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- 21 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change
Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- 13 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions
Among the culprits contributing to the recent financial crisis were bank loan officers who approved mortgage loans that were doomed to fail. Many of these frontline workers were motivated by bonuses and other incentives to approve...
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- 25 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?
by harnessing a new business model. The bold approach worked. Gilead, one of the world’s leading antiviral makers, would sell its branded Hepatitis C medicines while offering local manufacturers voluntary licenses to produce generics,...
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- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
introduced low cost production methods to manufacture highly accurate quartz watches. Swiss business historians refer to this as the "Quartz Crisis." Companies like Seiko and Casio seized the quartz market. By 1983, two-thirds...
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- 07 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Prominent Job Advertisements, Group Learning, and Wage Dispersion
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by Julio J. Rotemberg
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
want these things as well. And by explaining it and sharing it is how we actually get it done. One of the concepts of emotional self-management is the word that we just used, which is metacognition. That's understanding your own thinking....
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by HBS Staff
- August 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
C3.ai—Driven to Succeed
By: Robert Simons and George Gonzalez
CEO Tom Siebel navigates his artificial intelligence (ai) startup through a series of pivots, market expansions, and even an elephant attack to become a leading platform ad service provider. The case describes his unusual management approach emphasizing employee...
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Strategy Execution;
Performance Measurement;
Critical Performance Variables;
Strategic Boundaries;
Internet Of Things;
Artificial Intelligence;
Software Development;
Big Data;
Machine Learning;
Business Startups;
Management Style;
Business Strategy;
Performance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Organizational Culture;
AI and Machine Learning;
Digital Transformation;
Applications and Software;
Digital Marketing;
Analytics and Data Science;
Technology Industry;
United States;
California
Simons, Robert, and George Gonzalez. "C3.ai—Driven to Succeed." Harvard Business School Case 119-004, August 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- 17 Jun 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Excellence Comes From Saying No
lessons of the course was around change. From her service experience, Frei learned that making small changes are often more trouble than their worth-but in order to make big, meaningful changes, you often have to change at a pace faster...
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by Michael Blanding
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some...
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by Avery Forman
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones...
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- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
given to broader success factors which are ethical and value centered, are or certainly can be detrimental to the society they serve ...." A more acerbic point of view was offered by Mark Anton: "The area of ethics and values is...
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by James Heskett
- 12 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Pay Workers More So They Steal Less
wages and benefits are linked to a company's low turnover and to happier, more honest workers. What Businesses Can Learn The study has important practical implications for business. For example, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations...
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- 29 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.
Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical...
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by Rachel Layne
- 01 Aug 2023
- What Do You Think?
As Leaders, Why Do We Continue to Reward A, While Hoping for B?
footing the bills for the educational system. At other times, we are mindful of how incentives can go wrong, but we are unwilling to do anything about it. For example, we speak of the desirability of good long-term business performance, but almost all...
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by James Heskett
- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
Employees should think about work on the way to work by mentally mapping out a plan for their day. By using the travel time as an opportunity to get into the work mindset,...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jun 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?
much is the level of my execution diminishing my level of profits ." Eddie Jiang provided an alternative way of thinking about the relationship of these three factors by suggesting that they are...
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by Jim Heskett
- 07 Feb 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course
how viable the dream. “We tackle the problems that are faced by almost any founder no matter what industry they are in, no matter what country they are in, and no matter what time frame they are in-boom or bust.” "We tackle the...
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- 04 Mar 2024
- What Do You Think?
Do People Want to Work Anymore?
Cottringer said, “The two best questions I was ever asked were (a) Do you think people are born good, bad, or neutral and (b) What is the most important thing you learned from one of your worst failures?”...
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by James Heskett
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
participants, the introduction of a sponsor had no significant effect on the choice to compete; this was true even when the protégés were told they had been specially chosen by a sponsor. “I think it’s great...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jun 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Entrepreneurial Gap: How Managers Adjust Span of Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy
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by Robert L. Simons