Leader Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

Europe, a private equity investment company, had worked in the family business for a few years but had developed a career mainly outside of the family business. The transfer of the shares’ ownership had tightened the three brothers’ bonds... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Sep 2016
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Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good

fighting intolerance and religious extremism. All of which makes her seemingly an unusual interview subject for Harvard Business School's Creating Emerging Markets series, sponsored by the HBS Business History Initiative, which has interviewed many View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Motion Pictures & Video

07 Aug 2006
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Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

guide them through purchasing decisions were now on their own. Governments stepped in to fill this gap. Q: You use the consumer protection experiences in France and Germany as the basis for your book. Why those two countries? A: The United States is in many ways the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

20 Jan 2015
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They recommend a more coherent strategy that divides CSR efforts into three categories including those related to philanthropy, operational effectiveness, and shaping the firm's business model to better create shared value. Consideration is also given to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Sep 2006
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How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business

transformed nearly every major industry for the past quarter century." Think of software platforms as ring leaders of ecosystems in which a few or many companies can participate to reach users. These core products, like Windows, for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

11 Jul 2012
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The Future of Boards

lead to dysfunctional group dynamics) and the perspectives brought to the table by board leaders and director. Finally, the benefits of two opposing leadership structures are debated: one chapter argues for electing a chairman who is... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-050.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsNone this week. PublicationsTrue North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership Author:William W. George Publication:San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007 Abstract Based on research and first-person... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

became so precarious at one point that many of DaVita's senior leaders wanted to shut it down entirely. Rx made it through those challenging early years though, and was expected to exceed $600 million in revenues for 2013. However, Golomb... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23

century American, European, Japanese, Indian, and other business leaders discussed the responsibilities of business beyond making profits, although until recently such views have not been mainstream. There was also a wide variation... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

12 Jun 2006
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The Promise of Channel Stewardship

partners in accomplishing go-to-market goals, two important aspects of channel management—assessing performance and setting goals—are only weakly developed and enforced. Misunderstandings of partner roles and responsibilities are common.... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

27 Nov 2006
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Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

sense a man makes of himself as a man, which develops in the course of his interactions with others. A man encounters—and learns to anticipate—others' expectations of him as a man; he responds, others react, and through this... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

its own right. But it was also crucial for the resumption of European integration in the 1970s. Leadership: The Key to Effective Boards Author:Jay W. Lorsch Publication:Chap. 1 in Boardroom Realities: Building Leaders Across Your Board,... View Details