Publications

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

discipline and intimidation, which some critics say goes too far. Knight was fired from a long career at Indiana University for grabbing a student, and prior to that he was... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

05 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Niall Ferguson and the Certainty of Uncertainty

occur, which they invariably do. While most people seem surprised when financial crises take place, they shouldn't be. Taking a long view of history—such as 100 years or more—shows that financial crises and unexpected events occur... View Details

Keywords: Re: John A. Quelch

2008
Working Paper

The Ontological Foundations of Leadership and Performance: Being a Leader, and the Effective Exercise of Leadership, A New Model

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business. The intention of the course is to leave the participants actually being leaders and being able to... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Business Education; Knowledge; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Performance Effectiveness; Attitudes; Behavior; Perspective

14 Mar 2014
HBS Seminar

Jeremy M. Levin, former President and CEO, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

09 Oct 2015
News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

York, and is founder and past chairman of the Nassau Land Trust and a former board member of the Peconic Land Trust. Zuckerberg says he thinks of his View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Dec 2015
News

Leading Boston and Beyond

innovative IT department focused on using technology to increase citizen engagement and the efficiency of city services. Their flagship project, the Citizens Connect app (recently rebranded as BOS:311), sends residents’ issues into the... View Details

Keywords: Jen Myers; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

24 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development I didn’t have any formal business training when I came to Harvard... View Details

September 2013 (Revised June 2017)
Case

IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

IBM's Corporate Citizenship office created a social and organizational innovation in public education through a business-school partnership. IBM's Stanley Litow was the key architect in designing Pathways in Technology Early College High School, known as P-TECH. The... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Partnerships; Leadership; Partners and Partnerships; Education; Business and Community Relations; Change; Innovation and Invention; Education Industry

22 Sep 2015
News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

you’re going to make money,” he says. Zuckerberg’s career combines extensive experience in large-scale New York redevelopment projects and a lifelong respect for the impact of the built environment on the... View Details

June 2012 (Revised August 2013)
Case

Driving Towards a Disruption?

By: Willy Shih and William Noble

As Clayton Christensen drove to the studio to deliver an online executive education class, he pondered the future of management education. How big a threat did online degree programs, corporate universities, and other innovations in the delivery of management training... View Details

Keywords: Disruptive Technology; Performance Trajectories; Disruptive Innovations; Business Education; Business School; Internet And Online Services Industries; Disruptive Innovation; Higher Education; Corporate Strategy; Internet; Performance; Education Industry; Boston

1997
Book

Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices

By: Leslie Perlow

Why do Americans work so hard? Are the long hours spent at work really necessary to increase organizational productivity? Perlow documents the work life of employees who assume that for their own success and the success of their organization they must put in extended... View Details

Keywords: Time Management; Working Conditions; Work-Life Balance; Performance Productivity

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30 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

School Assistant Professor of Business Administration Andy Wu to conduct a study that asked: Does the daily commute affect innovation and productivity for tens of millions of workers? And if so, what are the... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Sep 2004
News

HBS Clubs and Associations

be nice if there was some way to keep it going.” The club agreed and has developed a half-day conference for forty Philadelphia-area nonprofit leaders. At the first event, set for October, HBS professor... View Details

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

14 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings

Work-from-home employees whose days seem longer, with more meetings and emails than ever before, may find a new Harvard Business School study validating. An analysis of the emails and meetings of 3.1 million... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

mission, and investing to build better leaders. No gift can have greater leverage than an investment in developing leaders. Each of you has witnessed the difference leadership makes in the organizations you... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

March 2010 (Revised February 2014)
Case

Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management

By: Nava Ashraf and Natalie Kindred

This case examines the various considerations relevant to selecting and compensating workers in a context where their work involves a pro-social component. This is relevant to not only health care in Zambia, but to NGO and public sector workers who are both motivated... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Training; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Mission and Purpose; Non-Governmental Organizations; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry; Zambia