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- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
can do what you say." To launch a long-term relationship, one party can "take the hit and wait it out"—usually the supplier, he said. This is what he dubbed the "all at once" approach. Or better, the supplier can... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Protestors Knock at Your Door
LaMure (HBS MBA '02), is that targeted corporate executives who decide to ignore NGO protests do so at their own peril. Spar and LaMure recently detailed the rising power of NGOs and corporate responses in "The Power of Activism:... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
anything, can we learn from solutions implemented by other countries? For example, should Americans have a public option? What else? What do you think? To read more: N. Gregory... View Details
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
workers may feel guilty staying home. “Leaders underestimate how much what they do is mirrored by their employees,” Austin says. “Hypocrisy degrades them. Employees not only want to be told what to do, they... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
- 17 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Teaming in the Twenty-First Century
to do better things." Edmondson cites her academic mentors at Harvard—J. Richard Hackman, a leading thinker in team effectiveness, and Chris Argyris, an organizational learning expert—as core influences.... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
The dirty little secret of advertising agencies is that much of their work is pure guesswork. Companies spread out their advertising budgets across channels—a little bit of TV, some print media, a few billboards—and wait for customers to roll in. In very few cases,... View Details
- June 2012
- Case
Buro Happold (Abridged)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Ryan Johnson
In 1996, Ted Happold, the founder of the engineering services firm Buro Happold, passed away, and Padraic Kelly became the firm's new managing director (MD). One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current... View Details
Keywords: Learning And Development; Managing Growth; Organizational Design; Diversification; Client Management; Leadership Skills; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Leadership Development; Management Skills; Training; Programs; Customer Relationship Management
Eccles, Robert G., and Ryan Johnson. "Buro Happold (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 412-123, June 2012.
- 16 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part
professionals wanted to do their part to make them the last. Starting the Anti-Racism Fund It was from these deep discussions around how they each could help solve a centuries old problem, once again brought to the forefront of national... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
climbed more than three-fold in the United States. In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, openings skyrocketed by at least a factor of five. That said, in Miami; Savannah, Georgia; and Memphis, job listings with one or... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
in his recent book, some are less fungible than others. Germany was cited by Peter Sebregondi as a country that has pursued an enlightened strategy toward manufacturing, through its continued support of an apprentice system that provides... View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
This article considers key issues relating to the organization and performance of large multinational firms in the post-Second World War period. Although foreign direct investment is defined by ownership and control, in practice the... View Details
- December 2014
- Article
Team Reflexivity as an Antidote to Team Information Processing Failures
By: M. C. Schippers, A. C. Edmondson and M. A. West
This article proposes that team reflexivity—a deliberate process of discussing team goals, processes, or outcomes—can function as an antidote to team-level biases and errors in decision making. We build on prior work conceptualizing teams as information-processing... View Details
Keywords: Team Reflexivity; Team Information-processesing Failures; Team Regulatory Processes; Team Learning; Groups and Teams; Knowledge Management
Schippers, M. C., A. C. Edmondson, and M. A. West. "Team Reflexivity as an Antidote to Team Information Processing Failures." Small Group Research 45, no. 6 (December 2014): 731–769.
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
all we’re told is ‘that’s not good enough’ then we’re going to give up.” Bazerman’s book closes that gap by drawing lessons from philosophy, yes, but also from behavioral economics, psychology, and negotiation theory to show how we can... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Jan 2020
- In Practice
6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart
World on Fire. Image: Eoneren Related Reading When Your Passion Works Against You What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities Related reading from the Working Knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 14 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World
by focusing Unilever’s True North on sustainability. Understanding – With their vision in hand, leaders need in-depth understanding of their organization’s capabilities and strategies to take advantage of rapidly changing circumstances... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
offices, kitchen tables, and bedrooms. Parents suddenly needed to juggle homeschooling while learning how to be effective remote workers. Working from home during a global pandemic has introduced new formats, patterns, challenges, and... View Details
Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley
- 14 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?
are less likely than women to say they’re doing so to accommodate their family’s needs.” McGinn says. This is especially true of high-wage-earning fathers who might feel hamstrung by the always-on workplace... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 21 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know
Pressure to not compete against men, rather than an innate preference for cooperation over competition, may keep women from earning what they're worth in the workplace, according to preliminary findings by three Harvard researchers. In... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- March 2019
- Case
Wattpad
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
How to run a platform to match four million writers of stories to 75 million readers? Use data science. Make money by doing deals with television and filmmakers and book publishers. The case describes the challenges of matching readers to stories and of helping writers... View Details
Keywords: Platform Businesses; Creative Industries; Publishing; Data Science; Machine Learning; Collaborative Filtering; Women And Leadership; Managing Data Scientists; Big Data; Recommender Systems; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Intellectual Property; Analytics and Data Science; Publishing Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Canada; United States; Philippines; Viet Nam; Turkey; Indonesia; Brazil
Deighton, John, and Leora Kornfeld. "Wattpad." Harvard Business School Case 919-413, March 2019.