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- 23 Apr 2014
- News
A corporate leader’s legacy in India
When Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975) joined his family’s business in 1962, it was on the Tata Steel shop floor in Jamshedpur, India. From the ground up, Tata learned how to be an effective manager and a corporate leader who understands the... View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
Maryland professor at the time of his death in 1998, Olson believed that big corporations and industry organizations wielded control over policy. Diffuse groups could not effect policy change because... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
In contrast, we find no increase in crimes against men or gender-neutral crimes. We also examine the effectiveness of alternative forms of political representation: large-scale membership of women in local councils affects crime against... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Matt Segneri
In high school, Matt Segneri excelled in math and science. "In college," Matt says, "I wanted to move from discrete problem-solving to more complex issues." Matt majored in psychology at Harvard, where he had the opportunity to intern with Monitor... View Details
- 23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008
Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Abstract Prior work in organizational learning has failed to find a consistent effect of variation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 May 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams
mastery" goals probably lead to better effects than strict "performance" goals. Good people with the best of intentions can focus so much on a stretch goal that they fail to recognize how it leads to unethical behavior and/or excessive... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Faculty Books
effective management of information services activities and highlights the areas of greatest potential application of the technology. Global Marketing Management by John A. Quelch and Christopher A. Bartlett (South-Western Publishing... View Details
- 15 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 15
tranches. Overall, a one standard deviation reduction in average time on the market decreases the interest rate for institutional loans by over 30 basis points per annum. While this effect is significantly larger for loan tranches bought... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
Group formation increases individual payoffs, and group structure is robust to varying levels of reciprocity and transitivity. Increasing population size increases group size... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
John C. Sawhill Remembered
seminar Effective Leadership of Social Enterprises prepared students for leadership roles in nonprofit management. Of his work at HBS, Sawhill once commented, "I want to expose students to leaders who have been View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business
reference points, students learn to anticipate and deal with the kinds of value conflicts they are likely to face as global managers. They also develop a business philosophy and a set of values that will help them lead effectively when... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 20 Nov 2014
- News
Strengthening America's Public Education System
transportation systems and infrastructure research, and Senior Lecturer Joseph B. Fuller is leading the middle-skills research. In 2013, Rivkin, with Senior Fellow Allen Grossman and Senior Lecturer Kevin Sharer, examined how business leaders can partner more View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Serving through TechnoServe
countries. “The relationship is similar to that of investment bankers and entrepreneurs,” explains Tierney, who is chairman of TechnoServe. “It's a very effective way to develop business in rural settings.” Whether working with coffee... View Details
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
annulled the merger—which the European Commission had approved two years earlier—after a group of independent music labels complained about the merger's effect on competition. While Sony and BMG were... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
was to provide empirical data answering these questions." In the course of his research, Austin surveyed nearly ten thousand of the School's MBA and Executive Education graduates, held eleven focus groups with managers, interviewed more... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
1910. Black arrivals increased both the effort exerted by immigrants to assimilate and their eventual Americanization. These average effects mask substantial heterogeneity: while initially less integrated View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Welcome to the Future
reconfigured (as in the rendering below of Batten’s second floor) to accommodate large group discussions or small-team collaborations, with the professor presiding from the center of the oval classroom. Each hive is slightly different in... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
While many texts teach the theories and frameworks of management education, Managerial Accounting goes further by covering the capabilities and techniques necessary for effective management practice, as well as fostering attitudes that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
Harvard Business School Case 815-078 Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B) The case builds on the earlier (A) case, which described the origins of the Turkish business group... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel