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10 Jul 2023
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

to save himself from his inner turmoil. Arthur Brooks is the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Management Practice at HBS. He... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

2020
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Teaching by Heart: One Professor's Journey to Inspire

By: Thomas J. DeLong

The best teachers are leaders, and the best leaders are teachers. Teaching by Heart summarizes the author's key insights gained from more than 40 years of teaching and managing. It illustrates how teachers can both lift people up and let them down. It proposes... View Details

Keywords: Teaching; Leadership; Attitudes; Management; Business Education

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30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

10 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?

brought along by the pandemic have ushered in changes to the informal customs around who gets tips and how much, according to Jill Avery, senior lecturer of business administration and the Christensen Distinguished View Details

Keywords: by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette

N. Louis Shipley

Lou Shipley is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School. Lou is a three-time technology CEO, most recently at Black Duck Software.

Lou teaches four sales courses at HBS. He specializes in tech entrepreneurship,... View Details

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Financial Risk Management

By: Richard F. Meyer

Richard F. Meyer is exploring the theory and practice of financial risk management in corporations worldwide. Three primary objectives of his research are: to understand the underlying sources of risk and corporations' exposure to them; to identify appropriate,... View Details

04 May 2007
What Do You Think?

How Do Managers Think?

in which it is carried out. Joe Schmid observed that "both medical doctors and organizational managers work in cultures that are historically problem definition poor and solution rich. Their individual rewards systems are both driven... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

22 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning

Disagreements don’t have to end discussions. In fact, as researchers from the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School discussed at a recent event, engaging with those who hold opposing views can... View Details

Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette

28 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Meeting China’s Need for Management Education

by side with state-owned enterprises. Also, management education, which was banned as a topic of study during much of the past fifty years in China, has become over the past decade not only accepted but... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

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Harvard Business School

published in management journals including Harvard Business Review, worked for the Small Business Administration, US Department of Commerce, Bank of America, and Stanford Research Institute; taught at... View Details

03 Nov 2011
What Do You Think?

The Ultimate Question in Management

this type was proposed by Pete DeLisi: "Do you make your people feel like they want to be a better man or woman?" Favorite "ultimate" questions that managers could ask of their reports... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 Dec 2021
Op-Ed

To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture

constructive conflict and engagement.” The company formed a “culture committee” that Forlenza considered a waste of time and, ultimately, jettisoned, adding that: “Culture gets changed by doing real work in line with the new strategy, a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both

It can be suppressed and undermined." His talk was part of a discussion series for university managers organized by the Harvard Administrators' Forum. View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance

reluctance has hit Black Americans particularly hard since they have seen historically higher arrest rates, often fueled by racial discrimination, research shows. But it might be a good time to rethink those hiring practices and the... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

22 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

Can Amazon Remake Health Care?

has to retail shopping. Amitabh Chandra is the Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration and faculty chair of the M.S./M.B.A. program in life sciences at Harvard Business School. He is also Ethel Zimmerman Wiener... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Health

30 Apr 2024
Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

management and organisational practices. By this time, social science research had already shown that people’s behaviour is shaped as much by situational and contextual factors... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Mastering the Management System

From HBSP: " Companies have always found it hard to balance pressing operational concerns with long-term strategic priorities. The tension is critical: World-class processes won't lead to success without the right strategic direction, and... View Details

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

Millions of Americans, from hourly retail staffers to corporate vice presidents, wrestle with the demands of work while parenting young children, caring for a sick spouse or aging parent—or both. That juggling act is made even tougher by... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

16 Aug 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

Harvard Business Publishing has released new toolkits to help managers make key marketing decisions on market analysis, breakeven analysis, customer lifetime value, profit and pricing, and analyzing the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

19 Mar 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy

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