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April 2008
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TerraCog Global Positioning Systems: Conflict and Communication on Project Aerial

By: Michael Beer and Sunru Yong

TerraCog, a successful privately held high-tech firm that develops GPS (global positioning system) and similar products for consumer markets, has recently been caught off-guard by a competitor's new product that makes novel use of satellite imagery. When TerraCog... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Meetings; Decision Making; Group Dynamics; Human Resource Management; Conflict; Information Technology; Leadership; Conflict Management; Competition; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Communication; Decision Choices and Conditions; Crisis Management; Technology Industry

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24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

observed. Individuals want a sense of mastery and pleasure; relationships are important to success. The most common reason people give him and Nash is, "I want to make a difference in the world." Most people admire others who... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

February 2011
Case

Rebecca S. Halstead: Steadfast Leadership

By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell

Reviews Rebecca Halstead's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, challenges, and organizational practices she developed into a successful leader and commander in the U.S. Army. The case profiles her leadership style and... View Details

Keywords: Working Conditions; Groups and Teams; Competitive Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Culture; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Gender; Power and Influence

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10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

relationship between friendship formation and self-reported health but not diet. This study provides evidence for both an indirect effect of friendship formation on self-reported health via perceived social... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research Associates View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Now Starring: Single Dad

son, Robby. Wand’s experience as a student and single dad was the subject of a made-for-TV movie, “Freshman Father,” that aired on the Hallmark Channel in June. “If you think about coming from Idaho, the social stigma around a teenage... View Details

Keywords: single parents; fatherhood; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

March 2022 (Revised July 2022)
Teaching Note

Camera IQ and the Metaverse: Building Augmented Reality Brand Experiences

By: Jill Avery

Camera IQ, a camera marketing software company that empowered brands to create and launch augmented reality experiences (AREs) across social platforms, had just raised an additional $5 million to fund further product development and expand its marketing and sales... View Details

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01 Mar 2010
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John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures

FAMILY PORTRAIT: John and Aileen Crowley with Megan, John Jr., and Patrick. When John Crowley (MBA ’97) flew to Portland, Oregon, last spring to watch the filming of a movie about his life, what he saw was “beyond surreal.” The actors’ trailers all sported the full... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

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Redefining Capitalism - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Creating Shared Value CSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases CSV Explained CSV Explained The Three Levels of CSV Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy Redefining Capitalism The... View Details

04 Oct 2022
What Do You Think?

Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?

without suggesting what that might mean for tariff policy. David Wittenberg, saying that he is “loath to offer any advice save to treat the situation gingerly,” saw the US-China relationship as one in which, “The US administration has to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Sep 2015
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September 15, 2015

Shane Greenstein Abstract—We examine the relationship between the diffusion of advanced Internet technology and the geographic concentration of invention, as measured by patents. First, we show that patenting became more concentrated from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

author of Dynamic Leader, Adaptive Organization: Ten Essential Traits for Managers. These are cross-group relationships that are strategically mapped to include stakeholders with direct relationships to... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

Company” In 1997, a portion of the Manila Metropolitan Water and Sewage System is taken over by a joint venture, the Manila Water Company, which must develop the newly acquired employees and assets into a profitable firm. I work in financial markets and have always... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

Technology Adoption Author:Diego A. Comin Publication:In Handbook of Economic Growth, edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf. Elsevier, forthcoming Abstract We present a tractable model for analyzing the relationship between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

Employees are feeling alienated Abdelal and DeLong see all of these phenomena as stemming from a common cause: the rise of contractual relationships with employees in place of emotional investment. “We’ve moved more and more from the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

June 2025
Article

Riding the Passion Wave or Fighting to Stay Afloat? A Theory of Differentiated Passion Contagion

By: Emma Frank, Kai Krautter, Wen Wu and Jon M. Jachimowicz

Prior research suggests that employees benefit from highly passionate teammates because passion spreads easily from one employee to the next. We develop theory to propose that life in high-passion teams may not be as uniformly advantageous as previously assumed. We... View Details

Keywords: Passion; Emotional Contagion; Emotions; Groups and Teams; Employees; Power and Influence; Performance Improvement

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

dimension of negotiation and explore interpersonal dynamics, bargaining styles, tactics, and emotions. Highlights D-H Onboarding Emotionally Preparing for Negotiation Bargaining Style and Process: A First Glance Show Hide Details Concepts Debriefing Discount-Hawkins... View Details

May–June 2019
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Cross-Silo Leadership

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Tiziana Casciaro and Sujin Jang

Today the most promising innovation and business opportunities require collaboration among functions, offices, and organizations. To realize them, companies must break down silos and get people working together across boundaries. But that’s a challenge for many... View Details

Keywords: Cross-functional Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Groups and Teams; Employees; Attitudes

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07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

investigates the relationship between monitoring, decision making, and learning among lower-level employees. We exploit a field-research setting in which business units vary in the "tightness" with which they monitor employee... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2022
Case

Goonj: Growing in the Face of a Pandemic

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Priyank Narayan

Founded by the husband and wife team of Anshu and Meenakshi Gupta in 1999, Goonj had quickly emerged as one of the leading disaster relief and rural development organizations in India. Their main mode of development was through providing a clothing kit to the village... View Details