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- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
likely to be overlooked for top assignments and promotions. As partners and friends, we are checked out and unhappy. Rebels—those who practice “positive deviance” at work—are harder to manage, but they are good for the bottom line: their passion, drive, curiosity, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
many forms and that these are enabled by creativity and the right organizational flexibility and mindset. This abridged version of the case focuses on the choice of Jeopardy! as the development target and the approach taken by the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks, and Build an Incredible Career Keeping a Diary to Catalyze Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa, Steven Kramer, and Ela Ben-Ur Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
in fortunes are vivid examples of the private sector's cycle of Schumpeterian creative destruction. In contrast, the list of the largest nonprofit organizations has remained stable over decades. Large nonprofits do not disappear and few... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
field and the central research questions that it sought to answer. However, the commitment to engage with the complexities of business and the disinclination to rely on models with simplistic assumptions about business behavior also enabled business history to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
stock calls on the basis of creative data analysis. Now Cowen Inc. had opened a new subsidiary, Kyber, which would attempt to monetize new data science products. Robert Fagin, head of research, had to consider what Kyber’s risks were,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
PublicationsThe Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract The most effective managers have the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
drive-through restaurant with low prices that appealed to working-class families. “The company has built its brand around family dining, so that is especially important to its culture,” explains Paine. Despite its ubiquity, McDonald’s managed to inspire View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
to be more active and independent.” A social computing design Yiling Chen, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at SEAS, talked about social computing, where human creativity is used to accomplish computational tasks. Chen, a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
passions of far-flung workforces stress openness, inclusion, and making the world a better place. Through this shift in what might be called their guidance systems, the companies have become as creative and nimble as much smaller ones,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
creative or in love with risk, but they are deeply inquisitive, open to new experiences, and comfortable with the unpredictable. He also offers evidence-based, practical advice for interviews and résumé screening that hiring managers can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
stardom is a team sport. It is not enough to think about hiring talented individuals, companies need to think about how those stars fit into their organization as a whole. The War for Talent continues even during these uncertain times. And companies are becoming more... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51099 May 2016 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Copyright Infringement in the Market for Digital Images By: Luo, Hong, and Julie Holland Mortimer Abstract—Digital technologies for sharing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
hand the reins of the English luxury fashion company to chief creative officer Christopher Bailey. Under their partnership, in place since 2006, Burberry's revenues have tripled to more than two billion English pounds, and operating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
leading to creative solutions. (ii) Clarify the values' appropriate meanings, but do not restrict their scope excessively. The problems at Maverick began with employees' interpretations of the corporate values, which were broader than the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
it, will inevitably lose steam. What then? "We've seen a tremendous amount of creativity in the financial services industry, including the mutual fund sector, so I have no doubt that there will continue to be product and process... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
distributional side the proposal is pretty blunt. It basically says, let's raise the standard deduction, and it's not clear exactly where the brackets will be at the low end. There is a policy, the Earned Income Tax Credit, which is bipartisan, very popular across the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
activation inspired improvements in people’s emotions, resistance to disease, resilience to stress and burnout, creative problem solving, performance under pressure, and relationships with their employer. Results also revealed that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
of Apple's iPad made clear the need to transition his company to a new cloud-computing era. But the company's roots in the manufacture of Windows-powered desktop and notebook PCs bounded the creativity of his design and engineering teams.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
without their consent. Yet, sometimes honesty does hurt and bad guys do win. Thus, the fact that creative managers can often come up with strategies that are fair to non-shareholder constituencies while still maximizing shareholder value... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler