by Zoë Chance - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

significantly improve the performance and satisfaction of workers and boost the chances of hiring them permanently, according to the results of the study by Harvard Business School professors Iavor I.... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

05 Jul 2023
HBS Case

What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment

an analytical orientation often find comfort in data, leaning on numbers or models to develop a plan that provides the best chance for success (e.g., “data is king”). Contextual. Individuals with a contextual orientation tend to focus on... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

05 Sep 2023
Book

Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential

individual can minimize the chances of those failures occurring by paying close attention and catching mistakes before they spiral out of control. Intelligent failure, on the other hand, is unavoidable if a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Oct 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Making the Gambler’s Fallacy Disappear: The Role of Experience

Keywords: by Gregory M. Barron & Stephen Leider

12 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?

than 10 percent chance of approval. Me toos have greater than 20 percent chance of reaching the market, and generally require lower investment. For patients, of course, it’s the novel blockbusters that can... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health; Pharmaceutical

23 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers

understand why they’re not showing up?” says Fuller, who co-chairs the Project on the Workforce at Harvard. The good news: As more leaders move into the sandwich generation and care for aging parents while raising children, the more View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

30 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

workers living in areas where diversity issues are more salient, as measured by per-capita Black Lives Matter protests. The results were not affected by variations in the education and gender of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

economics, and market design, was that the right was structured as what he terms a Before and After Right of First Refusal (BA-ROFR). The right holder is offered an initial deal by the asset owner—the landlord offers to sell the flat to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate; Entertainment & Recreation

12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

this be the subject of a third case? "Time will tell," Ofek quips. In the meantime, Ofek invites Nanda to attend his class when the Clocky cases are taught. "I think she likes it because it gives her a chance to have people... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

10 Oct 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Harnessing Our Inner Angels and Demons: What We Have Learned About Want/Should Conflicts and How That Knowledge Can Help Us Reduce Short-Sighted Decision Making

Keywords: by Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers & Max H. Bazerman

13 Jul 2016
HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

business by finding customers who needed rooms in cities hosting popular events. Source: GoodLifeStudio “If you don’t have a supply of houses and apartments, people are not going to come,” says Teixeira. The problem was, where to find... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation

26 Apr 2024
HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

subordinates accountable, but they have no clue how to do that,” says Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer Hise Gibson in explaining what drew him to study Sanders’ sometimes-controversial leadership style. Gibson, who played football at West Point and spent 25... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

01 Nov 2021
What Do You Think?

How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

(iStockphoto/skynesher) Most CEOs recognize the power of organizational culture and the impact that it can have on the bottom line. They acknowledge the importance of shared values and behaviors that influence the way an organization conducts its business. One... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

Sarah Jane Gilbert: What led you to pursue this research? Amy Edmondson: This research, rather than being a single project, is part of a fifteen-year program of a half dozen or so projects in different settings, all focused on learning in and View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection is supposed to allow companies to shed debt and get a fresh start. Ideally, creditors recover most of what they’re owed as the restructured firm begins turning a profit. Yet, more companies are liquidated than rebuilt, giving up the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

activity sponsored by Harvard Business School. That study sought to examine questions of M&A strategy and execution with a new rigor. Our in-depth findings will emerge over the next year or two, in the form of various books, articles,... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

05 Sep 2023
Book

Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs

it. Those emotions are deep-seated from an evolutionary standpoint. “From a survival perspective, we are risk-averse,” she says. “Just as we are interested in other people thinking well of us. Long ago, rejection by the group could, in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

Ask jazz fans the world over to name their favorite compilation, and chances are their response is Kind of Blue. With music that is sophisticated and sublime, spare yet complex, trumpeter and composer Miles Davis (1926-1991) reached... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

a host of dynamic multimedia material competing for his or her attention, we wanted to create a high-quality, engaging classroom experience. Both plot and character development in the book are inspired by a popular storytelling structure... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 May 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Some Neglected Axioms in Fair Division

Keywords: by John W. Pratt

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