Leadership Development And Career Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

The Quest for Better Layoffs

A few years ago, Sandra J. Sucher received worried emails from two MBA students in her first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) class at Harvard Business School. Elana Green (now Elana... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

October 2019 (Revised December 2019)
Supplement

Extend Fertility: Conceiving the Market for Egg Preservation (B)

By: Debora L. Spar and Olivia Hull

Keywords: Strategy; Information Technology; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Science-Based Business; Marketing Strategy; Business Plan; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Mission and Purpose; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Integration; Health; Health Industry

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21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

to worthy applicants, venture philanthropists proactively find opportunities and develop them. "A big part of the model is first seeking out the entrepreneur and the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

01 Oct 2020
What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

(iStock) iStock SUMMING UP Who Will Call the Shots in Stakeholder Capitalism? At one time in my checkered academic career I studied, researched, and published papers about interorganizational management.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

leaders were trained, sophisticated strategic-planning systems were supposed to help senior managers decide which businesses to grow and which to harvest. 1 Unfortunately, all the planning View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

Lovett, Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

27 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

and adequate supply. Clarity, transparency, listening to the experts, and leadership At the beginning of the pandemic, many countries, either purposely or unknowingly, kept the... View Details

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer, Kathy Giusti cofounded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, which has helped thousands of other patients with the cancer and has accelerated... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

coaching. Linda Powell described several important elements of an effort to support inclusion this way: “Organizations must have clear policies on harassment, (then) insist on leadership that models appropriate behavior, effective... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

game-changer. Programs are developing that allow teachers to share lesson plans and streamline grading. On a district level, technology can help pair teachers View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

large-scale changes to business practices and legal reform. “Through the 1930s, she remained the only woman pictured in the all-male leadership council of the Fair Trade Committee,” Sawyer says. “She... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

Wagaroo. The initial iteration of Wagaroo was based entirely on trying to develop an effective matching algorithm. Prospective owners filled out surveys, indicating preferences about factors such as size, breed, energy level, age, View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

burn cash faster than they make it. But already successful pioneers such as eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo! have transformed industry dynamics, opened new career aspirations, and... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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