Theories Of Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

challenge we see in platforms is that they are vehicles for good as well as evil. And the vast majority of platforms in the last 10 years were only focused on the good and not on the potential for evil. There are two View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2000
News

Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist

Three dollars in cash, six changes of clothing, five bottles of rum, and a box of cigars. These were the items that belonged to 12-year-old... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

November 2007
Article

Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders

By: Joseph L. Bower

This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In his interviews and data analysis, Harvard Business School professor Bower found... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Planning

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10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

opportunity to pivot and make changes that will allow our organizations to survive beyond the crisis?” Others are wondering if the crisis might contain opportunities: “How can we take advantage of COVID ...... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

what has been revealed by #MeToo and also, looking back over my career and the hundreds of acts of harassment and discrimination I endured, I’m discouraged that it appears that nothing has really View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

classes listed below are not a comprehensive list of all entrepreneurship focused course at HBS. Instead, this list highlights classes that are particularly relevant to students interested in climate technology entrepreneurship. For a... View Details

Portrait Project

Emily Stapleton

health of cities and citizens for the long term. To address the transportation needs of tomorrow, I cannot stand idly by the side of the road today. I must effect View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Fostering Diversity

Ben Feder (MBA 1991) and Victoria Lindenbaum Feder (MBA 1994) When Ben Feder attended his 25th Reunion, he was inspired by something that then Dean Nitin Nohria said: “HBS has the power to change lives.” Feder, a history major at Columbia... View Details

Research Summary

Reforming Social Science

By: Max H. Bazerman

Social science research affects all of us. When researchers learned organ donation rates are higher in countries where human organs are automatically available for donation unless you specifically “opt-out” of the system, as opposed to countries like the U.S., where... View Details

06 Dec 2017
What Do You Think?

Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?

Can a Platform-Based Tech Giant Be Broken Up? The answer to this month’s question of whether platform-based tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google should be broken up was a resounding “no.” “TD in FL” put it succinctly with one... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology; Web Services

Fast Answer

Investment bank league tables

Where can I find investment bank league tables? Generate custom tables or find league tables in: LSEG Workspace Type “screener” into the main search bar and click to launch the Screener App. Under Universe, change from Public... View Details

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

Meet Cheryl Andrus: Manager. Survivor. A vice president responsible for corporate and product marketing at FranklinCovey in Salt Lake City, Andrus was asked in August 2002 to also take charge of one of the... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

change has driven: The rise of knowledge work Trends toward flatter, less hierarchical organizations and recognition of the value-creation of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

06 Jun 2008
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?

short-term performance is at stake, (2) the fear of disruption resulting from "thinking differently and deeply," (3) the potential psychological cost of changing... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

example, approval of a parent or other authorized person. If we become aware that we have processed personal data of a person under 13 years, we will delete any personal data View Details

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

that optimism will eclipse concerns about slow progress and instead lead to the intersection of popular culture and commercial space flights. “Every astronaut who's been in space describes how, in essence, their whole view View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

20 May 2022
Blog Post

Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research

tech-based solutions to fighting climate change (and especially in an entrepreneurial way), getting to partner with a scientist doing breakthrough research is the biggest value proposition that Nucleate brings. And as a team, we got to... View Details

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

markets and analyze the impact of market changes 12 hrs Module 2 Strategies for Assessing and Increasing Demand Appreciate how complements and network effects impact demand and evaluate techniques to... View Details

24 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business

your next CEO. These internal candidates with some outsider views have a more objective and independent view about how your company needs to change and adapt. Executives with the right mix of Insider and... View Details

Keywords: Retail; Auto

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