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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
to make “transforming commitments” — managerial actions like exiting a legacy business, publicly committing to a new goal, or firing a powerful executive who defends the status quo. Such actions break the... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
University. While there, she studied abroad in Ghana in order to learn more about that part of the world. “I had initially imagined a future in international diplomacy but quickly realized the political side of things was not for me. I... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
markets, do managers have responsibilities to the system itself? If they do, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they are engaging in the political process in an attempt to structure the institutions of capitalism? The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
gives leaders a simple vocabulary and set of tools for managing and measuring the different sets of behaviors and activities, across all levels of the organization. Wedged: How You Became a Tool of the Partisan Political Establishment,... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
and Max H. Bazerman Abstract When powerful people cause harm, they often do so indirectly through other people. Are harmful actions carried out through others evaluated less negatively than harmful actions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
you hope your students take away from the discussion? Shih: What I hope for is that future managers will take away a more thoughtful approach about manufacturing and think about, as Gary said, the longer-term implications of their actions... View Details
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
weaknesses relative to other top schools, the political challenges of organizational change, and the most appropriate strategy for the Dean to follow. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
one end are the Altruistic Motives aimed at benefiting others rather than the partners themselves. At the other extreme are the Utilitarian Motives that focus on the benefit to the partner rather than others.1 In either case, there is the... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
Abstract—More than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little to alleviate the situation and rarely produce transformative change. Instead... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
creation, production, delivery and use of the Web, as well as toward a service delivery infrastructure. Panelist Katie Burke (HBS MBA '95) noted Web-based e-mail as a good example of how and why software is turning into a service. Web-based e-mail has become View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
attended the course. "Having them right there to clarify points and add to the SOS-KDI case was extremely useful for all of use who are dealing with questions of how to move our organizations forward." Turning Around Cleveland - Business... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
his positive college experience, business school became very appealing. “I have always been extremely curious. I have found some success in finance and investing, but in order to get to where I was, I had to neglect a lot of other... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
and youth in Singapore’s “heartland.” He returned to Singapore three years later as a leadership consultant with McKinsey & Company, creating and delivering leadership training and development programs throughout Asia Pacific that were View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
giant customer, but only if such deadlines are not commonplace. Too many deadlines and people will just feel like they're on a treadmill—going nowhere fast. "We found that in general, extreme time pressure is bad for creative... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
probably the single most remarkable thing about the historical narrative is the length of time for which firms' international economic activities were apparently motivated entirely by considerations of arbitrage, with no replication in sight. The great trading... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
wants to open a chain of retail shops selling a commodity product you can get anywhere for 25 cents, but he will charge 2 dollars. Of course, you listen politely and then fall off your chair laughing when he leaves. [Starbucks founder]... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
“We need to be educating students to work in complex environments with people of different races, genders, ethnicities, religions, and political views to make the most of these differences.” —JAN HAMMOND SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN “We need to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
acknowledgment of the government’s intentions surprised Abrami. “Before China’s accession such a comment may very well have jettisoned domestic political support for the WTO,” she commented afterward. “Everyone knew that domestic View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
in a responsible manner relative to the public and their own shareholders. In my view, these are the most widespread allegations of wrongdoing on Wall Street since World War II. People got sloppy. People got greedy. Now we've got to tighten up. What are some of the key... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details