Diverse - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

agenda of the discipline. Q: How does this new work differ from your previous research on multinationals? A: This new book reflects my longstanding interest in the diversity of the business past. Much of my own research has been concerned... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

May 2019
Case

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation: 'One CMHC' and Version 3.0

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott

When Evan Siddall was appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation (CMHC) five years earlier, he had embarked on a major organizational restructuring. Now he is spearheading another round of changes. CMHC has adopted an ambition vision and five year strategic... View Details

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06 Nov 2017
Research Event

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

have to make sense of this.” It was a fitting introduction to a multidisciplinary panel called The Future of Cities, which considered urban growth from as many diverse perspectives as there were panelists. Hosted by the Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

Virts replied. Regarding what it's like to work with an internationally diverse team in close quarters, Virts indicated that it's a matter of character and attitude. "The ability to work with other cultures is absolutely mandatory... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Aerospace

14 Feb 2007
Op-Ed

Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant

This arises not just from entrepreneurs who have been doing this for years like the Birlas and Asian Paints but also from more recent moves by India's pharmaceuticals, software, and auto component sectors, among others. Cross-border experiences with integrating View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

outfitter Timberland, begun in 1989 when City Year requested from Timberland fifty pairs of boots for its urban youth service corps, founded the previous year. The service corps program organizes youths from diverse ethnic, racial, and... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

15 May 2019
Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education

02 Jan 2013
What Do You Think?

Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

accommodates contributions from both extroverts and introverts and reduces the influence of the former. Teams comprising both extroverts and introverts, particularly those with diverse backgrounds, have been shown to have a lot of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

in the United States in the 1920s required still greater delegation of responsibility to managers of diverse businesses. Such delegation could succeed only if top management retained access to information as a means of control. Thus... View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

27 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

they overcame huge obstacles to execute their strategies in industries as diverse as renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, eco-tourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The pioneering efforts to build certification schemes... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2017 (Revised August 2018)
Supplement

Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (B)

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu

Supplements the (A) Case. View Details

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05 Jun 2000
What Do You Think?

What’s Happening to Our Patience?

meet product and service providers more than halfway on this issue? One respondent is convinced that "patience is a frontier of competition." If this is true, there may be a real competitive advantage awaiting the Internet-based service provider who provides... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

the open source community are often intrinsically motivated. It is important to realize, however, that hackers are a diverse group. I have interviewed hobbyists, students, academics, software professionals, and government workers who... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

11 Oct 2016
First Look

October 11, 2016

Distribution Grid of France), Microsoft, Schneider Electric, Steria, and Total in Issy-les-Moulineaux (France). The enormous scope and diversity of the project is presented as well as the teaming strategies and governance model that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Nov 2000
What Do You Think?

Succession at GE: What’s Next?

nature" and "an intensely human soul that champions dignity and freedom of spirit," Arjun Balakrishnan also pointed out the need for someone with "a solid grasp of big-picture forces ... the ability to understand gender (and) generational View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

that would attract and motivate a diverse global community. The challenge, of course, was to create a community of shared values and purpose from a much more diverse set of people ethnically, religiously,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

diverse perspectives that will help them compete. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52624 May–June 2017 Harvard Business Review The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership By: Bower, Joseph L., and Lynn... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

14 May 2007
Research & Ideas

The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team

bankers, programmers, creatives, and general managers often leave with a team of colleagues to join a competitor. This phenomenon is called a lift out. It is observed in industries as diverse as medicine, advertising, software... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

all the others." Calls for sacrifice and self-discipline are met with cynicism, skepticism, and knee-jerk resistance. Our research into organizational transformation has involved settings as diverse as multinational corporations,... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

Diversity, Equal Sacrifice and Optimal Taxation Author:Matthew Weinzierl Abstract The workhorse model of optimal taxation strongly recommends tagging, but its use in policy is limited. I argue that this puzzle is a symptom of a more fundamental problem. Conventional... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Business History around the World

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation: 'One CMHC' and Version 3.0

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant

Entering the Age of Alliances

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (B)

What’s Happening to Our Patience?

The Organizational Model for Open Source

October 11, 2016

Succession at GE: What’s Next?

High Ambition Leadership

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

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