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- 2011
- Working Paper
The Three Foundations of a Great Life, Great Leadership, and a Great Organization
By: Michael C. Jensen
I argue here that the three factors my co-authors and I identify as constituting the foundation for being a leader and the effective exercise of leadership can also be seen as the foundations not only for great leadership, but also for a high quality personal life and... View Details
Jensen, Michael C. "The Three Foundations of a Great Life, Great Leadership, and a Great Organization." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-122, May 2011.
- Blog
HBS Online and Executive Education Leadership: Q+A with Patrick Mullane and Luis Viceira
the organizational structures will likely morph and become more integrated, but not in some single, huge change and not in all areas. We will also look to be opportunistic. For example, when the tech lead... View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
2018 Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries By: Khanna, Tarun Abstract— Entrepreneurs in developing countries who assume they will... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 2023
- Working Paper
Job Design and Workers’ Wellbeing: Evidence from a Hospital Setting
By: Susanna Gallani and Jacob Riegler
This study examines the relationship between job design imbalance and workers’ well-being. We build on Simons (2005) framework for the design of high-performing jobs and develop a survey instrument to capture workers’ perceptions of their job design and work... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Nurturing Emerging Scholars and Leaders
years, Doris and Sauer have served as judges for IPO Day, where first-year MBA students pitch the microbusinesses they have developed as part of the required Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership View Details
- December 1986
- Supplement
Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Interview, Video
Presents a question and answer session with Donna Dubinsky. Examines what she learned from the painful change situation she experienced and illustrates her coming of age as a senior manager at Apple Corp. View Details
Jick, Todd D., and Mary C. Gentile. "Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Interview, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 887-521, December 1986.
- 2007
- Chapter
The Future of Retirement and Planning
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "The Future of Retirement and Planning." In The Future of Life-Cycle Saving and Investing, edited by Zvi Bodie, Dennis McLeavey, and Laurence B. Siegel. CFA Institute, Research Foundation, 2007.
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
ambiguous effect on high-quality output. To evaluate this trade-off, I develop a procedure to estimate agents' effort costs and simulate counterfactuals under alternative feedback policies. The results... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- December 1994 (Revised February 1995)
- Case
Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (A): Interviewing with the PowerPlayer Software Engineering Team
Follows the entry and early experiences of engineer Anne Livingston, an African American woman, as she joins Power Max Systems in 1991 as software engineering manager for the new product development group. Power Max is facing stiff competition and wants to be first to... View Details
Keywords: Race; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Culture; Gender; Information Technology Industry
Gentile, Mary C., and Pamela J. Maus. "Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (A): Interviewing with the PowerPlayer Software Engineering Team." Harvard Business School Case 395-067, December 1994. (Revised February 1995.)
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
Pietro Verri and Cesare Beccaria, author of the epochal On Crimes and Punishments. Yet the views and concerns of these first socialists, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Blog
Emerging from the Pandemic: Insights from South Asia and ASEAN
pandemic has brought a new understanding of just how rapidly conditions can change. That has forced people to consider business resilience and personal resilience in the face of adversity. The importance of... View Details
- March 2010 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
Looking for Opportunity in Adversity: Iqbal Quadir and Grameenphone (A)
By: Bhaskar Chakravorti and David Lane
Iqbal Quadir, a former New York investment banker, set about to bring universal telecommunications to his native Bangladesh. He was convinced that, GSM, the same advanced wireless technology that penetrated developed countries in Europe was also the right solution for... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Bangladesh
Chakravorti, Bhaskar, and David Lane. "Looking for Opportunity in Adversity: Iqbal Quadir and Grameenphone (A)." Harvard Business School Case 810-075, March 2010. (Revised March 2010.)
- 08 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders
domains. Studies have found that viewing photos of famous female leaders or reading about women in their intended career field empowered women to: Give longer, better speeches that are equal in length to those of male peers. Eliminate... View Details
Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
- October 2022
- Article
Revisiting Extraversion and Leadership Emergence: A Social Network Churn Perspective
By: Blaine Landis, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Dan J. Wang and Robert W. Krause
One of the classic relationships in personality psychology is that extraversion is associated with emerging as an informal leader. However, recent findings raise questions about the longevity of extraverted individuals as emergent leaders. Here, we adopt a social... View Details
Keywords: Extraversion; Social Networks; Emergent Leadership; Leadership Development; Personal Characteristics; Perception
Landis, Blaine, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Dan J. Wang, and Robert W. Krause. "Revisiting Extraversion and Leadership Emergence: A Social Network Churn Perspective." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 123, no. 4 (October 2022): 811–829.
- 06 Dec 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Does Financial Misconduct Affect the Future Compensation of Alumni Managers?
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
got great support from HBS in helping to return. They had heard that an HBS student had been checked into McLean and then, I reached out to the key person in the student services. So part of it was a lot of... View Details
- 28 May 2024
- In Practice
Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible
New graduates entering the job market will face a very different landscape from even a year ago, with a murky economy and potentially more limited career prospects. Though unemployment figures in the US... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 26 Feb 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Barriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
MBA classroom, says MBA Class of 1958 Senior Lecturer Scott Snook, a retired Army colonel and HBS graduate, who serves as an unofficial advisor to veteran and active-duty students. “The level of... View Details