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- 23 Apr 2019
- Video
LeverEdge Final Pitch New Venture Competition 2019 Business Track
- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered those remarks in a now famous speech in Memphis on April 3, 1968. Everyone present felt the power of his words, but no one could have known just how prescient they were. The following evening, at... View Details
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
competing against the Soviet companies, you are competing against the champions of Brazil and China and Russia." In other words, it's not enough anymore to write off these companies as inefficient leviathans stuck in a hand-out mindset. "They have also learned to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- January 1981 (Revised June 1993)
- Background Note
Note on Why Employees Join Unions
By: Michael Beer
Provides some answers to the question of why employees join unions. Summarizes recent data on workers' perceptions of unions: their power and instrumentality. Also explores the special situation of white collar workers. View Details
Beer, Michael. "Note on Why Employees Join Unions." Harvard Business School Background Note 481-121, January 1981. (Revised June 1993.)
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
REALCities.com links city guides from over forty different markets with a very powerful user interface. Its national job board, CareerBuilder.com, is one of the leading national job sites, recently acquiring Headhunter.net. The Washington... View Details
- March 2023
- Background Note
A Primer on OKRs
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni
The OKR framework is a popular goal-setting and strategy execution tool that uses goal setting through “Objectives” and measuring performance using “Key Results” on a periodic basis to measure and drive performance. The OKR framework has been adopted and practiced at... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Talent and Talent Management; Framework; Corporate Governance; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Systems; Measurement and Metrics; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Performance Expectations; Performance Productivity; Performance Efficiency
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni. "A Primer on OKRs." Harvard Business School Background Note 123-081, March 2023.
- 13 Dec 2018
- Video
The Research Associate Predoctoral Experience
- 04 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony
Heard on the Street (HOTS) is the one and only a cappella group at HBS. During this period of disconnection due to COVID-19, we have embraced music’s power to bring people together. The first concert of the season took place last night on... View Details
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
adversaries as well as with colleagues within your organization? In this Q&A, James Sebenius and David Lax, authors of 3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals, discuss the common mistakes of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2013
- News
Book Review: 'Blockbusters' by Anita Elberse
- Video
Mostafa Terrab
Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO of Morocco-based OCP Group, outlines the company’s commitments towards sustainability, which include major investments in solar power as well as the development of customized fertilizer with carbon-sequestering potential. View Details
- 05 Jul 2012
- News
How Effective Leaders Talk (and Listen)
- 31 May 2018
- News
Why High-Tech Commoditization Is Accelerating
- May 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Jan Carlzon: CEO at SAS (A)
Describes Jan Carlzon's actions on assuming the CEO's responsibility at SAS in a time of financial and organizational difficulty. After tracing Carlzon's development as a manager, it focuses on the way in which he developed, then communicated a clear and motivating... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Financial Crisis; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge; Leadership Development; Crisis Management; Motivation and Incentives; Business Strategy; Aerospace Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Jan Carlzon: CEO at SAS (A)." Harvard Business School Case 392-149, May 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
- 02 Jun 2020
- News
Making experiments pay
- June 2016
- Teaching Note
The Rawlinsons: Facing Life and Career Decisions as a Couple
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
David and Nadia Rawlinson are a dual-career power couple who both seek executive careers in large organizations. At the beginning of the case, Nadia has taken a new job in San Francisco, while David has been offered an opportunity in London. What are the risks of... View Details
- 26 Apr 2017
- Video
Student Voices: The Impact of Financial Aid
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
by reconstructing what some of those anticipations were. Power, Competitiveness, and Advice Taking: Why the Powerful Don't Listen Authors:L.P. Tost, F. Gino, and R. Larrick Publication:,Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 2022
- Supplement
Broadway Angels (2022)
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In late June of 2022, Sonja Perkins, co-founder of Broadway Angels, contemplated the group’s future. She and her co-founders, Jennifer Fonstad, and Magdalena Yesil, started the group to gather together the most successful and powerful women in venture capital and... View Details
Keywords: Gender Equity; Impact; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Social and Collaborative Networks; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Mission and Purpose; Groups and Teams; Financial Services Industry
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Broadway Angels (2022)." Harvard Business School Supplement 823-001, August 2022.