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- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Treating environmental issues as business problems sounds straightforward, but it's not easy. The following assumptions, all of which are common in business thinking, make it difficult to reframe the issues. Environmental problems are, first and foremost, matters of... View Details
Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
these relationships began to cross the line from traditional philanthropy to more strategic and mutually beneficial alliances, HBS professor James E. Austin, head of the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE), took note. "Here was... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
help with these problems. Somehow this bridge has to be built,” says Goodwin, who until earlier this month was CEO of Executives Without Borders (ExecWB), a sort of facilitator for corporate social responsibility. (Goodwin just announced... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 07 Feb 2018
- News
Helping Startups Give Back
“If you really want your company to be associated with giving back and having a social mission,” says Janie Goldstein (MBA 1991), “it needs to be baked in from the start.” But while most startups want to be philanthropic, Goldstein, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
in small groups to spend an early January weekend at one of four villages outside Oaxaca City, 340 miles southeast of Mexico City. Travel in a foreign country is nothing new for this bunch. They come from every corner of North America and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
CEO of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO), which supports its seventeen hundred members with a range of financial and business-related services for physicians in group and individual practice. The MGPO's mission is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
A Force for Good
“In doing so, we can open up access to economic opportunities to traditionally marginalized groups and bring more equity into our economy, all while making hiring an easier, better experience for companies.” “We have to help companies as... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
Company, Consultant 1983 Named Partner, Bain & Company 1987 Named Managing Partner of San Francisco office, Bain & Company 1992 Named President, Bain & Company 1993 Named Worldwide Managing Director, Bain & Company 1999 Cofounds The Bridgespan View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Industry-Related Clubs Offer Alumni a New Resource
In addition to the well-established network of HBS clubs in cities all over the world, a fairly recent development is the growing number of associations that have been formed around alumni interests. Over the past few years, two of these View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
director Amelia Angella (MBA 2001), so the celebration commemorates not the conception but rather the execution. It's fitting: The organization matches local nonprofits with volunteer HBS alumni who help the groups build strategies to... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
Photos by Rafael Monroy Daphne Leger (MBA 2012) did not enroll in business school to maximize profits, but rather to maximize social impact. “I firmly believe that business has a key role to play in solving View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 1 Jan 2021
- Interview
Encore Teams That Succeed with Amy Edmondson
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Wanda Wallace
Teams in which people are not afraid to speak up, to challenge, to risk saying a wild idea are teams with the best performance. Google has found that psychological safety is a key component of their best teams. Yet, people are afraid of causing trouble, looking... View Details
Keywords: Psychological Safety; Organizational Culture; Trust; Groups and Teams; Performance Effectiveness
"Encore Teams That Succeed with Amy Edmondson." Out of the Comfort Zone (podcast), VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network, January 1, 2021.
- 2009
- Chapter
When and Why Prior Task Experience Fosters Team Creativity
By: F. Gino, G. Todorova, E. Miron-Spektor, L. Argote and J. Goncalo
Gino, F., G. Todorova, E. Miron-Spektor, L. Argote, and J. Goncalo. "When and Why Prior Task Experience Fosters Team Creativity." In Creativity in Groups. Vol. 12, edited by E. Mannix, J. Goncalo, and M. Neale, 87–110. Research on Managing Groups and Teams. Emerald Group Publishing, 2009.
- Article
The Role of Conflict in Economic Decision-Making Groups: Some Empirical Results
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "The Role of Conflict in Economic Decision-Making Groups: Some Empirical Results." Quarterly Journal of Economics 79, no. 2 (May 1965).
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
Nonprofit Board Summit: Building High-Impact Nonprofit Boards During Dynamic Times from May 4 to May 13. The clubs worked in partnership with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) to create this multi-day, virtual conference aimed at... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- January 2004 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Lumen and Absorb Teams at Crutchfield Chemical Engineering, The
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Elizabeth Schatzel
Large discrepancies have developed between two elite technology development teams at Crutchfield Chemical Engineering in terms of motivation and creativity. To investigate, Paul Burke, director of corporate technology development, commissioned a study of the day-by-day... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Managerial Roles; Projects; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives
Amabile, Teresa M., and Elizabeth Schatzel. "Lumen and Absorb Teams at Crutchfield Chemical Engineering, The." Harvard Business School Case 804-118, January 2004. (Revised July 2007.)
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
The tallest animal to roam the land, giraffes cast long shadows on the dry savannas and woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa where they live. But their lands are vanishing, with estimates suggesting that 90 percent of their habitat has already been lost; giraffe populations... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?
About GenderGender discrimination in a typically male workplace is not necessarily driven by misogyny. Rather, employers are less willing to hire applicants associated with a lower performing group—even if that group is defined by a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
economists, organizational scientists, and demographers show that socially diverse groups––those with a diversity of race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation––are more innovative than homogeneous groups,” Coleman says. “By... View Details
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Connie Walsh
team for $5B Staples Brands Group at Staples, Inc. She was responsible for marketing & developing product lines and brands across retail, contract, online and catalogue businesses and for the packaging strategy and production of over... View Details