Awareness - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

and a constant struggle to get to the top. Is that really what all men want? I think organizations should have ways in which the awareness is heightened to when those gender triggers are there. Riley Bowles: There should be greater... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Apr 2019
News

Give It to Me Straight

up, and I'm sure I'm about to hear about it." Eventually, Sheryl said to me, "You said, 'Um,' a lot in there. Were you aware of it?" Now I breathed a huge sigh of relief because if that was all I had done wrong, who really cares. So I... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

29 Aug 2018
News

The Value of Valleys

meaningfully. But I became an introvert, so I relied on other skills. And I did leave that experience triumphant, but it just gave me a heightened sense of sensitivity and awareness for being another. I was the only black, the only... View Details

05 Sep 2017
News

Living the Quantitative Life

seek out this sort of community of like-minded trackers or were you always happy with it being a solo pursuit? Grana: So I think when I began, which was around 2009, I wasn't even aware that there could or would be a community. So I... View Details

10 Mar 2015
News

Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

aware of it, the more likely it is they can talk about it openly and can make efforts to overcome it,” she says. In 1999, The Diana Project, cofounded by retired MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice Myra Hart to study women... View Details

Keywords: April White

14 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 14

bribes paid, including the bribe amount, the name of the corrupt official, and services rendered. The ipaidabribe.com portal then aggregates these data to create maps and charts of corrupt activities across Indian cities. The theory is that such data will build View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2020
News

Unleashed

that something about their culture needs to change. This awareness often comes later in an organization’s life cycle than it should, and part of our mission here is to shorten that timeline. For pedagogical reasons, we’re going to simply... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

19 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

to Skullcandy’s survival.” Would you say you mostly follow trends or create them? A little bit of both. We certainly are aware of trends that exist, but great brands and great product companies are always innovating and leading their... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

early 1990s began raising awareness of the conflict in Sarajevo, playing live footage of the war during U2's Zooropa tour. After working to get eight industrialized nations in 1999 to agree to $100 million in African debt relief, he... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

companies, why do employers—or at least supervisors—apparently tolerate the practice by looking the other way? A: Managers, executives, and supervisors are mostly well aware of the practice. They often turn a blind eye toward it because... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

travel abroad freely, and it still doesn't allow many ideas to cross its borders. Consequently, while it may be true that multinational companies can invest in China more easily than they can in India, managers in India are more inclined to be market oriented and... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

11 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time

help these individuals, while also spreading awareness about these programs,” says Chrys. After conversations with over 40 Uber drivers and other gig workers in the Boston area, the team picked up on common barriers to applying for... View Details

Blog

When Generations Learn Together

would create jealousy from any of my other kids. We haven't had that problem, as no one to date has expressed a desire to participate with us. But as a parent, it is important to be aware of that possibility. That's one benefit I see in... View Details

13 Dec 2017
News

Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

sad state of affairs when we business people have a reputation for being really good at the hard core stuff and not great at the soft stuff. I also think it says that we should all be aware of the fact that Donald Trump has had a... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

strategy necessary for people to begin the hard work of extracting that wedge. This book helps readers become aware when wedging is happening to them, illustrates what wedging tactics look like, and provides alternative ways to think... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

World Class Learning

the increasingly global environment. "At HBS," Baeza continues, "I learned to establish priorities, work under pressure, look at projects with a Ôhelicopter view' before looking at details, and be aware that there is usually no set answer... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

Heart Health Awareness Harvard Business School Case 507-026 In 2003, the $654 million American Heart Association (AHA) approached Cone, Inc. (a brand and communications agency) to develop a corporate sponsorship strategy that would raise... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

professional relationship." “Gratitude and praise are free and can be a way to turn silence into a dialogue into a professional relationship,” Ng says. If you’re working remotely, consider befriending at least one person who is working on-site. That way, you are View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

be aware of the range of powerful, dynamic, and often conflicting forces shaping the emerging competitive environment. The globalization of markets, the increasing homogeneity of customer needs worldwide, the impact of the digital... View Details