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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
wide range of experiences, opinions, and practical knowledge about cultivating leadership, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. Six panel discussions presented on the second day of the gathering stimulated... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
followers that they are in charge and know what they are talking about, thus have some knowledge about the pandemic. In practice this means that leadership during this pandemic crisis is distributed and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
Resource Management Review Cross-boundary Teaming for Innovation: Integrating Research on Teams and Knowledge in Organizations By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Cross-boundary teaming, within and across... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
we test the prediction that novel rituals—arbitrary hand and body gestures enacted in a stereotypical and repeated fashion—can impact intergroup bias in newly formed groups. In four studies, participants practiced novel rituals at home... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
influence facility managers' decisions. As a result, managers of facilities that are subjected to comparable institutional pressures adopt distinct sets of management practices that appease different external constituents. Using an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
own sake," into the thinking of managers and those who train them. Gerald Nanninga comments, "Maybe what we need are fewer professors and more mentors." Karen Dempster suggests that students and faculty with more practical... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
technology to deliver books to children all over the world. “I always think life is this combination of romance and practicality,” he explains. “And the romance was, maybe we can do something really big and really affirming and life-changing for millions and millions... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
biotech pioneer Robert Langer. “New knowledge comes from unexpected places, and Bob’s lab was eye-opening in that respect,” Simons recalls. “I met a ton of brilliant people with diverse expertise and ambitions—science, engineering,... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered: What's the best way to report nonfinancial metrics? How can nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
force. She was confronted with a job requiring more complex computer knowledge than she possessed. There was little or no training or coaching. After three days, she was fired for the first time in her life. It was a blow to both her... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Mar 2007
- Op-Ed
Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity
collaborative practices constituted an anticompetitive conspiracy. The judge observed that activities the government depicted as nefarious were "nothing more nor less than a gradual, natural, and normal growth or evolution by which... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
participants are generally concerned with questions such as: How do I improve quality in my service operation? How do I make my organization become more innovative? What should we do about the Internet? How do we deal with globalization? and, What can I do to transfer... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
operate network-governed enterprises using the knowledge of neuro economics." Among questions this leaves us with are whether this research is valuable primarily in the aggregate or in individual cases. If so, just how long will it... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
property law to protect their knowledge assets. They also need to practice what I call “strategic compliance management,” which is a proactive approach to regulation that seeks to convert constraints into... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
large research and practice infrastructures to produce in-depth insights for a staggering array of public companies, private entities, investment firms, public sector organizations, academic institutions, not-for-profits, and governmental... View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
social concerns into the value proposition of businesses—be they corporate businesses or social enterprises—is notable in its own right as a challenge to conventional conceptions of what the very practice of business is about. It is also... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
Drawing on lessons from the battlefield is common practice for business leaders seeking tested strategies to succeed against adversity. Today, the battle against COVID-19, an invisible enemy, feels to many observers like a military... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 19 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Education Pioneers
work like setting up Newark Public Schools’ universal student enrollment system, developing new teacher talent management strategies for KIPP New Orleans, researching youth engagement best practices for the Chicago mayor’s office, and so... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- Web
Undergraduate Technology Innovation Fellows Program | MBA
academic credit, takes place during the College Wintersession in January and uses a learning-by-doing approach to build the knowledge and skills needed to succeed as an early-stage entrepreneur. HBS MBA Electives Fellows may take up to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Press) Faced with thousands of studies, theories, frameworks, tools, and best practices in the discipline of leadership — an enormous, confusing body of knowledge — how does one learn to become a better... View Details