Producing Managers - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

of the benefits associated with a diverse workforce. While it is critical for managers and researchers to understand the processes and outcomes associated with diversity, much work remains to be done in this important area of scholarship.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2024
News

Outside Voices

In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Pete Ryan; immigration; repatriation; innovation; public policy; Greece

01 Sep 2011
News

The City Solution

Issue Focus: Business and the Environment The Earth At Night, 2009: Cities may occupy just 2 percent of the planet’s landmass but they hold half the world’s people and produce much of its carbon emissions. Image by NASA/Corbis Issue Focus... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

02 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 2

medical schools continue to focus on the basic sciences, to the exclusion of such managerial topics as running effective teams. The approach to executing reform appears to assume that practice managers and entrepreneurs can undertake the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Mar 2011
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

behavior? What do you think? Original Article We've supposed for a long time that certain behaviors foster relationships that can determine success or failure. Now improved technologies (such as brain imaging) combined with imaginative research are View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

to managers and stimulating reflection among scholars, a new working paper by HBS professors James E. Austin and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard looks at how and why such acquisitions occur and how to View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

28 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

assistant professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. "If you're one of them and you're not getting a kidney, you should be able to understand why and what the criteria are." A Long Line About 500,000 people in... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health

01 Dec 2004
News

A Life by Design

revitalize product lines produced by some of America’s most recognizable retailers. More recently, Ross, a self-styled corporate maverick, has branched out from products to explore process in pursuit of corporate America’s elusive holy... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 1996
News

Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur

A faculty symposium, "Breaking New Ground: Initiatives in Management Education, 1980 - 1995," was held October 9-11 at HBS to honor former Dean John H. McArthur for the many initiatives in research and course development he instituted... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

13 Jun 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

That Costs HOW Much?

for a product, shoppers typically have no idea what it costs to produce that item. But it turns out that consumers reward efforts to lay out these figures—to deconstruct the price tag. Seven Tips for View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

13 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Experimental Researcher Helps Improve Health Care in Zambia

Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That's been the experience of Harvard Business School professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Get Off the Dime!

seen a variation on this story? Getting the Bosses' Approval From Ted Watson The general idea—hardly unique to us—was to do business consistently across all of our operating units. We would have the same approach to conducting any activity regardless of whether a View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

some promising young managers to lead them; locate them safely away from the established businesses-is a recipe for failure, according to the authors. Meanwhile, CEOs spend too much time on managing today's... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Oct 2000
News

Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success

creating new products for giant brands such as Keebler and Nabisco, Interbake is the oldest producer of Girl Scout cookies and the primary source of ice-cream sandwich wafers in the United States. ABC Bakers, a division of Interbake... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

aeronautic plant, I demonstrate how an implicitly negotiated leniency between management and workers around the use of company materials and tools, on company time, to produce artifacts for personal use,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1996
News

Four Professors to Retire

Charles J. Christenson Chuck Christenson, the Royal Little Professor of Business Administration and a specialist in management control, has been a member of the HBS faculty for 39 years. Throughout his career, he has been an innovative... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

03 Sep 2009
What Do You Think?

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

compensation committees for large corporations, sign lengthy public proxy statements, and are already under intense public scrutiny. Pay for performance, in theory, should be a win-win proposition for investors and managers alike. It is... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

"We are opening up communication. This Center will be the beginning of something that will grow and become a beacon of light. "Knowledge is the factor that produces change and freedom." The opening of the Center, located on... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity on Team Performance Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, we consider how the... View Details