Leadership Style - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

were becoming less concentrated than non IT-intensive industries; this situation reversed in the late 1990s. The combination of increased turbulence and concentration, especially among IT-intensive industries, is consistent with an increasingly Schumpeterian View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

biggest test of her leadership since she became CEO in 2000. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408035 Andrea Jung: Empowering Avon Women (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 408-036... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2022
News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

their experiences, a primer on ETFs, and Jack Brennan’s Leadership Principles. From the emergence of index funds to the success of exchange-traded funds, Inside Vanguard is a near-Shakespearian drama of individual human struggle and... View Details

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

technologies which they leveraged to carve a leadership role in the inherently risky artificial fertilization business. As the company grew, its executives grappled with managing the political, ethical, and business risks associated with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Records, with ambitions of preserving the local music scene and supporting the careers of indie artists Keeping the Faith A new course investigates the powerful connections between belief, spirituality, and leadership Complete Table of... View Details

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

towering vision, of executing on an epic technology project, and of changing minds on an unprecedented scale. It examines the forces that both facilitate and derail change. It also examines the leadership View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

Capital, a subsidiary of the National Bank of Greece, and served as its CEO. “I’m occasionally accused of running the country like a corporation,” he says of his leadership style, which was immediately on view: Elected on a Sunday, sworn... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

controllers relied on the cultural authority of financial economics and the "full fair value" logic. Second, top management's interactive use of a particular control system sends a signal to external stakeholders about the firm's internal control View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

invested in technology stocks, relative to their style benchmarks, than their older colleagues. Furthermore, young managers, but not old managers, exhibit trend-chasing behavior in their technology stock investments. As a result, young... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

managerial decision making. Six facets of institutional logic-a common purpose, a long-term focus, emotional engagement, partnering with the public, innovation, and self-organization-radically alter leadership and corporate behavior and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2017
News

Life in Lockdown

building leadership skills and working relationships as it was about building businesses. Planning the program for Spring Break would give students time to dedicate solely to fleshing out their business ideas from concept to product... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photography by Chris Churchill

03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009

intrinsic or extrinsic incentives, and, for a wide range of settings, when the principal is more confident about the right course of action. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-085.pdf Publications Quanto Sei (a)Morale? View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2022 (Revised November 2022)
Case

When Should CEOs Speak Out Publicly? The 2021 Georgia Voting Law

By: William W. George, Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal

This case describes the March 2021 passage of a voting and elections law in the U.S. state of Georgia and reactions by corporations and corporate leaders to the law. Included are a brief history of voting rights in the United States and Georgia and an overview of the... View Details

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Educators

16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

for the orchestrating role of the manager; (2) adjust your leadership style to maximize your team's performance; (3) balance conflicting expectations from your boss, peers, and direct reports; and (4) deal... View Details

08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

investments across time and as they move between firms. We find evidence of skill and exit style differences even among venture partners investing at the same VC firm at the same time. Furthermore, our estimates suggest the partner's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

case: http://hbr.org/search/713074-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-099 Transitions Asia: Managing Across Cultures The director of an interim executive search firm, Chee Lung Tham, faced a clash of culture and management styles... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

substantially expanded social value, but also pose unusually difficult challenges because the merging entities are often strikingly different in philosophy and operating styles as well as in scale. We examine three examples—Ben and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

procedures (Befehlstaktik) objectives should be achieved. Under this viewpoint, American methods were more authoritarian and controlling. Thyssen's managerial style clearly followed this Prussian military tradition. He delegated, then... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2022
News

September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

style and channel our inner Frank as we navigate life’s challenges and opportunities. Nothing They Won’t Do By Benjamin Campbell (MBA 1992) Teutoburg Forest Press Mason Wright is living the dream as a first-year student at the most famous... View Details

September 2019 (Revised September 2019)
Case

Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells, Carole A. Winkler and Benjamin Weinstock

In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016; many put the blame at the door of fake... View Details