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Team - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Elizabeth Teisberg Ph.D., Cullen Trust for Higher Education distinguished University Chair in Value-Based Care Kevin Bozic M.B.A., M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care S. Claiborne “Clay” Johnston M.D.,... View Details

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

In today's global work environment, it's a given that companies need culturally diverse teams to succeed. Both scientific studies and common sense tell us that having people with different viewpoints onboard increases the creativity that teams will employ in solving... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?

ideas, more willing to help, and more trusting than would typically be the case. A similarly positive environment can be created if you work with someone who has an attractive personality—someone who is empathetic, for example, or... View Details

Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo

01 Nov 2019
What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

commented that, “When a non-compete clause is required it can signal a lack of trust If your ethics are being questioned the time of hire, question the company ethics.” This may help explain why RCD said that, “I have walked away from... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

ambassador program through trusted word-of-mouth channels (senior influencers on social media, and WhatsApp and community groups). For Laryea, who has worked around the world, the biggest takeaway was the importance of refining one’s... View Details

08 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Long Distance Relationships: What if my partner can’t join me at HBS?

member of Section A 2020! Even though I've only been with my section-mates for a couple of months, I already consider them my family. Trust me: I was skeptical, too. But the Section experience can be one of the best resources to support... View Details

17 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

they are smarter than anyone else, and then start to trust their own judgment and ignore objective information,” Zhang says. “When they don’t feel that pressure to perform they might exercise more biases.” “Every coach has their favorite... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Operations Management) Willy Shih Derek van Bever Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Intensive (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Willy Shih Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Willy Shih Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Building View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

leaders manage these conversations effectively. Drawing on our insights and those of others, we offer this guide to help leaders have the kinds of discussions we need to be having right now. The four I’s of conversational leadership The book Talk, Inc.: How View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

20 May 2022
Blog Post

Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research

or fees. With that, we’ve also all been in the position our cohort members are in: confused, yet curious about entrepreneurship. We’re well connected personally with the faculty members inside many of the university’s we work with, and they are more View Details

20 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce

that result in ownership splits weaken a family and greatly reduce its assets and returns. You need a program to bring together the family behind the business, to strengthen trusting bonds and build family commitment to your company. A... View Details

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

organization and, even more importantly, a stronger ability to deliver on the mission. What Networks Are And How They Work Trust forms the core of a network, she said. Among academic researchers, the word network refers to a set of actors... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

employers and employees as ones of material benefits.” After all, it’s not all about making money, says DeLong, a Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice at HBS. What employees really crave, the paper argues, is meaning. “You and I need to build View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Oklahoma City bombing Influence: Medium-Low 1900 s 19 First significant enforcement of Sherman Antitrust Act Pure Food and Drug Act; breakup of beef trust Excise Tax imposed on corporations Tariff Act forces corporations to open their... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

in the United States so badly. And my parents said, ‘Okay, but it has to be New England.’ They trusted the region because of its universities and proximity to Europe; it was almost as if I was in London.” Brass tacks: “The pragmatic... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

25 Feb 2020
News

Task Force

meeting weekly at the Harvard i-lab, still talking, still sharing ideas. They also traveled to Mexico City in October 2017 to meet alumni (“I think we had 25 meetings in five days,” Campbell says) and conduct focus groups with potential users, many of whom, it seemed,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; gig economy; Retail Trade

12 May 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

on the other side stronger.” The courage to acknowledge vulnerability can strengthen the position of leaders. Employees don’t expect leaders to have all the answers, but they do expect them to acknowledge the elephant in the room. Leaders can relaunch and regain the... View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

point is the most crucial—employee trust is hard to regain once it’s lost. E = Execute your organization’s post-COVID workforce plan in a timely fashion and evaluate your progress constantly. Ultimately, the TAKE framework is about... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

06 Feb 2014
HBS Seminar

Karthik Ramanna, Harvard Business School

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

reason to trust each other. Without trust, many transactions will never materialize. A crucial feature of any platform is enabling and creating a trust environment allowing independent parties to feel... View Details