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- 01 Mar 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?
personal computing and the power of the Internet. CEO Jack Welch responded with his typical high-energy enthusiasm. After seeking out a young mentor in the organization to help him learn, he “suggested” that his senior colleagues find View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
June 2012 working paper, Key Drivers of Successful Implementation of an Employee Suggestion-Driven Improvement Program. Tucker is an associate professor in the Technology and Operations Management unit, and the Marvin Bower Fellow at HBS.... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
and gift certificates for post-pandemic gatherings. Large businesses and state and local governments need to make small business contracting a priority. Biden administration policymakers and mayors from the Bloomberg Harvard City View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
Aprendiz, before creating and developing Catraca Livre (meaning "open turnstile" in Portuguese) while he was an Advanced Leadership fellow at Harvard. Dimenstein pursued his idea of "learning... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
colleagues set out to find some answers. Being the Boss (26,224) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6573.html Published: January 17, 2011 Striking the right balance between good management and good leadership is a daunting but necessary challenge... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 11 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
then at least in the fog” "We negotiate, if not in the dark, then at least in the fog," says Michael Wheeler, a senior fellow at Harvard Business School and retired MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice, who taught... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
an important driver of solo deal outcomes. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2159229 September 2014 Multidisciplinary Insights from New AIB Fellows Business History and the Impact of MNEs on Host... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
inventory without the use of technology," says John Jong-Hyun Kim, a senior lecturer and William Henry Bloomberg fellow at Harvard Business School. "And yet, schools have been slow to adopt and integrate technology in the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
well known for decades: general management. The old way, centered around cases involving the leadership of large corporations, was not working. (I can speak from experience, because I led one of the unsuccessful efforts.) Student... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
conference featured a practitioner panel of executives who have roles in promoting women. HBS Dean Nitin Nohria and keynote speaker Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter also shared their thoughts with participants. Associate Professor and Hellman Faculty View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 18 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump
change the nation. Bill George is Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School, former Chair & CEO of Medtronic, and author of Discover Your True North. Related Reading: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie? View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
and acquisitions. As Allaire and his fellow executives weighed those options, they confronted competitive threats in multiple quarters, but particularly from YouTube, a hugely popular video-sharing site that online search giant Google had... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
resonates with me and in terms of being at my own crossroads, trying to figure out where I should go next," says Kraus, who this fall is coteaching the MBA elective Founders' Dilemmas and is working with Senior Fellow Timothy Butler on a... View Details
- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
fellow board members said you could do to be more effective as a board member or as a CEO," Kaufman says. More Comprehensive Assessment Metrics Historically, a board member's assessment of a CEO's performance simply involved asking a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52469 2017 Ethical Capitalism: Shibusawa Eiichi and Business Leadership in Global Perspective Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism By: Jones, G.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
in the United States and focuses on the strategic goal of transforming food safety from a "necessary evil" to a brand-enhancing differentiator. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/814014-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-118 The World Economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
Limits To Leadership Being the chief executive of any company is a demanding job. Carrying out the responsibilities of a CEO in a professional service firm is exceptionally challenging because the position lacks the inherent power and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
2016 Echoing Green Fellow Christine Su is co-founder and CEO of PastureMap. The for-profit software company helps sustainable ranchers record their grazing practices on mobile devices. (Photo courtesy of Echoing Green.) A division of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
thirty-nine-year-old fellow we interviewed cashed out his start-up software business for a cool $19 million in 1999 and felt ashamed to tell his peers he hadn't made more! When records break at such earth-shattering speed, being all we... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
performing costly medical procedures. And that’s a problem, argues Senior Fellow Robert S. Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. “It becomes... View Details