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  • 2012
  • Book

Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy

By: Amy C. Edmondson
Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learning challenges today's companies face. I show that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the small groups within those... View Details
Keywords: Change; Interpersonal Communication; Learning; Values and Beliefs; Innovation and Invention; Management; Performance Improvement; Groups and Teams; Research; Strategy; Complexity; Value
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  • 09 Apr 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

field research studies what motivates hairdressers in Zambia to provide HIV/AIDS education in their salons. Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil? Many organizations try to foster employee loyalty, but at a risk. Researchers discover... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

brand as well as when the brand with which consumers flirt is similar to their preferred brand. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53001 April 2017 Business Ethics Quarterly The Responsibilities and Role of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Working Paper

Group Fairness in Dynamic Refugee Assignment

By: Daniel Freund, Thodoris Lykouris, Elisabeth Paulson, Bradley Sturt and Wentao Weng
Ensuring that refugees and asylum seekers thrive (e.g., find employment) in their host countries is a profound humanitarian goal, and a primary driver of employment is the geographic location within a host country to which the refugee or asylum seeker is... View Details
Keywords: Refugees; Geographic Location; Mathematical Methods; Employment; Fairness
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  • 05 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are connected to through their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 8

Almandoz Abstract—A case study is presented on business ethics and bank management. The situation facing the president of a community bank established to operate as a green business and to consider ethical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Mar 2022
  • Book

5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

in influencing younger generations of leaders. In numerous instances, so did the continuing influence of the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi. “[In India], our protagonists talked, unprompted actually, about a sense of mission for society, the need for View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

environment, participate in corporate decisions, and be ready to push back when executives head toward murky ethical or legal waters. Bagley's latest book, Winning Legally: How to Use the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
  • 10 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

performance of procedures rather than for accurate diagnosis and effective prevention. Aspinall and Hamermesh call for coordinating regulation and reimbursement so that incentives are provided for the right outcomes. Finally, the authors urge changing physicians'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • What Do You Think?

How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

They came to the United States with nothing but a great work ethic and a great attitude." As Martin Klinzing put it, "Essentially this discussion boils down to the fact that you can teach someone anything except to care."... View Details
Keywords: by by Jim Heskett
  • 16 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

businesses, pay for large educational expenses, etc. Q: Why has it taken so long for the field of economics to incorporate Adam Smith's insights, and why are so many of the ideas Smith developed yet to be pursued for academic research? A:... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 21 Feb 2005
  • Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

now face. Another danger is that business education and its supporting institution of management—in heeding the cries for integrity and ethics that have gone up on all sides in the wake of the recent... View Details
Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice
  • 22 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 22

responsibility of business leaders increases. We also document that both sustainable development and employee training become a higher priority for companies and that corporate governance improves. Furthermore, we find that companies implement more View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

CREATING LEADERS WORKSHOP: Mastering the Principles and Effective Delivery of 'The Ontological Leadership Course' (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides)

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Kari L. Granger and Joseph J. DiMaggio M.D.
This workshop is designed to support participants in gaining mastery in the delivery of our new course: "Being A Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model." The Workshop was delivered at the United States Air Force Academy (July 13 - 16,... View Details
Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Values and Beliefs; Globalization; Policy; Leadership Development; Goals and Objectives; Performance Capacity; Social and Collaborative Networks
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  • 17 Jun 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Excellence Comes From Saying No

environment, it's both strange and liberating," says Frei. The atmosphere allowed for an unusual amount of introspection and reflection on the cases they discussed. Schulman recalled robust discussion between HLS and HBS students about View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 22 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: November 22

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1416935 Ethical Discrepancy: Changing Our Attitudes to Resolve Moral Dissonance Authors:L.L. Shu, F. Gino, and M.H. Bazerman Publication:In Behavioral Business Ethics: Shaping an Emerging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Aug 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

investments and never assume that years of education will make them more aware of misdeeds. Egan started studying ethics in financial services after an adviser swindled his aunt, a high-level university... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • October 2010 (Revised May 2017)
  • Case

Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University

By: Boris Groysberg, Maureen Gibbons and Joshua Bronstein
It is October 2009 and Barry Salzberg, CEO of Deloitte LLP, has just returned from the groundbreaking of Deloitte University. When completed, Deloitte University would be a world class learning and development center owned by, and for the exclusive use by the employees... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Problems and Challenges; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Teams; Competency and Skills; Training; Employees; Values and Beliefs; Education Industry; Education Industry; United States
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  • 24 Jan 2011
  • HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

with Ruth Page and David Habeeb of the HBS Educational Technology Group, Terror at the Taj Bombay: Customer-Centric Leadership documents the bravery and resourcefulness shown by rank-and-file employees during the siege.  Video interviews... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations

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