The Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning to Make the Move to CEO

find that maybe that wasn't such a bad thing to do," Simons remarks. "It's given other people the time to stretch themselves and added a dimension to the organization that wouldn't have existed... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

2020
Book

Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company's Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy

By: Michael Beer

Is Silence Killing Your Strategy?
In his thirty years of working in corporations, Harvard Business School professor Michael Beer has witnessed firsthand how organizational silence derails strategic objectives. When employees can't speak truth to power, senior... View Details

Keywords: Honesty; Communication; Organizational Culture; Trust; Strategy; Performance Effectiveness

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22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

J.C. Cuddy. 10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture Published: December 22, 2008 Organizations with strong, adaptive cultures enjoy labor cost advantages, great employee and customer loyalty, and a smoother on-ramp in leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2022
Blog Post

Meet the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Club

Acquisition (ETA) is a great career path. Club Mission The Club’s mission is two-fold. First, we intend to provide potential searchers with the network and resources needed to... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

17 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

Values, and Damages Great Companies Performance hacking means overzealous advocacy of positive interpretations to the point of detachment from actuals. In business as in research there are strong incentives... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

business practices. Professor Rebecca Henderson discusses what she calls the paradigmatic case: how Wal-mart takes huge risks, makes great strides, and demonstrates how companies are one of View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

encompassed other important inflection points. The end of the Civil War was one. The onset of the Great Depression... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

14 May 2007
Research & Ideas

The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team

themselves as well as their managers believe that top performance in this industry is due to individual talent. This could be one reason that there is a great deal of mobility in this labor market. Stars are treated as free agents who can... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

great resources available to help with financial planning and asset management. Make the family strategic plan before you search for investment advisors. And before you do that, take View Details

Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Retail

19 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Moving to the U.S. With a Family

when my wife and I have a date night, and section retreats have also been a great opportunity to combine family time with classmates. Living on campus This is one of the best decisions we ever made. View Details

31 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

conflicts people have," she says. "But there's also a contrasting narrative that talks about how great it is when you can bring your whole self to work and you're completely integrated. And there are positive things that happen... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

November 2011
Article

Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation

By: Chen Lin, Yue Ma and Yuhai Xuan

This article examines the impact of the divergence between corporate insiders' control rights and cash-flow rights on firms' external finance constraints via generalized method of moments estimation of an investment Euler equation. Using a large sample of U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Ownership; Social Enterprise; Reputation; Cash Flow; Annuities; Investment; Investment Funds; Financial Reporting; Accounting Audits; Financial Services Industry; United States

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Inside the Learning: Sustainability—on Campus and Beyond

make each of the key HBS Executive Education facilities greener, healthier places: Esteves Hall, McArthur Hall, Tata Hall. You can rest assured that the Harvard dining services team strives to deliver meals... View Details

07 Apr 2017
News

Transforming the “Misery Towns” of Buenos Aires

edge of the slum. “Instead we will build a great park,” he enthuses, comparing the idea with the High Line in Manhattan, View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community

could offer to incoming MBAs interested in the tech community? My favorite tech roles to date have all been ones where I felt strongly about both the company culture and the... View Details

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?

parents, students, and teachers are all invested in the company/school's success. Individualizing education, most likely via technology, is another important trend, said Fishman, pointing to research on the... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Education

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Understanding the Benefits of Our Virtual Programs

stories and painful lessons learned are worth their weight in gold. A great many of these would have been missing on campus. NO: The virtual classroom was amazing! It felt like you were engaging in a genuine... View Details

25 May 2021
Blog Post

The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work

important because meaning in life has great motivational power. Research finds that nostalgia motivates the pursuit of important life goals by increasing that sense of meaning. Humans are an existential... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2014
News

HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World

responsibility shared by so many business leaders in countries with great income disparities. Learn more at www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/emerging-markets Global Case Writing Shaped by Faculty Interests Assistant Professor Doug Chung’s... View Details

Keywords: faculty research

July–August 2019
Article

Where Is Your Company Most Prone to Lapses in Integrity?

By: Eugene F. Soltes

Every sizable organization has integrity gaps—areas where what’s considered appropriate behavior diverges from the norms set by its leaders. Within these pockets, things like offensive language, overly aggressive sales practices, or conflicts of interest may be... View Details

Keywords: Integrity; Organizational Culture; Ethics

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