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- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
of typical businesses (undertaking commercial activity) and not-for-profit organizations (pursuing a social mission). In this essay, I discuss my research, as well as that of others, on social enterprises with the objective of tracing my perspective on the current... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'
Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
comprise distinct and important roles, have meaning, and foster a sense of contribution to the organization. This does not mean all jobs must be knowledge work, or that employees must work at the peak of their intellectual or creative... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 13 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?
Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 05 Jul 2012
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?
long. Yet many managers are experiencing a trust deficit. What's up? Reasons for the trust deficit, in the view of respondents, included the following: (1) "(management) actions inconsistent with the mission and vision of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.
means to keep your thoughts and actions in sync with your mission, whether on a personal level or within the business context. For example, at Toyota, “ask why five times,” is a kata that helps employees determine the root causes of... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 07 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay
pattern when it came to strange-sounding management titles and overtime laws. He found a “strong” association between enforcement actions by the US Department of Labor’s hours and wage division and complaints stemming from management jobs... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
- 14 Mar 2023
- In Practice
What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?
on SVB were no more apparent than the runs we have seen in the crypto space. The swift government actions to back regional banks, in my view, are commendable, although more targeted to managing general confidence than reflecting the... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?
information in order to form important decisions that produce useful action with the right amount of deliberation. These sets of views complement one another. But just how much effort do we place on assessing "executive... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
judge [them] and these judgments are likely to vary widely and depend on the stakeholders' independent values and goals." [ ] It is with some frustration that we have not had much to say about how effective leaders of innovation do what they do. As many leaders... View Details
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement
Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
lending. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211018-PDF-ENG Boston Properties (B) Ryan D. Taliaferro and Aldo Sesia Jr.Harvard Business School Supplement 211-041 The (B) case briefly recounts the action that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2020
- What Do You Think?
What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?
Compassion (Harvard Business Review) Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights) COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
leaders must clearly articulate what it is they stand for and then take decisive actions around those beliefs. Not just when it’s easy or convenient, but even when it’s difficult. In my new book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 23 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation
talking about enlisting product users, critics, and experts for a fresh view. He says the question for this tension is: “How do you best sequence the knowledge of others inside and outside the organization to solve the right problem with... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
serial entrepreneur and leadership coach. Unleashed, their second book, reflects the married couple’s passion for sharing the knowledge and experience they have gained through years as “accelerators of action.” Kristen Senz: How did you... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
were not strong enough to prevent the growth of private labels in Europe, but they were sufficient to maintain Unilever's strong position in higher margin products. It was able to leverage knowledge of brands and products between... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
is especially important when looking at higher-skilled workers, says Kerr, whose new book, The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society, will be released by Stanford Business Books in October. “Today’s View Details