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- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
Instead, they practice the art of reflection “in the cracks and crevices of their everyday lives” to help them make better decisions day by day and problem by problem. Badaracco recommends four design principles for reflection. Like... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
both design and identity. This involved establishing a strategy management system based in part on best practices that had been successful in the corporate world: He and his team implemented the balanced... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
with Tianshuo Shi and Yuan Zou. Ethan C. Rouen : Winner of the 2022 Innovation in Research Award from the Diversity Section of the American Accounting Association for “Inclusive Managers” with Wei Cai and Yuan Zou. Ethan C. Rouen : Awarded View Details
- 20 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change
likely someone who has studied, lived, or experienced something beyond the norms in a given environment and thus is able to create a vision of a different future that nonetheless makes sense to, and captivates, those living within the existing View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers
shows. Despite scrutiny of overdraft fees during the financial crisis more than a decade ago, some banks still reorder checking account debits so that the largest amounts, rather than the earliest debits posted, are withdrawn first. Harvard Business School researchers... View Details
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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
school) by referencing "area of interest" on the Faculty & Research site. Best Practices (pdf ) for Independent Projects (login required) INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any... View Details
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
time and markets. Specifically, we build a model in which two firms that differ in their capabilities enter sequentially into two markets with different potentials for profit. The model is solved using game theory under three learning scenarios that capture the ability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Exchange: Help Wanted
likely to flounder a bit. They’re certainly not going to be hypere cient. Companies have to change their hiring practices to focus on social skills; they’re harder to find in the marketplace than specific hard skills. And they should... View Details
- 05 Jul 2012
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?
(Hugh Quick); and (8) management that does "not observe sanctions when trust is violated" (Tony Smale). Charles Green added that "We don't have it because we haven't taught it, learned it, practiced it." In fairness,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
and studies how they do business. Each of these companies has exceptional practices when it comes to stakeholder management. Whether the stakeholder is an employee, customer, investor, vendor, or even society at large, these companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
achieved higher profits when employees were passive (proactive). Study 2 constructively replicates these findings in the laboratory: passive (proactive) groups achieved higher performance when leaders acted high (low) in extraversion. We discuss theoretical and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2024
- News
How to Have Effective Conversations
every single discussion is made up of different kinds of conversations. And in general, those conversations fall into one of three buckets. There's these Practical Conversations, where we're talking about plans or we're solving problems.... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
producers and customers in an efficient manner. Q: How can intermediaries grow as businesses in their own right? Khanna: Emerging markets can't mandate intermediaries into existence. Entrepreneurs must first recognize an institutional void and deem it in the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2022
- Book
Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path
When people contemplate a career change, astute thinking alone won’t necessarily take them in the right direction. Instead, when career changes and other huge life-changing experiences are at stake, people should tap into their “full self” to help them make the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922
all the benefits of the register, Patterson gave them scripts to memorize. The practice of writing out sales arguments was rare, but not as new as some of Patterson's biographers claim. Booksellers and other canvassers had used scripts... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
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Varnika Menghnani
be transformed with every new conversation. What is your most memorable classroom moment? We were discussing a case on unsafe mining practices in Africa. A section mate shared his story of having a relative work at this mine in question.... View Details
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Brice Fodouop
Brice acquired operational experience in the company’s facilities in Albany (Oregon), Baltimore, and Chicago. “I wanted to know: what are the best practices in manufacturing?” From manufacturing to... View Details
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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
treatment;... 01 Jan 2021 Integrated Practice Units: A Playbook for Health Care Leaders by Michael E. Porter, PhD, MBA, Thomas H. Lee, MD, MSc The playbook for assembling and integrating a successful Integrated View Details
- 05 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures
we shouldn’t underestimate how important it is to be seen as humble, grounded, and well-liked.” Related Reading: How to Demotivate Your Best Employees The Power of Ordinary Practices Working for a Shamed... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS
lives when we find ourselves at crossroads. For me, HBS has been a great opportunity to practice reconnecting with myself, my values, and beliefs for these future crossroads. 4. There’s never a right answer, but have an opinion. The HBS... View Details