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- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
this point before. But we want to review the key differences briefly from the perspective of the CEO because the implications are crucial: for how the job of the senior leader is defined, and for what successful performance in the job... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
departure from a traditional, "top-down" management style, Nasser continued. "Every employee must be a teacher, learner, and leader," he said. Later in the day, Professor Myra Hart led a breakout session on the topic of "Start-Up... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
socialism succeeds and fails, and to grasp its evolution and potential horizons, we must do more than read manifestos. We must attend to history. Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High Performance Companies By Ranjay Gulati, Paul R.... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
fulfillment drive work engagement. Employees have needs (e.g., a desire to be authentic) and they also have expectations for how their job or their organization will fulfill them. We argue that experiences at work that confirm employees’... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
Performance with New Core Values The leadership team at Atlantis Paradise Island, under new ownership, decided that better alignment of the core values with the vision and mission statement would create a more compelling and consistent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
leaking out of the company" (Armstrong 1993). The committee focused on two options: (1) to begin aggressively litigating those who try to leave with new technologies and (2) to invest in people trying to leave Xerox. Owing to variations in View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
leverage have to include large institutional investors. I was reminded of this when I read of David Swenson’s recent message to organizations managing Yale’s money under Swenson’s highly successful supervision. He told them that their View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
Hall and Yuval Millo from the London School of Economics look at how these employees can use their own skills to become so-called frame-makers, part of their organizations' strategic decision-making teams. While their research focused on... View Details
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
clients and employees who felt betrayed by the firm's apparent misconduct. He must confront some tough decisions about recently uncovered questions concerning the handling of certain accounting transactions three years earlier and about... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54490 May–June 2018 Harvard Business Review Structure That's Not Stifling: How to Give Your People Essential Direction—Without Shutting Them Down By: Gulati, Ranjay Abstract—Most leaders view View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
using the fair to tell the world that he and IBM—the two were inseparable in his mind—mattered. On May 2, IBM held a huge meeting at the fair, with 2,200 employees in attendance. Watson told the listening throng that he wanted to keep the... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
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Clarence Kennedy and the Art of Photography | Baker Library
from Meroe Morse, August 7, 1953. Polaroid Corporation Records Related to Meroe Morse, b. VII.3, f. 5. Previous Next As a long-time consultant to the company, Kennedy, a self-described “scholar-photographer,” continued to offer insights into the View Details
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
rates for loans in the banking system would decline to single digits. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307107 Multifactor Models Harvard Business School Exercise 207-056 Students evaluate the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
carry out our mission.” Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has sponsored a Leadership Fellow almost every year of the program’s existence. “Any established institution runs a major risk of becoming staid, stodgy, complacent, and... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
described by Levy. Finally, a "culture of maybe" exists when companies are highly analytical, yet also quite uncomfortable with ambiguity. They go to great lengths to gather more information and to perform additional formal... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
countries, but by firms realizing a higher spread (i.e., a greater difference in operating performance and borrowing cost) when more domestic credit is available. Also, we find that firms partially substitute trade credit for financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Commencement 2012 Address | About
he had, and that enabled him to live a life that put generosity as his most important value. Based on what I know directly of Ratan Tata, and from hearing a hotel employee talk about him, it’s clear to me that the gratitude he feels for... View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008
source development. We use DSMs to analyze a sample of matched-pair products—products that perform the same function but that have been developed via these contrasting modes of organization. Our results reveal significant differences in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
involving the unintended consequences of social media and she performs and records as a classically-trained singer, R&B singer-songwriter, and jazz vocalist. Her CD Be the True Revolution is available on iTunes. Her next book will discuss... View Details
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
differences as well as their collective identity and goals, she advises. Encourage mutual support as well as confrontation within the group. Focus on the performance at hand in addition to opportunities for future learning and growth. And... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace