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22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

because they have not implemented reforms proposed to them by creditor nations. My belief is that there is plenty of blame to go around, but there is still a way for Greece to recover to the betterment of the entire European community.... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

be more complex than previously thought. While fervent believers benefit from their involvement, those with weaker beliefs are actually less happy than those who do not ascribe to any religion—atheists and agnostics. These results may... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

the New Economy, that transformation is vital. In our ongoing research, we have identified three important changes the CEO must make. A Changing View Of Strategic Resources The hardest mind-set to alter is the longstanding, deeply embedded View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia

against which they had to defend themselves. All considered Russia a threat, not so much because they feared a military invasion over their borders, but rather because they dreaded any repercussions of economic dependence on Russia. All were strongly pro-European. It... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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David A. Frankel

belief in the competence of the people you partner with. One of our rules is to ask this question: `If this was the last business you were starting and this was your full-time job, would you partner with this person? If you hesitate, if... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Letters to the Editor

knowing where the CEO and his executives were taking the corporation. We all understood our fiduciary duties and our responsibilities to the shareholders as well as to the long-term health and viability of the enterprise. The exception I took to the article was the... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’

job as leader was to figure out when to step in." The "young Sparks" Of the 16 leaders studied, Hill says Delhi-based HCL, under former CEO Vineer Nayar, might be the boldest. Nayar, who pulled the company out of a five-year slump, challenged the common View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

of their people with marketplace opportunity. These CEOs spent a great deal of time crystallizing their values and purpose and how strategy could be defined in a way that integrated strategy with values. In this way the animating beliefs... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture—in the sense of shared beliefs and values—in order to study the effects of 'culture clash' in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Rewriting the Rules of Service Competition

word-of-mouth. Perhaps most important of all, great service leaders know that their current beliefs about the future of services are wrong. Today’s fast-moving competitive world is one in which services increasingly are shared,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Leonard A. Schlesinger; Retail

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Charles W. ("Bill") Cassell

and discovery," Cassell explains. In fact, its origins date back to Cassell's arrival at Soldiers Field. As an HBS student, he began to reevaluate his beliefs about learning and education after his first encounter with the case method.... View Details

Keywords: Eileen McCluskey

01 Oct 2000
News

Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success

the strong belief that I could succeed in any business environment." Baxter's latest challenge has been managing the successful acquisition and integration of Norse Dairy Systems, a leading manufacturer of ice-cream cones and other... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

October 2008 (Revised September 2009)
Case

Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (A): Becoming Truly Global

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird

Since the 1980s, Procter & Gamble had leveraged its purpose, values, and principles (PVP) to create a global company. When P&G faced difficult times in 2000, the new CEO, A.G. Lafley, leveraged the PVP to drive P&G's turnaround, integrate global operations, and guide... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Leading Change; Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

make up. Make use of your assets and liabilities to the maximum." 16 The professor even instituted a lecture for wives of students in the Manufacturing class, in which he outlined his beliefs on the role spouses in the postwar era could... View Details

01 Mar 2025
News

Patch Work

The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; Illustrations by Dan Bejar

01 Sep 2012
News

The School of Life

a definitive way to identify the difference between the good and the great. Underlying this is a belief that top candidates achieved what they did because of innate talent. Recruiters search for those candidates who have gone from success... View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

01 Apr 1997
News

A Conversation with Dean Clark

does. You asked about advice. In fact, during one talk we had early on about the transition in leadership, he leaned back in his chair and said, "You know, if I were in your shoes, I'd change everything." What I took away from that conversation was the View Details

30 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One

improve. For instance, what factors, such as parents’ beliefs and geographic location, influence voters? And do stricter voting requirements keep people away from the voting booth on election day? “The hope is that in a democracy, not... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Dec 2015
Blog Post

HBS Takes Business Education Online

of the CORe community and peoples’ willingness to jump in and answer questions, provide motivation, and share guidance. It reaffirms our belief in the power of peer learning and that learning is not a zero-sum game. What’s your advice for... View Details

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories

controlled experiments, the researchers looked at how quickly the effect of different types of information on beliefs fades over time. While the effect of a story faded by roughly a third over the course of a single day, for a statistic,... View Details

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