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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
concludes: Support employees’ progress in their work every day. Set clear and meaningful goals for them; provide direct help, versus hindrance; offer adequate resources and time; respond to successes and failures by drawing on the... View Details
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
extraordinary performance and achieve its goal of growing to 20,000 financial advisors by 2017. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707497 Introduction to the RC Strategy Course Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
difficult) as this, Amabile concludes: Support employees' progress in their work every day. Set clear and meaningful goals for them; provide direct help, versus hindrance; offer adequate resources and time; respond to successes and... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
points, relative to non-Hispanic voter turnout, in markets where local Spanish-language television news became available. We conclude that the tradeoff between integrated media markets and civic engagement is real. The results of this study provide a basis for the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
authority and stature inside the company, who's putting together a real plan with real goals that are going to be held accountable based on compensation, just like you would be doing anything else in business. And then would be... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
safety) is trying to decide what the content and format of the next ten-year goals should be to ensure the company's viability on its 200th birthday. Should they be incremental goals like the ones for 2005... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
embodies all of these traits, both in who they are as leaders and in the policy agenda they’re likely to usher through a more functional Congress. I expect them to be stewards of a brighter future where more Americans get an honest shot at life, liberty, and the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
Skydeck contributing host Chitra Nawbatt (GMP 6, 2009). “A really capable team who's got real authority and stature inside the company, who's putting together a real plan with real goals that are going to be held accountable based on... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52652 In Pursuit of Everyday Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—Creativity researchers have long paid careful attention to individual creativity, beginning with studies of well-known... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
project, if completed successfully, would mark another step in TCS's progression from a provider of low-cost technical resources to their goal of becoming an end-to-end technology-enabled services provider. However, the project was not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
[ought to] have a clearly defined set of purposes or goals which keeps it moving in a deliberately chosen direction and prevents its drifting in undesired directions" (emphasis added). As shown in the case of Alfred Sloan at General... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
back to basics," said Bruce Harreld (MBA '75), SVP of strategy at IBM. "Our goal is to increase the efficiency of organizational systems by creating software that remaps how processes work together." Steven Elterich, president of Fidelity... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1344068 The Pursuit of Power Corrupts: Investing in Outside Options Motivates Opportunism in Relationships Authors:D. Malhotra and F. Gino Publication:Social Psychological Perspectives on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
business as possible, but to think that you're going to apply a model to it, you're in the wrong business. You need to go do something else. And certainly the Derby is the pinnacle. And people that get into the business in a substantive way, if you ask them what their... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
stage she was sitting—I'll never forget it. And so since then I'm very intense on the sideline. It's all positive. All positive energy. So my goal is to get those girls I've coached—get the girls to love the game of basketball and get... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
not be confined to the pursuit of strong institutions: firms may also seek weak institutions to mitigate hazards. Using panel data from the global smartphone industry and recent patent wars among key industry rivals, we examine how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
summer internship opportunities to New York City and Chicago undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds. Lee said, “I hope that the HBS community and its resources will equip me with additional tools in pursuit of broadening... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
that we can thrive. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53562 forthcoming Customer Needs and Solutions In Pursuit of Enhanced Customer Retention Management: Review, Key Issues, and Future Directions By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
responsibility of our generation. And for those with resources, experience, and networks, the responsibility to be part of the solution is that much higher. Ours is a 10-year plan. It’s a long game. You have to start by getting new people and new ideas in the system... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
your goals? ROBIN SMITH Robin Smith (HRPBA 1962, MBA 1963), chairman, Publishers Clearing House. Tequesta, Florida Given the times, my goals were modest; interesting work and a chance for advancement were foremost in my mind. Right after... View Details