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- 25 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal
student in the 1980s, I'm sure the whole class would have said to absolutely take the $4 billion." Yet in a visit to the classroom, Yudkoff emphasized his opposing belief that the best way to prosper over the long haul is to do what is best for investors View Details
- 08 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer
that it’s easier for most people to make money than it is to give it away,” Stevenson recently told an audience at a Books@Baker event sponsored by Harvard Business School’s Baker Library. Many people don’t like to ask other people for... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
by how well the diversity of its leadership reflects the diversity of its customer base and how well that leadership can leverage the skills of teams working around the world," he says, adding that Medtronic's CEO is Omar Ishrak, a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Career Advancement Without Experience
used by contract workers to obtain stretchwork. O'Mahony is an assistant professor at Harvard Business School while Bechky is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis. "More... View Details
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
good at associational thinking, or simply associating. They make connections between seemingly unrelated problems and ideas and synthesize new ideas. I would frame associational thinking by asking this question: Has somebody else in the... View Details
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
Leadership As a subject of scholarly inquiry, leadership-and who leaders are, what makes them tick, how they affect others-has been neglected for decades. The Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
pictures of trees, is said to make people happier, and trees are a great carbon-absorber. I’m always interested in progress for women. I will dip into Creating Gender-Inclusive Organizations, edited by Ellen... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 28 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration
resulting working paper, Conversational Receptiveness: Improving Engagement with Opposing Views, was written in collaboration with Michael Yeomans, assistant professor at Imperial College Business School in London; Julia Minson, associate... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
The results were striking. Writer Julia Hanna described the experiment in a previous HBS Working Knowledge article: "Cuddy and coauthors Dana R. Carney and Andy J. Yap of Columbia University detail the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
Meetings A study of 3 million people confirmed what many work-from-home employees already know: We're swamped, according to research by Raffaella Sadun, Jeffrey Polzer, and colleagues. The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future
respective authors for submission to peer-reviewed academic journals in the relevant fields. In addition, Jim Heskett published a synopsis of the opening panelists' discussion in his monthly column in HBS Working Knowledge in December 2007. View Details
Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
Interorganizational Conflict Authors:Elizabeth Long Lingo, Colin Fisher, and Kathleen L. McGinn Publication:In Handbook of Conflict Management Research, edited by Neal M. Ashkansy, Oluremi B. Ayoko, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
globalization is working to facilitate greater diversity in beauty ideals again. Re-Developing Leaders: The Harvard Advanced Leadership Experiment in Even Higher Education Author:Rosabeth M. Kanter Publication:In The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
Communication: Cases for Analysis, Appreciation and Application, edited by Laura W. Black, 143-148. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 2010 Abstract Pressure intensifies on a strategy consulting team as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
and Nazli Z. Uludere Aragon Publication:Chap. 11 in A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy. 2nd ed. Edited by Frank Wijen, Kees Zoeteman, Jan Pieters, and Paul van Seters, 321-261. Cheltenham,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
including suggestions for future research. The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability Authors:Alnoor Ebrahim Publication:Chap. 4 in The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. 3rd ed., edited View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
http://hbr.org/2010/10/unleashing-the-power-of-marketing/ar/1 Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: Implications for Environmental Strategy Authors:Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Publication:In The Oxford Handbook of Business and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008
The Blackwell Handbook of Technology and Innovation Management, edited by Scott Shane, 3-55. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008 No abstract is available at this time. Book... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7
Communicating Frames in Negotiation Authors:Kathleen L. McGinn and Markus Noth Publication:." In The Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution, edited by Gary E. Bolton and Rachel T.A. Croson.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne