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12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

to the CEO. In many cases, the chief legal officer should be a member of the top management team who is expected to weigh in on all issues, not just represent the legal function. Q: What managerial levels are we talking about here? A:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

10 May 2010
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What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

disciplines most often found in business schools. We have proposed that innovation in organizations be conceived of as a process of co-design: creative abrasion, creative agility, and integrated problem solving. We know much about the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

23 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 23

more than 250,000 invitees, resulting in 150 research ideas and hypotheses. The goal of opening up idea generation and disaggregating the different stages of the research process was to expand the number and range of people who might... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles

decades. Whether you adopt the one-leader model for your own family enterprise, as RBS has done, or whether you build a team of leaders, you still need to design, structure, and allocate all the necessary leadership roles. Why? Because... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis

23 Jul 2012
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The Power of Conversational Leadership

top assume otherwise. “Having communication that goes bottom-up is just as important as having communication that goes top-down.” "In many cases you have an executive team that's so sure about company strategy, but then you go inside the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

stabilize the financial system and the economy. The case explores the details of policies, and the decision making process that led to them, that Geithner and his team devised under immense time pressure to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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By: Jorge Tamayo

Professor Tamayo’s research focuses on theoretical modeling and structural estimation of firm decision-making and productivity.

Professor Tamayo studies dynamic competition for customer membership. Generally, firms that implement a membership model charge a... View Details

Keywords: Industrial Organization, Industrial Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Energy Generation; Performance Efficiency; Market Design; Crime and Corruption; Manufacturing Industry; Energy Industry

22 Dec 2008
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10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture

in which you invest. An organization's norms and values aren't formed through speeches but through actions and team learning. Strong cultures have teeth. They are much more than slogans and empty promises. Some organizations choose to... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Joe Wheeler

20 Dec 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

How to Design a Better Customer Experience

into consideration the intense emotions of parents and children. So Dietz and his team embarked on a patient-centered redesign by attempting to view the diagnostic procedure through the eyes of a child. The result: Adventure Series... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Entertainment & Recreation

August 2014
Case

Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (A)

By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats

Valve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee... View Details

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Research Design - Impact Investments

impact investing, our team has drawn upon several established resources, including: the Community Development Venture Capital Association (CDVCA), ImpactAssets, ImpactBase, and Preqin’s alternative assets database. We have further used... View Details

10 Jun 2019
Blog Post

What I Did Differently Before Reapplying to HBS

data analytics group at Control Risks, a smaller, more niche consulting firm, he offered to bring me on as his first hire. I jumped at the opportunity to learn how a team is built from the ground-up. Within days of joining, we got a... View Details

10 Nov 2015
Op-Ed

Authentic Leadership Rediscovered

importance of processing one’s crucibles: people need not feel like victims or stuff their experiences deep inside themselves. Rather, by understanding themselves and reframing their experiences, they can find the pearl inside that... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Mar 2024
News

Elevator Pitch: Banking On It

cumbersome procedures and outdated systems. By providing low- and no-code tools, Fuse hopes to empower business teams by expediting the origination process while fostering innovation and adaptability. Heard:... View Details

Keywords: fintech; finance; entrepreneurship; Finance

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

individuals' cognitive limitations in explaining unethical behavior, we focus on the socio-psychological processes that function as triggers of moral neglect, moral justification and immoral action, and their impact on moral behavior. In... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Jan 2024
News

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details

19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity on Team Performance Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract In this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

necessary for eliciting effort from those affecting the quality of interdependent teamwork. We consider the role of incentives versus social processes in catalyzing collaboration. We test our hypotheses using a unique data set of 260... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

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By: Leslie A. Perlow

There has been tremendous change in the workplace — ubiquitous technology, 24/7 globalization, hyper-efficiency and now significant changes in work location. Professor Perlow’s research explores the implications for the ways we work and live, and what we can do to... View Details

26 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)

audience] knows that the brand is sponsored, influencers’ brand discovery process is appreciated by the audience and thus can help mitigate the reputation harm.” Influencers should talk more to appear authentic. Zhang was surprised to... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Technology; Media & Broadcasting

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