Power Relationships - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2005
News

Changing Lives One Computer at a Time

otherwise have access to people of color who are professionals and who are successful in their careers. The individual attention has been a big factor." Those relationships have been as powerful for the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Sep 2016
News

Up to the Highest Heights

has,” says Tai, who admits there’s a high barrier for entry into the daring sport. “But anything that draws people together will create trusting relationships that lead to commerce.” Multimillion-dollar deals have been made on the beaches... View Details

Keywords: April White

Portrait Project

Margarita Golod

I want to have the courage to ask questions. Serious questions, embarrassing questions, aspirational questions, even silly questions. The power of questions is undeniable. Questions have been the building blocks of my View Details

18 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market Authors:Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda, and M. Julia Prats Abstract Our paper contributes to the studies on the relationship between workers' human capital and their decision to become... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

Much like how disruptive technologies can threaten established businesses, the growing epidemic of AIDS has the power to blindside and possibly topple companies who choose to ignore the threat, participants concluded at a Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

marketing project. Kash Rangan had a strong interest in supply/demand chains, and thought the project presented some interesting opportunities. John Sviokla, with a powerful background in management information systems, joined the team.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

26 Sep 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation

Negotiation, describes how you can shape important deals through tactics, deal design, and set-up, and why three dimensions are more powerful than one. Key concepts include: Three-D negotiation comprises tactics, deal design, and set-up.... View Details

16 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Stories of the Quarter

What stories were readers like you diving into this summer on HBS Working Knowledge? Your interests varied dramatically, everything from how researchers use machine learning technology to predict CEO performance to the power of rituals in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home

to power smaller ones. Small and midsized companies create the vast majority of jobs, but they often depend on big company purchases for their revenues and growth. Large companies, which have tended to be net job-shedders rather than... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

August 2010 (Revised January 2020)
Case

Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon

By: Geoffrey Jones and Hari Balkrishna

The case examines the entrepreneurial career of Rupert Murdoch and the growth of News Corporation from a small Australian newspaper to a global media giant. It shows how he expanded geographically to Europe, the United States, and Asia and from newspapers to the film... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Media; Globalized Firms and Management; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Europe; United States; Australia

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Educators

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19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

money spent on outreach and education campaigns leads to fewer workplace violations. Berkowitz says she experienced firsthand the power that an academic study can have with a 2012 influential research paper co-written by Toffel, UC... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jun 2005
News

Marked Managers

They became skilled at watching the bottom line, managing scarce resources, and forming relationships with government and business organizations outside the company. At Abbott, young MBAs most often were placed in sales. As a result, they... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Career Imprints; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

Web

Simone Leigh Sentinel (Mami Wata) 2020-21 | About

the way African cultural symbols traverse the African diaspora, shifting and metamorphosing as they intersect with local traditions. Leigh describes the sculpture as “my interpretation of a West African water spirit, a deity who has destructive View Details

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

behemoth’s corporate culture as it collided with the #MeToo movement’s spotlight on sexual relationships and power in the workplace. And as new information about Easterbrook’s romantic View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

companies to look at products the way customers do: as a way to get a job done. Are You a Level-Six Leader? (23,834) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6752.html Published: July 6, 2011 Asking the question, whom do you serve? is a powerful vector... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

build both hard power and soft, illustrate the strengths and limits of each, and offer guidelines for choosing one over the other. Conflict among complementors is inevitable, but together, hard and soft View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1999
News

The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World

On the regulatory front, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and a relaxation of restrictions on multiple ownership of media outlets are realigning and consolidating the power of media ownership. Lastly, in the economic arena, a wave of... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Dec 2003
News

DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers

interesting, high-impact projects to their doorsteps, while vetting the teachers, projects, and feedback so that they know their funds were spent well.” As DonorsChoose continues to grow, Goldman sees her HBS ties as a powerful resource... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2000
News

In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience

"I wanted to work in international development," says Ballou, whose fellowship through the HBS Initiative on Social Enterprise supplemented her summer income. "I also had a wonderful opportunity at the World Bank, but the IRC gave me a chance to work directly with... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

Scott Royster (MBA 1992) believes higher education has the power to transform Africa if only its students have access to it. “Statistics from around the world show that individuals who are able to obtain a university degree earn higher... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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