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  • 24 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works

for COVID-19 and is currently able to run 1,000 tests per day. David A. Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly. Under Ricks’ guidance, Lilly has teamed with AbCellera Biologics to find antibodies to disarm COVID-19.... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Health
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

ethical dilemma for managers: Is it appropriate to let mere social category lines interfere with profit maximization? Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-033.pdf Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship Authors:Paul View Details
  • 19 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

academic circles; others are working more quietly behind the scenes to effect change. “The university is a nonprofit institution. It has a charter from the state, and it exists in large part to serve society,” says David View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 11 Jun 2019
  • Book

These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

Discover what type of rebel you really are. Food CitizenshipThe public is losing trust in many institutions involved in putting food on our table, says Ray A. Goldberg. Being the Boss: The Three Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 24

Publication:In Innovation Policy and the Economy. Vol. 11, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern. NBER Book Series. University of Chicago Press, forthcoming Abstract In this paper we explore the innovations in governance that have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories 2007

Here are the 20 most popular stories from 2007. How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater? Summing up the many responses, Jim Heskett says that the mix of control, delegation, and theater employed by successful... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 21

well-established organizations to act in new ways is never easy. This book is designed to support business leaders and organizational scholars who are grappling with this challenge by pulling together leading-edge insights from some of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Aug 2015
  • What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

produced innovations in information and other technologies.  Some questioned the data.  Others counseled patience. David Caulfield sees productivity improvement, but not necessarily among workers.  In questioning the way we measure... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology
  • Awards

Charles M. Williams Award for Teaching Excellence

By: David A. Moss
Received the 2009 Charles M. Williams Award for Excellence in Teaching. View Details
  • 07 Jan 2015
  • What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

needs to be known by members of an organization? What are the limits on transparency in the workplace? What do you think? To read more: David Card, Alexandre Mas, Enrico Moreti, and Emmanuel Saez, Inequality... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 18 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

governed by a set of rules, the rules of play, according to John A. Deighton, Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Leora Kornfeld, adjunct faculty, Schulich... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

    Jerry R. Green

    Jerry R. Green

    David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

    John Leverett Professor in the University

    Harvard University

     

    Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services
    • 31 Jul 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

    Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air to be so powerful. It is a thought-provoking book for those like myself who are constantly trying to balance my career, my ambitions, and my personal life. Books that are on my list to read are Shantaram: A Novel, View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing
    • May 2004 (Revised June 2004)
    • Case

    Sarvega

    By: Paul A. Gompers and Vanessa del Valle Broussard
    David Cowan, general partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, has taken the lead on Sarvega, a Bessemer-backed company that was recently orphaned by the departure of one of Bessemer's other general partners. Cowan must decide whether to reinvest in Sarvega and, if so,... View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Venture Capital; Investment; Governance Compliance; Resignation and Termination; Negotiation Deal; Partners and Partnerships; Information Technology Industry
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    • 07 Apr 2011
    • What Do You Think?

    When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?

    Summing Up The variety of responses stimulated by this month's column may help explain why our public institutions are so often perceived as responding slowly to natural or man-made "meltdowns." First, as Ravindra Edirisooriya... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities
    • September 2015 (Revised September 2017)
    • Case

    Pershing Square 2.0

    By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel Hanson and David Biery
    In June 2015 William A. Ackman, the CEO and founder of New York hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, reflects on the success of the fund he has spent over a decade building. Since its inception in 2004, Pershing Square's assets under management had grown from $500... View Details
    Keywords: Activism; Value Investing; Portfolio Management; Management; Investment Portfolio; Investment Activism
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    • 26 Apr 2016
    • First Look

    April 26

    Harm By: Minor, Dylan Abstract—We explore the relationship between managerial incentives and environmental harm. We find that high-powered executive compensation packages can increase the odds of environmental law breaking by 40%–60% and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 Feb 2005
    • What Do You Think?

    If You Blink, Will You Miss?

    years...I also believe that a gut instinct is built, not born." V. A. Emuang commented, "I think vast exposure to life, wide-ranging experiences, and a courageous, positive attitude allows one to blink or thin-slice with better... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 11 Mar 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Wired and Black: Focus on Careers

    continue to learn, and plan for the long term rather than retirement at 30. "The economic changes allow us to change the rules and make new rules," said panelist and HBS professor David A. Thomas.... View Details
    Keywords: by Carrie Levine
    • 08 Jul 2015
    • What Do You Think?

    Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

    colleagues on the Harvard Business School faculty, legendary teacher and thinker Tony Athos. In an organization with a culture of long hours and FILO (first in last out) norms (borrowing from David Physick's comment), Tony liked to sit... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services