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- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
said minority-owned companies can make for a more comfortable work environment for professionals of color. "Unfortunately, there are not as many as we may like," he said. Smaller, friendlier, less structured companies can also... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
Authors:Sebenius, James K. Publication:Negotiation Journal: On the Process of Dispute Settlement Abstract Roger Fisher, who died in 2012, enjoyed a remarkable career that modeled one way that an academic, especially in a professional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010
architecture company dedicated to creating social and professional change through design for the public good. Public has focused on three strategies to create change: 1) promoting the design community's commitment to pro bono work, 2)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
three decades: Bill Parcells, Barry Switzer, and Jimmy Johnson. In 2003 Bill Parcells unexpectedly returned to professional football as head coach of the Cowboys. Parcells had retired four years earlier to universal acclaim as a rebuilder... View Details
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
contribution? As Ante writes, "ARD was the first professional venture firm that sought to raise money from nonfamily sources—primarily institutional investors such as insurance companies, educational organizations, and investment... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
organization. U.S. firms have typically been more centralized on the U.S., more professionally managed and [have had] more formalized bureaucracy. They have generally been seen as more aggressive and results-oriented. U.K. firms placed... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
negotiation. Yet unlike professionals such as litigators, journalists, and doctors, who are taught how to ask questions as an essential part of their training, few executives think of questioning as a skill that can be honed—or consider... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
emotional address, as Rabbitt tried to inspire the company to move forward, while holding back her own tears. For Rabbitt and for everyone else at the company, the loss was both professional and personal. Furthermore, Couch's death... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
and explores how professional firms can best recruit, develop, manage, and market creative talent. Purchase this module note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/509078-PDF-ENG The Creative Industries: Managing Products and Product... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
sense for them. These resources need to be more available and better advertised and their professionalism needs to be increased through tighter accreditation. Obamacare has resulted in 20 million more Americans being covered by health... View Details
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
gain greater access to investment professionals within the participating firms. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/texas-teachers-and-the-new-texas-way/an/214091-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-087 APG Group: Managing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
management to the wrong kinds of tasks. As he put it, " in places where creative solutions are needed time management or micro management is a difficult concept to grasp." Francis Wade said that "Our research reveals that working View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
restaurant or a moving company, he questions whether these are "just people connected to the business?" "With fewer reviews I rely on the experts [like professional critics]," he says. "This is one of the reasons for having careful... View Details
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Bullard suggested that "Ruthless realism is, itself, pathological . The professional pilot denies a crash is inevitable until a second before impact, and that ability to believe one can save the ship is critical to the attitude of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
for the number and cost of the services they provide rather than by the value of those services in helping patients. In short, medical professionals make money when their patients become sick. Here's one example of how the problem plays... View Details
- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
receive, they are very focused on comparisons. Q: In the discussion of dysfunctional competition you talk about the harm of using tax dollars to build new sports facilities to retain professional sports teams. Doesn't this type of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
and in other instances not at all," Gabarro said, "despite the fact that in the last thirty years women have joined both managerial and professional ranks in unprecedented numbers, as have American minorities. Yet neither group... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
factors in explaining the increased presence of NGOs in the last few decades: a trend towards more outsourcing of government services; new ventures by would-be not-for-profit "entrepreneurs"; and the increasing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
going to sleep and improves your memory of the information. This strategy could potentially act as a study aid for students and professionals alike. So far, though, we have only found results for creativity. People were given instructions... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
financial resources available. In spite of improving conditions, a wage gap has persisted for more than thirty years. Professional women currently earn approximately 73 percent of what their male counterparts are paid for the same work at... View Details