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- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
PublicationsThe Need for Sector-Specific Materiality and Sustainability Reporting Standards Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., Michael P. Krzus, Jean Rogers, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (forthcoming) Abstract Even though the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
A Randomized Field Study of a Leadership WalkRounds™-Based Intervention
Background: Leadership WalkRounds have been widely adopted as a technique for improving patient safety and safety climate. WalkRounds involve senior managers directly observing frontline work and soliciting employees' ideas about improvement opportunities. However, the... View Details
- 27 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Discretion Within the Constraints of Opportunity: Gender Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
- 14 Jul 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival
- March 2025
- Case
Sarojini Naidu: Courage of the Nightingale
By: Ranjay Gulati, Malini Sen and Anjali Raina
Indian poet and freedom fighter and mother of four, Sarojini (Chattopadhyay) Naidu, could not hold back. As the protestors marched ahead without retaliating against the police’s blows, she stepped forward to join them. A British officer approached Naidu and touched her... View Details
- April 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Buro Happold
By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman
Padraic Kelly became Managing Director (MD) of the engineering services firm Buro Happold in 1996. One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current size where it was constrained by a structure of having each... View Details
Keywords: Training; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Organizational Culture; Programs
Eccles, Robert G., and Kerry Herman. "Buro Happold." Harvard Business School Case 409-021, April 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
cinema matinee pricing) does not fit into the performance-based pricing model. Neither does stratified service pricing such as first class and economy in air travel. This is similar to product line pricing, and can be considered service... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
identity and reputation from unjust attacks. And the firm as a whole needs a similar defensive capacity for its dealings with hostile competitive firms, community groups, or governmental agencies. The defending and learning drives can... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 17 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price
and when the price came first, the question seemed to be 'Is it worth it?' " That said, price primacy didn't have much of an effect on actual purchasing behavior. Participants bought about the same number of items and reported View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
spontaneous meeting had benefited them professionally. The third and fourth conditions were similar to the first two, but participants were focused on personal gain instead. Afterward, all the participants were asked to complete a series... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
effect.” Social good—and its unintended consequence The authors set out to test two ideas. Do jobs aiming for social good that require a college degree pay less than similar traditional jobs? And, if so, does that result in narrowing... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
available to researchers do not contain sufficient information to conduct the kinds of analyses we have demonstrated here. So if we want to move beyond the US in studying inequalities, similar high-quality data from other countries needs... View Details
- Profile
Ted Obi
learned from her grandmother. Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? Ashley, my twin sister. We are similar in many ways and different in others. In our 26 years of friendship, she has taught me how to lead with... View Details
- 18 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
What is an IFC?
sector and this was a chance to dive deep into challenges and opportunities facing the governments of Lima and Buenos Aires (with implications for cities across the world as well). The experience was similar to FIELD 2 in the RC year in... View Details
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
giving Quaker's executives ample reason to believe they could produce similar growth for Snapple. But replicating Gatorade's success was more than an objective—it was a matter of corporate survival. With only one brand in its beverage... View Details
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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online
one relating to deadlines or time estimates, you can also express those in a similar fashion. Please note that no preexisting familiarity or experience with generative AI is necessary or assumed to use the bot and, while we encourage you... View Details
- 22 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries
the line, are not directly replicable in software as there is no line to stop. "What we hope to do," Upton says, "is to distill the relevant aspects of lean manufacturing so that managers can see how these tools were applied successfully in a service... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
similar points in their careers, but you’ll be put into peer learning teams that you interact with throughout the program. Peer learning teams will rotate once per term so that you can develop meaningful relationships with several... View Details
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
counterparts, but a woman in a senior leadership role who switches to a new firm can now expect a salary bump of 25 percent on average, whereas a man making a similar move will see 9 percent more pay, says Paul Healy, the James R.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz