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  • 2008
  • Book

Moral Gray Zones: Side Productions, Identity, and Regulation in an Aeronautic Plant

By: Michel Anteby
Anyone who has been employed by an organization knows not every official workplace regulation must be followed. When management consistently overlooks such breaches, spaces emerge in which both workers and supervisors engage in officially prohibited, yet tolerated... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Governance Controls; Production; Organizational Culture; Practice; France
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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer

By: Anette Mikes
This paper tracks the evolution of the role of two chief risk officers (CROs), and the tools and processes they have implemented in their respective organizations. While the companies are from very different industries (one is a power company, the other is a toy... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Managerial Roles
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Fisher Body Company, 1908–1926 Herman G. Fisher Fisher-Price Toy Company, 1930–1966 Donald V. Fites Caterpillar Tractor Company, 1990–1999 Henry M. Flagler Florida East Coast Railway, 1886–1913 Henry Ford II Ford Motor Company, 1945–1979... View Details
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Global

School Online programs are international. View Programs Global Impact Read stories highlighting the School's influence and impact around the world. View the report In The News 04 May 2025 Business Insider Trump Suggested Kids Have Too Many Dolls. He Might Be Right, but... View Details
  • 12 Jun 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer

Keywords: by Anette Mikes
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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

Dolls. He Might Be Right, but We Get a Lot More than Toys from China. Re: Willy Shih 04 May 2025 Washington Post This U.S. Manufacturer Doesn’t Mind Trump’s Tariffs at All Re: Willy Shih 01 May 2025 Boston Globe The US Runs a Trade... View Details
  • 16 May 2023
  • HBS Case

How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

road.” When KKR bought CHI Overhead Doors in 2015, it offered a test case for an idea Stavros had been toying with since he was a student at HBS. He made every employee an owner, promising each a payout of at least $15,000 if the company... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 04 May 2021
  • Book

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

In 2019, a three-year-old boy walked with his mother into a Florida Best Buy store, clutching a toy dinosaur that Santa had given him for Christmas. Only, the dinosaur’s head had broken, and now tears were streaming down the boy’s face as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
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For Alumni - Doctoral

Bulletin Submit Class Notes Faculty In The News Trump Suggested Kids Have Too Many Dolls. He Might Be Right, but We Get a Lot More than Toys from China. Re: Willy Shih 04 MAY 2025 | Business Insider This U.S. Manufacturer Doesn’t Mind... View Details
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Faculty & Research - Global

Europe, or Latin America each year. More information In The News 04 May 2025 Business Insider Trump Suggested Kids Have Too Many Dolls. He Might Be Right, but We Get a Lot More than Toys from China. Re: Willy Shih 04 May 2025 Washington... View Details
  • 11 Aug 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message?

even better to get the children actively involved in the giving, she says, for example by donating their toys in-person or donating clothes to programs that help other children in need as opposed to simply helping their parents write a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

    Youngme Moon

    Youngme Moon is the Donald K. David Professor of Business at Harvard Business School. Professor Moon's research sits at the intersection of brand strategy and culture, with a particular focus on the emergent AI economy. She is the author of the bestselling book, View Details

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      Rosabeth M. Kanter

      Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

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      • 24 Mar 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      Rituals at Work: Teams That Play Together Stay Together

      bonding activity—regular rituals like doing the Walmart Cheer or firing a Nerf toy gun to conclude a project—led to a 16 percent increase in how meaningful employees judged their work to be, according to research by Harvard Business... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz

        William A. Sahlman

        William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

        Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

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        • 19 Sep 2023
        • Research & Ideas

        What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space

        unbelievable job. But what’s interesting is that the underlying attitudes are not that different—a lot of experimentation—from those that we’ve seen in the NASA and SpaceX ecosystem in the last decade but with probably a fraction of the View Details
        Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette; Aerospace
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        David Velasquez

        my three brothers, and simply being kids. Playing endless 2 vs. 2 basketball games, pulling out the Nerf toy guns and chasing each other around the house, or – a classic favorite – performing a ritual that involved smashing my face into a... View Details
        • 20 Jul 2011
        • Research & Ideas

        Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

        for $1 billion. Had he never chatted with Kay, he would never have wound up purchasing Pixar, and the world might never have thrilled to wonderful animated films like Toy Story, WALL-E, and Up. Experimenting. Finally, innovators are... View Details
        Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen
        • 28 Nov 2018
        • HBS Case

        On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

        been tanking, with shares recently trading at $1.50. And in October, Sears filed for bankruptcy protection, following the dark road paved by Borders, RadioShack, and Toys ‘R’ Us. “Target had to make this big shift from thinking only about... View Details
        Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
        • 27 Feb 2019
        • Research & Ideas

        The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall

        competitors to take advantage of the market opportunity,” she says. Danielle Kost is senior editor at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Image: Jarretera Related Reading: Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right Don’t Just... View Details
        Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Auto; Medical Devices & Supplies