Isle of Man - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership

and money—served as a check against the captain’s authority. "Blackbeard’s ship was arguably more progressive and equitable than American or English society at the time." Except in the heat of battle, when the captain took full command,... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

10 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back

series of experiments led by Harvard Business School Associate Professor Christine Exley show that people generally view women as more generous and equality-minded than men—but actually, men and women have similar behaviors and beliefs... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

07 Jul 2021
Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

take this seriously, it can be done." “Michelin wasn’t just being collaborative for the sake of being collaborative,” Sucher and Gupta write. “Its instincts were excellent.” Michelin is once again known for its restaurant ratings and... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

And that is what it meant to be a man to me, was to get up every morning, go to work, take care of your family, take your family to church on Sunday and to make sure that your children understood the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

In 2009, a 51-year-old man killed himself in Marseille, a city in southern France, leaving behind a suicide note that blamed his employer for “overwork” and “management by terror.” “I am committing suicide because View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

But it wasn't always so. Vexing problems we experience in business and society may be due in part to the neglect of leadership studies in the academy for many years. "If we had to characterize the path View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

FatCamera In an interview with Harvard Business School Professor Teresa Amabile for a study on retirement, one man on the cusp of exiting his career spoke openly about how the transition was making him... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

06 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

tablet space, a senior HP executive reportedly told the Wall Street Journal, "We know we're the fifth man in a four-man race." In their drive towards a goal, Achievers often substitute the needs of... View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

22 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

their planning processes and make smart choices. Here's an excerpt outlining the seven questions every manager should ask. 1. Who Is Your Primary Customer? The first imperative—and the heart of every successful strategy implementation—is... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

conflict. Roosevelt replaced Stevens with Colonel George Washington Goethals. Goethals was a cold, withdrawn man of many prejudices, including ones both common and uncommon for the time. He disdained blacks... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

20 Aug 2020
Book

From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

sharply divided by gender or role. A man or woman might shear the sheep or feed the chickens. They acted as an economic unit together, with most people simply eking out a living however they could. Once the Industrial Revolution led to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

Their research suggests that transparency on dating sites—as simple as allowing users to see the identity and photos of those who “swiped right” to show their interest—improves engagement for both men and women. Since Match.com launched... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

16 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

iStock Consumers make regretable decisions every day, even though easily available information should convince them to do otherwise: Twenty-six percent of consumers choose Advil or other branded headache remedies when they walk into a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail

02 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." Good goal? A: It was excellent for motivating behavior. It... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

it works." On the other hand, Kamal Gupta cited problems regarding pay transparency in observing that, "Indian law had mandated public sharing of employee compensation for all those drawing above a certain limit employees... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Gender Changes the Negotiation

The last few months have been trying for Maureen Park, the managing director of a small portfolio management firm. The firm's parent company, a large financial services concern, was performing below forecasts, and morale among Park's... View Details

Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

25 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Collaborating Across Cultures

man to emperor Xuanzong and his consort. “To the extent that creativity is about the recombination of existing ideas, then combining ideas that haven't been connected before creates the potential to produce... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

06 Nov 2008
Op-Ed

Selling Out The American Dream

spoke first of the American Dream in his 1931 book The Epic of America: "It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

class learns that many of Knight's former players love the man like a father, and that students demonstrated en masse at Indiana when Knight was fired. When asked how Knight and Krzyzewski are alike,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

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