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12 Mar 2019
Blog Post

What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program

their attempt to enter or thrive in African markets tended to set unrealistic time expectations for their operating teams and/or made unrealistic promises to their investors. Against this backdrop of unrealistic expectations and limited... View Details

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

forces are: The external environment. The external environment forces leaders to act in response to its pressures, leaving individual leaders little control or influence on policy and implementation.... View Details

02 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work

Keywords: by Oriana Bandiera, Andrea Prat & Raffaella Sadun

03 Jun 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Platforms and Limits to Network Effects

Keywords: by Hanna Halaburda & Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

03 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

tomorrow are going to be of the unsavory variety, 30 years of experience dealing with Iran shows that neglect and isolation are ineffective strategies for managing conflict. Second, diplomacy is about identifying what makes this situation... View Details

Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities

30 Nov 2021
In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman

25 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The Importance of Teaming

growing number of organizations, the constantly shifting nature of work means that many teams disband almost as soon as they've formed. You could be working on one team right now, but in a few days, or even a few minutes, you may be on... View Details

Keywords: Re: Amy C. Edmondson

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Case Method Teaching - Case Method Project

atmosphere. A “case” is a short narrative document – a story – that presents a particular challenge facing an individual or organization. Each case reflects the information available to decision-makers at the time, and builds to a... View Details

16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

reportedly linked to job-related misery. In a landmark ruling in 2019—the first of its kind—a French court found that a number of executives at France Télécom had fostered an environment of institutional harassment in the ruthless means... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

question this raises is which lenders, nations or commercial institutions? Shann Turnbull, citing some of his own work on the subject, argued that the risks of allowing insolvency "can no longer be reliably managed because they have... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

April 2001
Article

Beyond Talent: John Irving and the Passionate Craft of Creativity

By: T. M. Amabile

Although laypeople and creativity theorists often make the assumption that individual creativity depends primarily on talent, there is considerable evidence that hard work and intrinsic motivation-which can be supported or undermined by the social environment-also play... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Performance; Performance Improvement; Motivation and Incentives; Personal Characteristics; Situation or Environment

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Competitiveness & Economic Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Competitiveness & Economic Development Why are some nations or regions more prosperous than... View Details

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3D Negotiaton

By: James K. Sebenius

In articles and books, often with David Lax, I have been developing a broad approach to effective negotiation that encompasses three "dimensions." In this "3D" approach, our first dimension — "tactics"-- is the most familiar territory. Tactics are the persuasive... View Details

29 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

Companies that let their workers decide where and when to do their jobs—whether in another city or in the middle of the night—increase employee productivity, reduce turnover, and lower organizational costs, new research suggests.... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

28 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

What's a Boss Worth?

chain of command—not just upper managers or C-level executives—can have on worker performance. “If you recognize that,” says Stanton, “it should inform how you recruit people, promote people, and structure trial periods.” Especially in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service

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Arjun Goyal

Trust Centre for Human Genetics, a new door opened for Arjun. “It was my first exposure to research,” he says. “It fascinated me that the test tube in my hand could hold a new cure or the next new therapy for controlling a disease.”... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

30 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Candidates Seeking Opportunities After Graduation: Lessons Learned

relationships, capitalize on international growth, expend into new forms of content, and/or implement new forms of technology. “If I could get experience in just two or three of these,” Michael says, “I would be happy.” Further, Michael... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

15 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Tips on Holding Effective Company Recruiting Events

senior and junior personnel, have held or are currently in the role(s) you are hiring for and are alumni of Harvard Business School, or hold an MBA. Create an Engaging View Details