by Joseph L. Bower - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Apr 2023
In Practice

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

percent believe the technology will affect them personally. Harvard Business School faculty members share their thoughts below about how AI will reshape the workforce and the skills necessary to succeed in the years ahead. Joseph Fuller:... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

intermediate term, we will see companies that rely on global supply chains be hurt. Once companies run through their existing safety stocks of raw materials or parts provided by a far-flung supplier base, they may face challenges filling... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Aug 2021
News

Power Can Be Abused, Scholars Say, or Harnessed for the Greater Good

17 Jan 2020
In Practice

6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart

clarify the complex "They can communicate very clearly and succinctly—usually with short words and short sentences—and even on complex issues. They've developed the skills necessary to really get to the heart of things." Joseph View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

European private equity industry as of mid-1998. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=299017 PublicationsThe CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning Author:Joseph View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership

Agency theory, a new model of governance promulgated by academic economists in the 1970s, is behind the idea that corporate managers should make shareholder value their primary concern and that boards should ensure they do. The theory regards shareholders as... View Details

23 Apr 2024
In Practice

Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now

With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

Administration at HBS; and Julie Battilana, the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at HBS and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard’s Kennedy School. “Although... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

study how consumers react to vocal chief executives. Why JPMorgan Chase Is Investing Millions in Detroit JPMorgan Chase is making extensive investments into the revitalization of Detroit. What does it expect in return? Professor Joseph... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

05 Jul 2021
What Do You Think?

Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?

position: the chief experience officer or CXO." A knowledge of customer experiences can be invaluable in the design and distribution of a product or service. We were convinced of that by Joseph Pine and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

21 Sep 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?

they can gain power or how to use the power they have. Through her research on power dynamics and change agents, Julie Battilana, the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the Alan View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

administration and a Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow in the General Management Unit. About the Author Danielle Kost is a senior editor at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: HRAUN] Related... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

Joseph R. Biden Jr. becomes the 46th president of the United States at a time when the nation is grappling with several sober realities at once: a deadly pandemic that is claiming the lives of thousands of Americans daily, a bumpy vaccine... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 Jun 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Machiavelli, Morals, and You

Stevens — we never learn his first name—set out early in life to become a great butler, one of the very best. He didn't want to get rich at it. He didn't care for fancy clothes. What Stevens wanted more than anything, according to HBS professor View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

14 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption

In 1995, Harvard Business School professors Clayton M. Christensen and Joseph L. Bower wrote a seminal article for Harvard Business Review, Disruptive Technologies: Catching... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Nov 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?

management involvement in the resource allocation process? Or is it because certain of the world's major economies like China and Brazil are perceived by some as becoming more agile in their allocation of resources than United States and... View Details