Organizational Status - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2010
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defining integrity as honoring one's word, as we have defined "honoring one's word," 1) provides an unambiguous and actionable access to the opportunity for superior performance and competitive advantage at both the individual and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

IP is to acquire the other firm. Senz: Why do you think more states haven't restricted non-compete agreements, given the innovation that has emerged out of California? Wu: We should think about the existence and enforcement of non-compete agreements as the View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

09 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.

In examining the way governments choose a structure in which to conduct investment promotion activities we found that most of the organizational issues fell within the realm of the public-private choice of management of certain... View Details

Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

policy, and public spheres, inequality has received growing attention in recent years, with many calling for change to the status quo. Indeed, a recent survey suggests that a majority of Americans think there is too much economic... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

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Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

evaluate that there is a practical approach to milestones and organizational outcome measurement, and a clear plan to deliver high performance and measurable social impact.] For founders (of nonprofit or for-profit social enterprises):... View Details

29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016

nature of strategy, organizational design, and leadership. Management: An Integrated Approach is the only introductory management text on the market to address this challenge by taking an integrated and holistic approach to management, as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

alliances do, why individual firms/investors would find it difficult to act alone, the management and leadership challenges of running an alliance, and the uncertain legal status of some of the groups. 4:40 p.m. Beyond Business as Usual:... View Details

06 Jan 2016
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Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

averted pollution laws in many countries over a ten-year period. The second involves Zappos’ sudden initiative to eliminate all but one manager, the CEO. The two examples share at least one thing in common: they both involve changing View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion

July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
Case

Rosalind Fox at John Deere

By: Anthony Mayo and Olivia Hull

Rosalind Fox, the factory manager at John Deere’s Des Moines, Iowa plant, has improved the financial standing of the factory in the three years she’s been at its helm. But employee engagement scores—which measured employees’ satisfaction with working conditions and... View Details

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09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

family members to manage—and negotiate over—in a family business system. Issues such as dividends and reinvestment, nepotism and professionalism, loyalty to stakeholders, and organizational change are ever present; they can be tripwires... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

PowerPoint slides, they inspire others to join them on a quest for change by weaving compelling narratives that connect past, present, and future. Sometimes that involves showing that history can be interpreted in a different way, so that people don’t see the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

2018 Individual Creativity in the Workplace An Integrated Model of Dynamic Problem Solving within Organizational Constraints By: Cromwell, Johnathan R., Teresa M. Amabile, and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Rapid technological change,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

of whether someone will behave unethically. Two, among those who do cheat, cheating reduces levels of the hormone associated with psychological stress. In other words, people may use cheating as a means of relieving stress. The good news is that corporate cultures and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

are at a point in their careers where they’re wondering how to step up, how to have more of an impact and navigate across organizational cultures they might not be used to,” says Weiss. “They love their cities, and they’re keen to make a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

and other GM executives placed a series of important bets on what American consumers wanted (different makes, models and prices; cars that were status symbols and identity holders as well as transportation sources) and they did so with... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

always lead to the benefits the organizations had anticipated. For example, many organizations anticipated that fundraising would be easier once they were larger. In fact, fundraising did not necessarily become easier with organizational... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

capital-market or product-market benefits from inclusion. Status incentives contributed to the observed performance improvement. Back-of-the-envelope estimates suggest that JPX400 inclusion incentives accounted for 16% (20%) of the growth... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Feb 2001
News

Advisory Boards Help HBS Assess and Attain Its Goals

bimonthly status reports in the Bulletin keep alumni informed about the board's ongoing work. The Board of the Directors of the Associates The Associates of Harvard Business School are individuals that have close personal and strategic... View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg; boards; alumni; planning; leadership; advice; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Updates to your enrollment status will be shown on your account page . HBS Online does not use race, gender, ethnicity, or any protected class as criteria for enrollment for any HBS Online program. Credential Programs HBS Online's CORe... View Details

17 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

percent Latino and 0.6 percent Asian). When it comes to NBA coaches, however, the exact opposite is true: there are six black head coaches among 30 teams, or just 20 percent of the league. Research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Letian Zhang, who... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

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