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- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
organizational studies, on the one hand, and Jewish studies, on the other. One addresses leadership but not the religious soul. The other speaks from its Jewish soul but is only secondarily engaged in the study View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
Companies are increasingly looking to emerging markets like China as a vital source of growth. The problem is these companies often lack an effective strategy for identifying... View Details
- Web
Asia Pacific - Global
an office in Singapore to more broadly support HBS faculty in this region. In 2023 the Shanghai-based classroom was closed down, however much of the programming continued on remotely or in View Details
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
require digital transformations to be more iterative than other forms of corporate change. Leaders need to catalyze change rather than plan for it. That means creating the initial conditions for the... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
rewarded, despite the fact that US companies are spending more than a fifth of their budgets on wages. What employees crave even more is to feel that their managers appreciate them and aren’t afraid to show... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Latin America - Global
Technology Office Health Care Practice. She holds a degree in economics from the Argentine Catholic University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a Master of Research... View Details
- 18 Jul 2023
- News
The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
socioeconomic factors that will somehow influence your own industry. Second, learning how other industries are meeting today’s challenges can inspire inventive thinking. There’s simply no better time to launch a View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
R&D productivity and serious profitability concerns among large drug companies as some of their top-selling products face generic competition. With some observers forecasting an overhaul View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
despite high marginal tax rates; and, why other firms maintain high leverage despite little tax benefit. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49212 Firm Selection and Corporate Cash View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
reduction in presenteeism (employees working while sick), which led to a company gain of $1,846 per person in terms of greater productivity, the journal article says. While... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
end of the two months, the woman was involved in so many critical business operations, she received multiple offers from senior leaders to stay—and she went on to work for the company for 40 years. 4. Guide... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
quasi-autonomous units within a mega-agency or holding company have become an essential component of conflict policies. Subject to the protection against security breaches... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?
valued identity. Our identity is an asset to the extent that others value access to us and use it in ways that benefit us. The idea of offering the opportunity to buy privacy is hard to swallow. The... View Details
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Europe - Global
Featured on Climate Rising How does a global retailer like IKEA embed circularity into its products, business model, and operations? In this Climate Rising episode, Harvard Business School Professor Mike Toffel speaks with Karen Pflug, Chief Sustainability View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
today's companies face. I show that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the small groups within those organizations work. In most organizations, the work that produces value for customers is carried out by teams,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and other investors, holding 28 percent of the company's stock altogether, withheld their votes for the 30 percent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Strategist?
academic research that started to take hold in the 1980s and '90s. The work brought much-needed economic thinking to strategy's underpinnings. It armed legions of MBAs and strategy consultants with... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
on a single position and promises to do "everything possible" to enact it. None of them mentions the possible tradeoffs or costs related to each new policy. Nor do they discuss how their proposed policy would interact with View Details
- 03 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers
is also clearly divided between public- and private-facing spaces: the floor, where people shop, and the office. By analyzing three years of records from company databases, Feldberg found that women... View Details