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  • 14 Jun 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need

leads to better outcomes, Edmondson says, whether it’s a hospital that names and then reduces errors or a company that streamlines processes by innovating together to find better ways to manufacture vaccines. Ensure that all people feel... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • Article

Contextual Intelligence

By: Tarun Khanna
The author has come to a conclusion that may surprise you: trying to apply management practices uniformly across geographies is a fool's errand. Best practices simply don't travel well across borders. That's because conditions not just of economic development but of... View Details
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Preparing to Be a Corporate Director

take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method. Review Our Campus Health & Safety Protocols Admissions Criteria and Process We admit candidates to specific sessions on a... View Details
  • 25 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

ideas or to throw their hat in the ring for a promotion, Coffman says. “I would encourage business leaders to think about how [workers’ confidence levels] impact the processes in their organizations,” Coffman says. “I would say providing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Oct 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

Negative Shocks and Innovation: Evidence from Medical Device Recalls

Keywords: by George P. Ball, Jeffrey T. Macher, and Ariel Dora Stern; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • December 2011 (Revised March 2013)
  • Background Note

The Business Development Manager

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Sarah Dillard, Katharine Nevins and Puja Ramani
Describes the role of business development (BD) managers in technology companies, detailing: 1) BD managers' key responsibilities at each step in the process of creating a partnership agreement; 2) how the nature of the BD function evolves as a technology startup... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Partnerships; High Technology Products; Information Technology; Business or Company Management; Partners and Partnerships; Management Skills; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry
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  • October 2020 (Revised December 2020)
  • Case

Investing at Pivotal Ventures

By: Emil N. Siriwardane, Emily R. McComb and Eren Kuzucu
Launched in 2015 by Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pivotal Ventures is an investment and incubation company. The company aims to support and promote transformational ideas, people and organizations, and advance social progress for women... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Management; Mission and Purpose; Venture Capital
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  • 03 Aug 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Accounting Rookie Job Market: A Practitioner’s Guide

Keywords: by Ethan Rouen; Accounting
  • 22 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought

"What is the nature of loyalty?" HBS Professor Gerald Zaltman asks. But it's not brand loyalty he's concerned with: rather, it's loyalty in its most fundamental sense. "What is the anatomy of loyalty?" he continues. "What is the meaning of privacy? Of security? What is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Article

Capabilities, Cognition and Inertia: Evidence from Digital Imaging

By: M. Tripsas and G. Gavetti
There is empirical evidence that established firms often have difficulty adapting to radical technological change. Although prior work in the evolutionary tradition emphasizes the inertial forces associated with the local nature of learning processes, little... View Details
Keywords: Business Offices; Organizations; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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  • July–August 2013
  • Article

Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L. Milkman
We investigate the role of workgroup sex and race composition on the career mobility of professionals in "up-or-out" organizations. We develop a nuanced perspective on the potential career mobility effects of workgroup demography by integrating the social... View Details
Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Race And Ethnicity; Ethnicity; Race; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Legal Services Industry
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The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports

designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method. Review Our Campus Health & Safety Protocols Admissions Criteria and View Details
Keywords: Media & Entertainment; Media & Entertainment
  • 22 May 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Componential Theory of Creativity

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile
  • December 2008 (Revised March 2017)
  • Case

Clutch Group - Should Abhi Shah Grab This Opportunity?

By: Daniel J. Isenberg
Abhi Shah ('06) co-founding CEO of Clutch Group in the US and Bangalore, must decide whether to risk a law suit by recruiting an entire legal services team from a large US corporation. His decision and how he implements it will have a dramatic impact on the legal... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business Startups; Legal Services Industry; Bangalore; United States
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  • May 2007
  • Case

Demand and Supply Forecasting at Air Products - Electronics Specialty Materials

Explores the process and inputs behind financial and operational forecasting in the Electronic Specialty Materials unit at Air Products and Chemicals, a global chemical company. The protagonist, John Goldberg, grapples with how to better integrate the two forecasting... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Operations; Forecasting and Prediction; Supply and Industry; Finance; Chemical Industry
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Why Smart People Won't Change

Many people with a high need for achievement find the process of individual change very difficult. Some professionals resign themselves to organizational, personal, and life situations that are miserable or where they feel caught. Professor Thomas DeLong discusses... View Details
  • September 2014
  • Case

Victors & Spoils: 'Born Open'

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Michael L. Tushman
Victors & Spoils (V&S), located in Boulder, Colorado, was the first advertising agency built on open innovation and crowdsourcing principles from the ground-up. V&S was co-founded in 2009 by John Winsor, Claudia Batten and Evan Fry, all former members of the... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Agency; Marketing; Crowdsourcing; Open Innovation; Growth; Acquisitions; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Digital Marketing; Acquisition; Innovation and Invention; Advertising Industry; United States
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  • 05 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding

changes in the economy than it does about firms allowing themselves to return to days of bloated, ineffective managerial ranks. Managers are handling a more complex set of technologically driven tasks that require substantial skill in directing View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 23 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience

adjustments before possibly posting it to her Instagram account; @thisisjotan. It has been a learning process as her illustrations continue to evolve. “I’m still trying to find my style and voice, as you probably can tell from my work... View Details