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- 02 Dec 2010
- What Do You Think?
Making Right Choices: Art or Science?
at its heart, involves a series of choices. Neuropsychologists tell us that the human brain can comfortably deal with only a limited number of alternatives (seven plus or minus two, according to a number of studies). Fields like decision... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
organizational behavior, including pioneering efforts in the field of quality of work life. Earning his MBA in 1950, Turner joined the Technology Project at Yale's Institute of Human Relations, where his work with Charles R. Walker and... View Details
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
Involvement in Process Improvement Author:Anita L. Tucker Abstract Managers play a critical role in process improvement. However, research has found that many improvement efforts fail due to insufficient management involvement. Less is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Team - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
by Professor Michael E. Porter and is based in the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. Faculty and staff engaged in research and education in value based health care form the core team at HBS. In... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
broader field of study. Microprocess research in organizational studies reveals implicit phenomenological assumptions that vary in the extent to which microprocesses are treated as parts of larger systems.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
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U.S. Steel | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
the Corporate Image Gary Works Photograph Album Resources Research Links Films & TV Bibliography From the Director Site Credits Special Collections Search Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion... View Details
- 30 Jun 2022
- News
Scaling Hope
them. It was a night that would change both his son’s life and D’Antonio’s. Today, both men work in the field of addiction treatment. D’Antonio’s son, now with more than six years of continuous sobriety, is trained as a peer recovery... View Details
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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity
the MBA required curriculum. Professor Jackson is an organizational ethnographer and field researcher who... Rosabeth M. Kanter Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration Rosabeth Moss Kanter... View Details
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
shifts were canceled due to closures. When the lockdown continued, the company then furloughed 51,000 store employees—while still retaining 82 percent of its full-time store and field employees on payroll. To support workers through the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
cross-disciplinary group of mid-career, research-oriented faculty—has organized to coordinate activities that promote high-quality research in the field of strategy. This editorial essay summarizes the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
How can schools around the world educate their students better? What does the future hold? Most researchers who study these questions in the field of education peer through the lenses of sociology and public... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Innovation Outside the Boundaries
Kent Thiry and Denise O’Leary (both MBA 1983) Noting the accelerated pace of change in society today, venture capital private investor Denise O’Leary (MBA 1983) calls innovation in the MBA curriculum “the flywheel that drives continued excellence and keeps HBS teaching... View Details
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education
Naylor Fitzhugh became a professor of accounting at Howard University, where he developed a marketing program, was known for incorporating field research in his teaching, and mentored many Howard students.... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14
characterized by some boundary conditions (Study 6). We discuss the theoretical contribution of this work to research on moral regulation and ethical behavior. "CEO Relational Leadership and Strategic Decision Quality in Top... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy &... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 11, 2009
interest in the field for both academics and practitioners. Researchers have built upon the work in behavioral decision theory, examining the ways in which negotiators may deviate from rationality. The 1990s... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
standards and about dedication to one's career. There aren't many senior people in this field who will take the time to help younger people along, but Steve was exceptional in that regard. How have your priorities changed since 1974? In... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5
if they did not obtain the second reward. We discuss implications for research on motivation and incentives. Bringing Science to the Art of Strategy Authors:A.G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin, Jan W. Rivkin, and Nicolaj Siggelkow... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior
questions about past misdeeds. But a recent set of studies indicates that people genuinely do tend to forget the details of their own transgressions. In the paper Leaving Our Immoral Deeds in the Past, researchers show that engaging in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel