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  • 03 Dec 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

"jerk" be tapped with some degree of consistency? Is it worth it? What do you think? Original Article The annoying employee who makes his numbers while alienating those around him will gain needed attention in the coming months... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 08 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

took away dozens of a firm's key customers. The crisis could have been anticipated. But because the management believed that only an unexpected burning platform could help push a complacent organization out of its comfort zone, it didn't pay View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

could come from the experience. Lastly, the value of the learning that might result from analyzing and discussing simple mistakes is often overlooked. Many scientific discoveries have resulted from those who were attentive to simple... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • Web

Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

selected to join the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Rare as One network, which has been instrumental in accelerating a focus on research and clinical trials. While these are examples of great strides, the biggest challenges for rare diseases are receiving funding and View Details
  • 01 May 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

refers to the amount of time and attention a person in a particular job must devote to interacting with others and nudging people where they should go, including collecting data, probing for new information, or attempting to influence the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Sep 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time

Administration at Harvard Business School. “If you look at the academic literature, what we actually know about growth is shockingly little. It’s amazing this topic is so important to management, yet gets such little attention from... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing
  • 06 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs

communities are often viewed as an afterthought by those in leadership positions, so I try to call attention to this when thinking through business decisions in the classroom. What has been the highlight of your HBS experience thus far?... View Details
  • 13 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

with managers is valuable—and it’s especially important for newly hired workers. In fact, Bojinov recommends: “Go to your remote workers first.” “Managers have to be careful of ensuring that their remote employees get as much attention... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 31 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

publishes various "top 10" lists in numerous fields, ranked according to how many times the paper has been viewed, downloaded, or cited elsewhere on SSRN. Some scholars paid a lot of attention to the reported download counts of their... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 06 May 2021
  • HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

performance demands were exhausting. But she wanted to show the assets that Miami had. Hatcher also wanted to change the narrative, not just for Miami but for the inner city. For too long, Kanter observes, attention to left-behind groups... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
  • 06 Nov 2018
  • Research & Ideas

8 Ways to Make Olympic Stadiums Useful After the Games End

says. “China in 2008 and Nazi Germany in 1936 are principal illustrations. But far less attention has been paid to what makes for a successful post-Games legacy.” To determine a stadium’s level of reuse, they analyzed annual attendance... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Sports
  • 18 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

work to transition from our home role to our work role is not always intuitive. One would think that switching roles is as easy as putting on a different hat. It turns out that transitioning between roles takes time and effort, and it’s a part of the day we need to pay... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Sep 2008
  • HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • Research Summary

Social Innovation

My intellectual agenda addresses this question: How to innovate to solve the world’s toughest challenges? Out of the earth’s population, about 2 billion can afford good products whereas the remaining 5 billion are poor and therefore are nonconsumers.... View Details

  • January 15, 2019
  • Article

Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?

By: Josh Baron
The legacy of Vanguard founder John Bogle has brought attention to the transformative influence of ownership structures within the business world. Bogle's revolutionary insight into the limitations of active fund management led to the widespread adoption of index... View Details
Keywords: Ownership Type; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strength and Weakness; Competitive Advantage
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Informing Brand Marketing Practice

Susan M. Fournier is involved with several projects relating more generally to brand managment issues. These include boardroom-level projects (with Professors Thomas Madden and Franke Fehle of the University of South Carolina, and sponsored by Interbrand) on the... View Details
  • Web

Life & Leadership After HBS - Race, Gender & Equity

Sexual Harassment In 2018, as the #MeToo movement brought new attention to the prevalence of sexual harassment at work, we asked Harvard Business School alumni* about harassment and misconduct in their current workplaces and their... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

or internal to the organization. However, the path to greater latitude on the job is not short. It involves, as Pradipta Saha commented, "Selecting the right entry-level employee ." We have found, for example, that high performance organizations give at least... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 11 Aug 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Perfecting the Project Pitch

it's important for speakers to grab the audience's attention early. There are a number of tricks for doing so, such as posing a puzzle to capture the audience's attention. "I tell students that they have 30 seconds with an... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher
  • 20 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Getting the Marketing Mix Right

Businesses rely on solid marketing strategies to boost sales—yet the tools used to evaluate these strategies often provide misleading results, leaving managers with the inability to accurately measure how they can get the best bang for their marketing buck. “Companies... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman