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- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
us.” About the author Danielle Kost is senior editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: iStock Photo] Related Reading Master the Team Meeting 'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making From the Plow to the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success
This is the second of our three-part "Leading in the Digital Era" series. Read parts one and three. For the past two years, we've been asking executives: Where is your company in its digital journey, and where do you want to go? Roundtable discussions with 175 View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
research and teaching activities focus on strategy and governance, is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for International Development. Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business
opportunities,” says Kerr. That kind of legal support mattered “rather significantly,” he says. “Likewise, the placement of younger arrivals into the US school systems was very important for their education and social integration.” Kerr wrote the study with Sari... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 06 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Truth About Authentic Leaders
examine how they are living their lives and engaging with the world around them. Seeking honest feedback from colleagues, friends, and subordinates about themselves and their leadership. One of the hardest... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 22 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading
says Harvard Business School’s Frank V. Cespedes, the MBA Class of 1973 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. “Every company has examples of people who persist in their behaviors as salespeople, and as a result they flame out as... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) to prevent such failures from happening again. The new rules looked promising. The majority of a board's directors now had to be independent. And senior executives were required to conduct annual assessments of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
promotional talking points for companies. Rather, they’ve become crucial for a corporation’s success. As the authors write, “Organizations and societies with high ethical standards tend to flourish, while those with weak ethics often fail.” ‘You have to View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
At age 32—feeling far removed from the violent street crimes that had consumed his teens and 20s—Larry Miller just knew he was nailing a job interview with a senior partner at Arthur Andersen. That is, until he came clean about his... View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
streams. The firm's senior leadership team, and especially R&D leadership, plays a central role in shaping a firm's ability to both exploit existing capabilities and explore new technological domains. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
period of economic turbulence. But if that turns out not to be enough, then they are going to be taken into the receivership process and liquidated or restructured. "One thing the critics don't fully acknowledge is the world we live in... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Book
Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer
desperate to get the toy fixed. “At any other store, they would have been directed to the toy aisle to buy a replacement,” says Hubert Joly, Best Buy’s former chairman and CEO, who is now a senior lecturer of business administration at... View Details
- 09 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages
In 2021, US Foods faced a problem that has become all too familiar: As thousands of Americans re-evaluated their work lives in the middle of the pandemic, the company—one of the largest food service distributors in the United... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 12 May 2021
- Book
The Hard Truth About Being a CEO
Click to watch. David Fubini has never been a CEO of a major corporation, but during his 34-year career as a senior director at consulting firm McKinsey, he had ample opportunity to work closely with and observe CEOs and leaders of all... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
for policy choices.” Kerr, the Dimitri V. D’Arbeloff–MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, has researched the economic effects of global migration of workers for more than a decade, sometimes partnering with his wife, Sari Pekkala Kerr, an economist... View Details
- 07 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back
Ghosh, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School who has held top executive positions at some eight technology-based start-ups. If failure refers to failing to see the projected return on investment, then the failure rate is 70 to 80... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
Gerdeman is a senior writer at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: PeopleImages] Does reflection help you? Share your insights below. Book Excerpt Mosaic Reflection By Joseph Badaracco The founder and CEO of a very... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jul 2019
- HBS Case
Walmart's Workforce of the Future
Any discussion of the future of retail—or how we work—has to include Walmart. As of 2017, 90 percent of the US population lived within 10 miles of a Walmart store; with 11,766 locations worldwide and $514 billion in annual revenues, the... View Details
- 18 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?
Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details