Leading Teams - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1998
News

Playing to Win

No less intense was the off-field rivalry between the world's leading athletic equipment companies. With their dueling events, giveaways, and advertising - and through the on-field heroics of the teams and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

26 Jan 2021
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Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response

them to forgo returns at all.” An Inside Look at Leading the UK and US Response to COVID As the US and the UK raced to develop a COVID vaccine this year, two HBS alums found themselves at the forefront of the effort. How they grappled... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Isha Puri | MBA

goal is to work with and learn from people who care deeply about the work they do. I want to lead teams who innovate at the intersection of AI and business and work on projects that will make real impacts in... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Faculty Research Symposium

powerful and beneficial incentive effects, Hall discussed the challenges and tradeoffs involved in designing equity-based pay plans. For example, option pay is sometimes falsely viewed as “costless” to the company and therefore leads to... View Details

27 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

Representations Author:Heidi K. Gardner Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (forthcoming) Abstract Why are some teams more effective than others in using their members' knowledge? This paper identifies shared... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2021
News

Wheels Up

built in Europe in more than 20 years. As CEO of global airports and travel retail group daa plc, Dalton Philips (MBA 1998) leads operations in Dublin and airports in Cork, Riyadh, Dusseldorf, and Cyprus, as well as duty-free outlets in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Josh Latson and his Fellowship: “It’s like a pie eating contest.”

hospital’s executive team. Josh started as a Special Assistant to Alastair, who oversaw a hospital-wide strategy team responsible for a wide range of initiatives. “On my first assignment, I used skills I already had to make a financial... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

concluding section. Global companies will need to organize cross-functional value capture teams focused on appropriating value from their know-how and reputation by combining different institutional, market, and nonmarket tools, depending... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Tafadzwa Samushonga

toward ‘doing’.” Through a project management role at Life Healthcare, she drove strategic initiatives while working closely with the teams responsible for execution. And at ThoughtWorks, she provided technical assistance to the... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Building a Startup at HBS

certainty for anyone admitted to a hospital, still involved a great deal of guess work and discomfort. We reached out to staff at a number of leading hospitals in Boston and learned that the problem is especially severe in neonatal... View Details

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Reinventing the GMP Experience

my family." Participant Maria Carolina (Caro) Ruiz, who leads the operations performance management team at Point32health, found that Section B enabled her to compartmentalize learning and her day-to-day... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Got Global?

for example, how Pakistan and India picked key business leaders to negotiate a reduction in dangerously escalating border hostilities between the two countries back in 2002. The Pakistani team had four HBS alums — including Shirazi —... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

03 May 2004
What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

emphasis needs to be on process, on the journey, not on end points." Marc Michaelson reminded us that "when individuals manage their lives well, they make better teams and stronger organizations." Respondents also provided... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Jun 2019
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Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo

“Before his talk, Professor Shih toured three Moog factories in the Buffalo area,” says Sherrill. Moog Inc., which is currently headed by CEO John Scannell (MBA 1999), is a leading aerospace manufacturer, producing critical components for... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2019
News

The Fight Beyond

Slovakia that morning: They were there to bring an end to the war. Green and his team were under orders to support the Slovak National Uprising. Three weeks earlier, Slovak partisans had risen up against the country’s Nazi-allied... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Wesley Allsbrook

08 Feb 2018
Blog Post

WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School

learning from alumni and companies across the Bay Area, with overwhelmingly positive feedback from both the attendees and the companies that hosted the meetings. The WesTrek leadership team is looking forward to hosting WesTrek again in... View Details

Keywords: Technology

30 Jun 2016
Blog Post

4 Ways I've Changed at HBS

opportunities that seem more fulfilling and sustainable in the long term. 2. My leadership style One of the biggest surprises I’ve had at HBS is how much personal growth I have undergone. A lot of self-reflection came about from reading View Details

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The Case Method | MBA

Video duration: 4:17 Read and analyze the case. Each case is a 10-20 page document written from the viewpoint of a real person leading a real organization. In addition to background information on the situation, each case ends in a key... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

The Military and the MBA

War II veterans. Today, the MBA Admissions Outreach team hosts military-specific recruiting events, including a virtual seminar to reach military personnel stationed overseas. Real-life decision-making experience is just one example of... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; National Security and International Affairs; Government

10 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 10

without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether access to and marketing of an individually held commitment savings product lead to an increase in female decision-making... View Details