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- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
only reading at an eighth grade level. George: That’s right. He had some very famous teachers: Dr. Benjamin Mays, Dr. George Kelsey. Mays was then president of Morehouse, but they all became mentors to him, and they were ministers that really encouraged him to serve... View Details
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
years later and was named the School's first George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Business Administration in 1963. One of Christensen's greatest strengths in research and case development was his ability to notice and analyze critical aspects of View Details
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
implications of these findings for organizational learning, process improvement and human resource management are discussed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-002.pdf Deferred Acceptance Algorithms: History, Theory,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
the economy. On the demand side, it requires people to change their behavior. On the supply side, a country needs to mass-produce masks and efficiently distribute them. South Koreans were familiar with wearing masks from their experience... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
billion to upgrade, rehabilitate, and widen the country’s major highways to international standards. The GQ, as the fifth-longest highway in the world, links four of India’s largest cities and many districts in between. "Will finance show up where companies View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
system more frequently and in stores with fewer same-company nearby stores. It also improved creative work and job engagement in stores in divergent markets, where customers needed more customization. We found weak evidence of better... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
said: Julie Battilana: Put people and the planet at economy's core My hope is that President Biden and his team will help all of us rebuild strong democratic foundations, and place human beings and the planet back at the core of our... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
its anatomy, which has worked well in other high-tech sectors, can't handle the fundamental challenges facing drug R&D: profound, persistent uncertainty and high risks rooted in the limited knowledge of human biology; the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Community Solutions
By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn
Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional housing and outreach strategies. It set an ambitious goal, reached in some partner communities, of ending... View Details
Keywords: Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Capital Budgeting; Capital Markets; Country; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Housing; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Opportunities; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Poverty; Welfare; Well-being; System; Equality and Inequality; Consulting Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Florida; Texas
Trelstad, Brian, and Tom Quinn. "Community Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 322-021, September 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
innovation, but since clusters get stale, you also need the non-redundant information that flows in from outside the local cluster. Hence, the advantage of small worlds is that they combine tight local clustering with distant ties. My... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
creates a "fiscal risk management" motive: incremental spending that occurs when total government spending is already high is particularly unattractive. A first key insight is that the government's need to manage fiscal risk frequently... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
was an essential ingredient in the success of the transformation. The case ends with a review of changes in financial performance, employee attitudes and customer satisfaction. The case describes the important role that the human... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
governance, human capital, and informational frictions help account for the variation in management. Publisher's link: http://www.nber.org/papers/w20102 August 2013 Review of Economics and Statistics Does Planning Regulation Protect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
through these questions, you’ll know that you’ve approached the problem in the right way—not just as a good manager but as a thoughtful human being. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51554 September 2016... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
estimates of real consumption across countries without the need for consumer price index extrapolations. We discuss advantages and limitations associated with the use of online prices for PPPs, including issues of representativeness and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
entitlement, relates to social role or behavioral expectations within society. We do have a greater expectation of niceness from women than from men. There's a body of research showing that when women step into the realm of stereotypically masculine behavior and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
up, Edmondson says. Why psychological safety takes a dive The researchers’ findings revealed that new employees were losing psychological safety just as they may have needed it most—during the early months on the job when learning the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
most important clients. Each of these clients is assigned a "Client Relationship Leader" and the case discusses the skills and abilities that are needed to be successful in this role in a very complex multidimensional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
through the motions, and do so amid distrust, cynicism, indifference, and a sense of alienation. We believe that in order for organizations to contribute most fully to society, we must make room in organizational life to nourish human... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
as the sector faced increased competition from foreign innovation hubs, was being reshaped by the growth of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) locating R&D centers in Israel, and had to contend with a vexing shortage of human capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne