Construction - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Perfecting the Project Pitch

position their projects and themselves," Steenburgh explains. "The pitches take only five minutes, and I tell them that there are no do-overs. We turn on the camera and say 'go,' and they can't stop at that point. It's all View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher

18 Dec 2019
Book

6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

again, 99 percent of the time there was something wrong with it.” 3. Create informal and formal shared context—called ba in Japan—constantly in order to construct new meaning through human interactions. Takeuchi likens the Japanese... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

together. “We were able to take these multiple dimensions and construct these styles that were not possible before,” Choudhury says. The researchers then looked for correlations between communications style and other aspects of the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

associate had pulled away emotionally and psychologically. The associate had spent hours constructing a narrative that highlighted to the associate that he was no longer central to the organization. The associate was ripe to bolt for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

credibility on the screenwriter, and gives producers confidence that a movie might succeed. But should it? In fact, says Luo, the way the list is constructed is inherently flawed (from an ideal design standpoint). No one knows how many... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

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content that informs and inspires managers, corporations, and educators around the world. The Campus: A Legacy for the 21st Century The total renovation of Morgan Hall (a faculty and support staff office building), the addition of Shad Hall (a fitness center), and the... View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Reengineering Record high employment Service sector outpaces manufacturing in new job creation Influence: Low 1900 s 19 U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal Influence: High 10 1910 s 19 War Industries Board coordinates activities... View Details

2018
Working Paper

Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg

Achieving transformative impact has been much discussed by social entrepreneurs, funders, and consultants. These discussions have focused on issues of increasing impact and scale, but often with no clear distinction between the two terms. In order to provide clarity,... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Performance Efficiency; Growth and Development; Outcome or Result; Strategy

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13 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

chronicles the brand's origins, life experiences, and evolution over time in a selectively constructed story." Keinan recently participated in an e-mail interview about the research and its importance for marketing strategies. Martha... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

to use social media platforms to proactively seek out talent. This is especially true for technology-focused firms. This trend doesn’t seem to be slowing. Digital employment platforms have emerged that allow companies to pinpoint potential recruits in specific... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment

Research Summary

Overview

Professor Begenau’s research agenda is directed at better understanding how financial markets work and how they affect the real economy. She uses quantitative analysis to build both prescriptive and descriptive models concerning financial risk in banking, and she also... View Details

2012
Discussion Paper

Labor Productivity and Quality Change in Singapore: Achievements in 1974-2011 and Prospects for the Next Two Decades

By: Koji Nomura and Tomomichi Amano

Labor productivity growth in Singapore that has grown at a rate of over 3.0 percent per year since 1970s considerably slowed down to 0.5 percent on average per annum in the latter half of the 2000s. The purpose of this paper is to ask, first, to what extent Singapore’s... View Details

Keywords: Labor; Performance Productivity; Quality; Economic Growth; Singapore

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12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

setting a process for hazard resilience. Administered by UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, I was first to chair its private sector initiative, known as ARISE. As a retired construction CEO and WTC 9-11 survivor, I questioned why... View Details

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Excellence in Doctoral Student Mentoring. 2021 Robin J. Ely : Winner of the 2021 Academy of Management Journal Impact Award for “The Power in Demography: Women's Social Constructions of Gender Identity at Work” (June 1995). Robin J. Ely :... View Details

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Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

04 Jun 2018
What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

(including “the accused” and even “bad men”) in my struggle to come up with better descriptors. They were constructive and useful criticisms. It became apparent that these debates were likely to obscure any discussion of the issue at... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

the executives most in need of feedback in many organizations are very senior," he says. "They may have become isolated or not realize that their direct reports have constructive advice regarding specific changes they need to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

them. However, there are clearly too many ifs, ands, or buts in this scenario, so founders would be well advised to search for financing in other places." Just as cofounding with friends and family should be accompanied by carefully View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

According to Danaher, the DBS engine “drives the company through a never-ending cycle of change and improvement: exceptional people develop outstanding plans and execute them using world-class tools to construct sustainable processes,... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

documented that networks are very common in craft industries (such as construction and book publishing), industrial districts (German textiles, Italian consumer goods, and engineering components/machines), and high tech (oil extraction,... View Details