstract—Countless books and articles offer View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
Anywhere, which publishes March 30. The book acts as a “blueprint” for long-term workplace transformations, providing evidence-based advice for navigating the virtual work world, including dos and don'ts from companies that have embraced... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
Patent and Trademark Office, which has developed both machine learning and Boolean search technologies, we hypothesize that absorptive capacity from skill-technology matches will result in higher productivity, and these effects will be stronger in the presence of... View Details
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
There is a mismatch between what many scholars assume is the purpose of taxes and what most people believe for themselves. That mismatch means that the advice experts offer to policymakers and citizens debating American tax policy can... View Details
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
are the most and least value-added board activities?"; "How do you manage the board?"; "How does board composition change over time?"; "What were your biggest surprises about boards?"; and "What View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
systems were in need of an update, and since GLBG last made heavy IT investments in the late 1990s, the technology had changed considerably. GLBG sought Rechtin’s advice on whether or not it should build a new data center, pursue a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
company examples such as eBay, Lending Club, and Airbnb to offer practical advice for avoiding those hazards. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50940 April 2016 Harvard Business Review Culture Is Not the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
the labor market but do not result in weaker political preferences for redistribution. August 2013 Harvard Business Review 15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer By: Malhotra, Deepak Abstract—The author, a professor of negotiation at Harvard Business School, offers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
classmates Alex Stratoudakis and Emma Taylor. In 15 minutes they present their plan for AfterSteps, a Web-based end-of-life planning service that offers advice and secure storage for legal, financial, personal, and funeral documents. For... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
multi-brand retail format in the beauty and wellness space, and the fact that she was doing it with her daughter Adwaita (HBS MBA 2013) made it both exciting and meaningful. Still, she was the founder and with that came control over the most important decisions. While... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
exchange for taking on the risk of young companies in uncertain environments, venture capitalists receive board level oversight privileges, which range from approval of budgets and advice on product development to the right to replace the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
soliciting advice from her directors while projecting confidence. While preparing for the upcoming meeting, Bettina wonders: How should she structure and lead the meeting? How might her board react to her team's updates? What difficult... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
two-person venture into a global company valued at $1 billion, Rickenbach's willingness to take calculated risks has kept it at the leading edge of the CRO sector. Now, despite slowing demand for CRO services and against the advice of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel