Shaping the Waves - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Women, Work, and the "M" Word

health issues. The fact they continued to do so into my adult life was not lost on me. These experiences highlighted for me the gaps in women’s health, and women’s rights overall. Eventually, they View Details

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Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023 - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

13 May 2002
Book

Bringing the Master Passions to Work

that shape our perceptions, we would be free—and on our own—to face the unknown that lurks from behind every leaf and every smile. But for the justifications that ground these... View Details

Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria

29 Mar 2018
HBS Seminar

Prithwiraj Choudhury, Harvard Business School

01 Sep 2017
News

Research Brief: As the Wind Blows

To better understand the prospects for future entrepreneurial success in sustainable industries, Professor Geoffrey Jones looks to the past. In his chapter in the new book... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Market Research Meets the “People Factor”

Deshpandé in the introduction to Using Market Knowledge. Though managers make decisions based on professional experience and common sense, scientific research will continue to play a key role in shaping... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 16, 2007

low capitalization, younger, unprofitable, high volatility, non-dividend paying, growth companies, or stocks of firms in financial distress, are likely to be disproportionately sensitive to broad waves of investor sentiment. We review... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2018
Article

Cracking the Organizational Challenge of Pursuing Joint Social and Financial Goals: Social Enterprise as a Laboratory to Understand Hybrid Organizing

By: Julie Battilana

While in recent decades the social and business sectors have evolved on fairly separate tracks, today companies are increasingly expected to generate social value in addition to profit. As a result, they also increasingly face the distinct challenge of pursuing social... View Details

Keywords: Hybrid Organizations; Hybrid Organizing; Multiple Goals; Social Enterprise; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Design; Organizational Culture

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3 Technologies that Will Change the World in the Next Decade - Course Catalog

AI and Anthropic as well as specialized companies like Videa Health, Metaphysic and Instadeep that are applying AI to more specific problems (Dentistry, Movie/TV production, Route optimization etc.) We also look at the power of algorithms... View Details

07 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

pay the U.S. statutory rate no matter where it invested and would make the decision on purely pretax rates of return. The goal of that regime is to leave View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2003
News

These Are the Good Old Days

Given her unique perspective as head of a publishing powerhouse, Moore seemed the ideal member of the MBA Class of 1978 to provide an overview of major trends that have shaped... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2008
News

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

TUMULTY: “Rather than challenge voters, politicians look for the lowest common denominator.” In the following article, the first in a series of occasional opinion pieces by HBS... View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Jun 2024
News

Research Brief: Ahead of the Game

As a lifelong runner who spent countless hours training and competing his way up to the national level, Professor Paul Gompers has always believed that his athletic experiences were critical to shaping who... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Antonio Pinna

03 Jun 2015
What Do You Think?

Is the Time Right for Self-Management?

Gary Hamel's book, The Future of Management, in which he described innovative efforts to enable employees to define their own jobs and shape their work at companies such as Google, Whole Foods Market, and W.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

15 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions

Risky Behavior During COVID-19, a National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper released in August. Lessons from the pandemic’s first wave News of a deadly virus hitting View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

rewarding to have the opportunity to help shape public policy in a way that’s beneficial to them." Yet social norms are a significant factor when it comes to the success... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective

expectations of their trainees confirm the notion that partisan perceptions often shape behavior. At the negotiating table, clinging firmly to View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

18 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry

career shaped my view of climate change and the energy transition because it showed me that technology alone isn’t enough and that several stars must align to make real impact. It is critical to consider... View Details

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Tell Me Who You Want Me to Be: The Role of Collective Endorsements in Leader Identity Development

By: Christopher G. Myers

Research examining 'leader' as an individual role identity has gained prominence in recent years, yet our understanding of how individuals develop these leader identities in organizations is still relatively limited. Drawing on a qualitative interview study of leaders... View Details

Keywords: Identity Construction; Talent Management; Selection; Leadership Development; Talent and Talent Management; Organizations; Identity; Singapore