Second Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 21

evolution of audit committees, and the laws and regulations that have affected their role over time. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409016 Target Corporation: Ackman versus the Board Harvard Business School Case 109-010... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

with pro-organizational suggestions, is pervasive and is driven by a set of common implicit theories about speaking up in organizations. Our second study used scenarios about speaking up to validate and extend these findings through... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 10

collective creativity and insight. These two divergent perspectives pose a paradox that has held the attention of scholars for many years. In response, researchers have marshaled evidence to specify the conditions under which diversity... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Courses - Entrepreneurship

under conditions of profound uncertainty and do so while balancing great risks against potentially attractive rewards. Moreover, they operate without the benefit of well-defined processes for making such choices and with few resources. As... View Details

22 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

get their other finances in order, and make more substantial contributions to the economy, according to a new research study Second Chance: Life without Student Debt. The study was co-written by Harvard Business School Associate Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Jan 2024
HBS Case

Psychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues

this discount tactic, such as buy one, get the second 50 percent off. “I’m seeing a little bit more of this lately. People forget they’re paying full price for one of the items,” Ofek says. “They focus on the 50, 60, or 70 percent off of... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Retail

26 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

the Everest case clearly demonstrates. To combat overconfidence, leaders must seek out information that disconfirms their existing views, and they should discourage subordinates from hiding bad news. Leaders also must take great care to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

science matters. We have a class, it's a very popular class at the Harvard Business School. Some of you will take it in the spring if you're HBS students in the MBA program second year. It's called Leadership and Happiness. And here's... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

24 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 24, 2008

bounds on the optimal weighting of priorities, and bounds on noticing information. The first category encompasses bounded rationality, the first bound to be discovered and studied extensively. The second category encompasses bounded... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for either the secular state or for religion. By tracing how state-builders engaged religious institutions, elites, and attachments, this book problematizes the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Jul 2022
HBS Case

How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

a second location in Gowanus. That location was a huge success, too, with total sales of $1.4 million. The Disney partnership The couple dared to dream that they could one day develop into a household name like Ben & Jerry’s, which... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

businesses, the question of whether it "controlled" them was more debatable. Some of the central issues related to the organization and performance of multinationals after the Second World War can be illustrated by studying the... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Company’s Hawthorne Works in Cicero, Illinois. Ultimately, though, many managers and scholars regarded this comprehensive study, the results of which were published in 1939 in the midst of the Great Depression under the title Management... View Details

07 Jun 2023
Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

business in order to grow and scale its impact. It also gave me a great example of a visionary leader who was leading with purpose, authenticity, and vulnerability. By investing his time in building strong partnerships with other local... View Details

06 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

The Truth About Authentic Leaders

talking points. Ibarra’s second critique of authentic leaders is that they are often locked into a rigid sense of themselves, much like their immature teenage selves. This is the antithesis of authentic leaders, who are constantly... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

24 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

Passion at Work Is a Good Thing—But Only If Bosses Know How to Manage It

following the advice of commentators from Steve Jobs to Joseph Campbell who advocate for people to marry their real-life values with their work. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do," Jobs famously said. "Follow your... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Apr 2024
In Practice

Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

important, as in many settings, refugees face severe restrictions on how they can participate in the local economy. When you have a lower- or mid-skilled (non-refugee) migrant coming for US work opportunities, their motivation may be temporary. For instance, “This is a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

18 Jul 2023
News

The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

company? We’ve developed a number of great projects, roughly 25 between television and movies, that I’d like to get made in the next few years. If forced to pick one of each: -A period television series set in Paris that weaves back and... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

12 Apr 2022
Book

Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

04 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees

stereotypes of great leaders. "Many people associate extraversion with action, assertiveness and dominance—characteristics that people believe to be necessary to be effective leaders," Gino says. "The features that define... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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