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- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
from Sealed Air. Should the company abandon its exclusive commitment to coated bubbles in order to fend off this challenge? I'm not worried that there will be a diminishing role for unions, because most of you are too dumb to run your... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
leader's willingness to make sure (through design and training) that each individual's positional assignments fit their conception of self and their aspirations. The leader's willingness to commit her own time and organizational resources... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
strategy," he advised. These views were challenged by one participant, however. For the sake of public trust, he said, Data.gov should focus on transparency rather than commit too much organizational attention to the development of... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
plan and then staging commitments and implementation to reduce uncertainty while building a sustainable business. Established firms must adopt a similar approach to risk management when venturing into uncharted territories. You can't... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
to handle changing workforce needs that make sparing use of staff reductions and ensure that if they do happen, the process feels fair and the affected parties have a soft landing. Most successful approaches begin with a philosophy that spells out a firm’s View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
organizational design so as to reinforce and enable each other. August 2013 Harvard Business Review 91, no. 9 (September 2013): 68-76 Great Leaders Who Make the Mix Work By: Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly Abstract—Business leaders send a powerful message when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
corporate leadership are working collectively to strengthen the core of the city through physical redevelopment. Medical and educational institutions are doubling down on their commitment to the city. Dynamic entrepreneurs and artists are... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
commitment reveals a mindset and managerial practices discussed in this article that they employ to simultaneously solve for performance and commitment. Interorganizational Trust, Governance Choice, and Exchange Performance Authors:Ranjay... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
Firms" presents an overarching framework better suited to such complexity. It identifies the four critical activities for effective PSF leadership: setting strategic direction, securing commitment to this direction, facilitating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
themselves. The findings contribute to theory by showing that perceptions of competence can positively color morality judgments, even when the competence displayed stems from committing an unethical act. The findings are the first to show... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
commitment to values, especially racial justice, and are willing to contribute to solving problems of lower-income communities. "Pluralism, the system that brings unity, rests on ensuring a little something for everyone." How much of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
had already used a significant amount of the $40 million in funding committed by DaVita; the company's primary care clinics had not yet reached the number of patients necessary to sustain a profitable business; and it was in the midst of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
Motivates values-based capitalism and drives companies to contribute to solving social and environmental problems while also providing employees stimulating and satisfying work. Restores trust by committing to government as an instrument... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
his king, his conscience, his understanding of the law, and his commitments to his family. So we are left with a pretty good example of what it looks like to try to make good on conflicting moral principles and duties to multiple... View Details
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
explaining the success of various training and education programs. We use these distinctions to structure the landscape of strategic decisions that both organizations committed to organizational development and providers of executive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
automotive industry executive, but a first-time entrepreneur, Canny was CEO of Think Global AS (THINK), a privately held Norwegian maker of battery-operated EVs that are rechargeable through residential electrical power outlets. With this announcement, Canny was View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
"socialism" in internal capital markets, I show that investment sensitivity to Q is higher than first-best in firms where division managers hold equity. When managers face high private costs from distorting information, headquarters may View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
technologies emerged from Xerox without XIV's involvement: LiveWorks, Customers and Technologies, and Xerox ColorGraphX. Each of these companies was formed after XTV had committed its available funds. XTV's participation was not sought in... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
company should first ask whether a new product had a "common thread" with its existing products. He defined the common thread as a firm's "mission" or its commitment to exploit an existing need in the market as a... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
Interestingly, what I think we're arguing in the end is that innovation and commitments to research and development and high levels of tertiary education can, to an important extent, although not entirely, overcome more traditional... View Details
Keywords: by Staff