Filter Results:
(3,032)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,032)
- People (12)
- News (812)
- Research (1,296)
- Events (35)
- Multimedia (43)
- Faculty Publications (924)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,032)
- People (12)
- News (812)
- Research (1,296)
- Events (35)
- Multimedia (43)
- Faculty Publications (924)
- Web
Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
2006–2007 Robert F. Greenhill Award for Outstanding Service to the HBS Community. Tsedal Neeley : Received the 2006–2007 Stanford University Lieberman Fellowship award at the School of Engineering for excellence in teaching and research.... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
expertise are not bad things, but sometimes they narrow the way we think about problems because we think we have the right answer. One of the stories that I included in my book Rebel Talent was about the airline pilot Captain “Sully” Sullenberger, who lost power in... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
Publications 2013 pub The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents By: Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—Change is hard, especially in a large organization. Yet some leaders succeed-often spectacularly-at transforming their workplaces. What makes them... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 21 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics
and Coding Clubs, Bracaglia keeps in close proximity to the critical design and engineering aspects of his ambitions. But it’s the school’s general management focus that he believes will prove most useful. “As a general manager, you’re... View Details
- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
astonished," said an engineer interviewed after the announcement. "Many Rakuten employees are allergic to English." “If they don't have a language strategy, they'll regret it” In a company where just 10 percent of all... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 12 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association
speed building, we raced towards the desert floor. “Sight picture, how do you feel?” I asked. “I’m steep, sir,” the student replied, as she tilted the nose down to make the correction. Tiny corrections now: a little left, a slight bunt of the nose. We raced... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
colleagues. If enough people assume responsibility for making the changes that research shows can reduce inequities, they say, the results will benefit organizations and individuals in the long run. “There's no reason that gender needs to be an View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
According to Danaher, the DBS engine “drives the company through a never-ending cycle of change and improvement: exceptional people develop outstanding plans and execute them using world-class tools to construct sustainable processes,... View Details
- Web
Harvard Business School
Associates, a Washington, D.C. engineering and consulting firm. He also served in various roles during a 19-year career at Merrill Lynch, including managing director in the Public Finance Group, co-CEO of Merrill Lynch South Africa, and... View Details
- 13 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas
curate and share knowledge between the corporate and academic worlds better, so that managers don’t have to decipher the ever-expanding corpus of journal articles, Krieger says. “Managers need more than just a search engine for scientific... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
as a member of the corporate finance department after graduating from HBS. Elected a managing director in 1978, he was eventually given responsibility for engineering Lehman's mergers and acquisitions area. In 1985, he left Lehman to... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms
Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean? How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace? What do you think of this research? Share your insights below. View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
when I was three years old. Not wanting me to struggle with them as they built a new life in a foreign land, they left me with my grandparents back home. Even though my mom had an engineering degree and years of work experience under her... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
correctly, and adjust the amount of fertilizer they use accordingly. “It’s so accurate, you can make these decisions on a plant-by-plant basis,” Lal says. In transportation, meanwhile, companies are selling everything from jet engines to... View Details
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
engineers were capable of calibrating the recommendation algorithm to do this. Decisions were based on the knowledge that “outrage equals attention” and that “clickbait” (misleading headlines for content of dubious value) had to be... View Details
- Web
Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
"It would have saved 400 lives a night." 18 He began discussions with automobile executives and engineers in 1932, including the head of General Motors research, Charles Kettering. Despite years of effort, Land ultimately failed to launch... View Details
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
platform (and the complements)? The general principle of “Get the engine running and build up some momentum” in order to launch applies to all platforms. What is unique about how complementors engage with innovation platforms is that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
manufacturing and engineering firm, before pursuing a full-time career in academia.) That all takes time, of course, but Toffel argues that it’s time well spent. “Given the substantial time we already invest in any research project, a few... View Details
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
Industry: Oil & Gas / Reservoir Engineer Proudest Accomplishment: Starting at HBS the same week my daughter started Kindergarten Summer Internship: Biotech - FORMA Therapeutics How do you do it? Three things keep me sane: time... View Details