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- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
Street Journal published an explosive article spelling out many of the firm's problems. The CEO had two weeks' warning, but instead of alerting others or working to kill the story, he deliberately chose to do nothing. Not only did he not... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- 27 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams
efficiency on a temporary team. What they call a team scaffold is fixed while individual team members flow through the structure. “The big 'aha' was how very little structure this is” The paper, published in the March-April 2015 edition... View Details
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
Chien and Derrick Rossi, published a paper in the journal Nature Biotechnology that showed mRNA Therapeutics was capable of stimulating blood vessel growth, repairing damaged heart tissue, and helping a mouse through myocardial... View Details
- 03 Dec 2014
- What Do You Think?
Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?
"jerk" be tapped with some degree of consistency? Is it worth it? What do you think? Original Article The annoying employee who makes his numbers while alienating those around him will gain needed attention in the coming months with at least one book about to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms
move into other sectors with similar economic and gender dynamics, such as tea, chocolate, and shea butter. Tipping your farmer may feel unusual to American consumers today, Nyamumbo acknolwledges, “but I see this as being pretty standard in the future.” This article... View Details
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
in Book Publishing Book publishing is changing before our very eyes, even if the industry itself is fighting the transition with every comma it can muster. Harvard Business School professor Peter Olson,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
convinced me to continue part-time first. Over the coming year, I will fund a pilot program with an experienced execution partner. I will wait and see where it goes from there! This article was originally published on the HBS Social... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
Sponsorship on the Competitive Preferences of Men and Women, published in the journal Management Science. The study was co-authored by Coffman and Nancy R. Baldiga, an economics and accounting professor at the College of the Holy Cross,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Competitiveness Recruit Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS Working Knowledge Close Harvard... View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
There are a few exceptions. Abraham Zaleznik wrote about "The Dynamics of Subordinacy" more than four decades ago. Fifteen years ago, Jack Gabarro and John Kotter published a piece called "Managing Your Boss," in which... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
business schools in the early decades of their existence. For example, in a speech titled "The Social Significance of Business," delivered at Stanford University's School of Business shortly after its founding in 1925 (and subsequently View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition
competition.” The HBS team’s second-place finish underscores the program’s ability to equip students to become capable impact investors. Through participating in MIINT, business students can learn about mission-driven companies, make connections in the field, and gain... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
are in an arm's-length transactional relationship, how do you move it into a fuller relationship? For the first puzzle, Narayandas and Manu Kalwani of Purdue University teamed up for an empirical study later published in The Journal of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?
organizational performance. In a thought-provoking book published last year, Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton suggest that the overriding impact of leadership on performance is a myth, or at least only a half-truth. 30 years ago, in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
publishes various "top 10" lists in numerous fields, ranked according to how many times the paper has been viewed, downloaded, or cited elsewhere on SSRN. Some scholars paid a lot of attention to the reported download counts of their... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Home Finance
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage
In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
Versus Emergent Strategy For example, Christensen cites business scholars Henry Mintzberg and James Waters, who in 1985 published a paper defining two forms of strategies: deliberate and emergent. A deliberate strategy, they explained, is... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?
published in the company’s prospectus. The lessons to be found there are classic examples (and warnings to other IPO companies) of how not to frame a public offering. WeWork took advantage of being deemed an “emerging company” under the... View Details
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FAQs - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
removes itself from the promotion process. We do provide links to published articles available for faculty looking for support in case writing. ResourcesWhat role does the Christensen Center play in the promotions process at HBS?The... View Details