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- 13 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril
not, we might want to reconsider asking them in the first place—or think about how we can make the advisor feel validated even if we don’t take their advice,” John says. Plus, Blunden notes, people should take away a broader lesson from... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
implementations." In this e-mail interview Miller discusses lessons learned with colleagues Vincent Dessain (HBS MBA '87) and Daniela Beyersdorfer of the Paris-based HBS Europe Research Center. Dessain, executive director of the... View Details
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
The (B) case presents the final outcome of the events. Reveals how Keller is able to turn around perceptions about him and forge relationships with key decision makers. Includes reflections and lessons learned from all parties and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
doses to other countries.” Preparing for the next pandemic Kominers believes the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic will leave countries better prepared in the future—“so we build the capacity to produce vaccines at scale as early... View Details
- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
Risky Behavior During COVID-19, a National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper released in August. Lessons from the pandemic’s first wave News of a deadly virus hitting the United States was enough to keep diners home in early... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market
which the art world uses market categories to separate and organize large amounts of information, which in turn allows buyers and sellers to accurately assess the value of various works. This investigation led to a related lesson that art... View Details
- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
Angie [Hicks, MBA 2000] herself. To their credit, the students stuck to their guns." Having other investors you trust critique your stock pitches can be important not only for investment managers, but also for individual investors, says Cohen. "One great... View Details
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
Summing Up Can managers acquire ways of thinking or ways of learning from doctors? Managers can learn from an understanding of how doctors think. But whether the lessons are profound or even totally applicable was a matter of discussion... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 20 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Ordinary Practices
do with problem solving—either avoiding solving problems that crop up in the team or the project, or creating problems. NB: What is a vital lesson that leaders can take away from this? Amabile: I believe it's important for leaders to... View Details
Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
"It makes you think beyond your own actions to how everyone is solving a problem," says Stafford. "You accumulate experience alongside the theory. Getting those lessons together, I suspect, is very valuable." View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
The ASGM case provides lessons about the diffusion of certification to new sectors, with the aim of guiding global resources towards their most efficient and effective ends. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
“linguistic-cultural expats” who, while neither native to the lingua franca nor the organization’s home culture, surprisingly have the easiest time adjusting to language changes. Neeley demonstrates that language can serve as the conduit for an unfamiliar culture,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
Elberse had the unique opportunity to observe Ferguson's management style in a series of visits and in-depth interviews. In this collaborative explication, she details eight parts of Ferguson's "formula" as she observed them and gives the manager his say. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
million, donor assistance was $124 million and out-of-pocket household expenditures were roughly $128 million. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) View Details
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
group of jubilant colleagues commenting on what a great case it was. I remained silent, trying to figure out why my experience was so much worse. On my tenth attempt to teach the case, this time to a group of executives in Puerto Rico, its View Details
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
Jossey-Bass, 2003). Robert Greenleaf, Servant Leadership (Mahwah, N. J.: The Paulist Press, 1977) Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011). Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr., In Search of Excellence: View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jan 2007
- HBS Case
The Challenge of Managing National Security
the challenge of differentiating and integrating an organization—that is, breaking it into specialized parts yet getting the parts to work together. Cases about extreme circumstances force students to think outside their usual domains. The aim is for students to draw... View Details
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
of 64. However, whatever our personal ethics, we are still confronted with these questions: "What does this organization stand for in the way of ethics and corporate responsibility? Can I bring my personal ethics safely through the company gate?" These View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
(Nolan will document management lessons from the recent experience of dot-com companies in a forthcoming book, dot vertigo.) An interest in the concept of mentor capitalism brought HBS Professor Dorothy A. Leonard and Professor Walter... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
Leadership Lessons from the Chilean Mine Rescue By: Rashid, Faaiza, Amy C. Edmondson, and Herman B. Leonard Abstract—Three years ago, when a cave-in at the San José mine in Chile trapped 33 men under 700,000 metric tons of rock, experts... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino