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- 24 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet
distance in some ways, it has grown it in others. As the authors observe, “For example, while information technology may be an effective means of coordinating ongoing projects and collaborations, it may be less effective as a View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
if pursuing a less hectic pace may mean sacrificing career advancement. Also, default to saying “no” for most unplanned, last-minute impositions on your time, especially requests that benefit someone else, like a side work project. While... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity
Canadian campuses and what it means for students and learning across the country. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? By: Michael Sandel These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers,... View Details
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
product. For some families in Asia, however, a rice cooker is often the only means of cooking meals. To simulate that the experience, one student went two weeks eating only what he could cook in a rice cooker—breakfast, lunch, and dinner.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
capacity can also mean serious difficulties for companies in afflicted markets and can bring with it - as the current global downturn reminds us - the risk of recession. It is sometimes difficult to understand, therefore, why this... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 08 Feb 2021
- News
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
- Web
Balancing Work & Life - Alumni
of leadership and advanced career responsibilities, you almost always have choices. The real issue is not the availability of choices, but their consequences – many of the possibilities afforded us may mean compromises in our careers, our... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
Entrepreneurs rarely consider who will ultimately own their startups—and what that means for founders—when they court venture capitalists. New research suggests they should. A startup funded by VCs who tend to work with the same group of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Performance Measurement in Philanthropy by Michael E. Porter & Mark Kramer Charitable foundations justly take pride in the good works that they enable. But what does it mean for a foundation to perform well? And how can its performance be... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers
coming from China,” Cavallo says. “That share has dropped to 70 percent.” That means countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam may be the real winners of the US-China trade war, hurting China in decreased exports even while they’ve... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity
efficiency. In "Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity," the authors show that workers are especially productive on rainy days, simply because they're not tempted by the possibilities of a sunny day—a walk in the park, for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees
workers during the pandemic. “You have to trust that they are intelligent enough and well-intentioned enough to get work done no matter what it takes,” she says. This means managers should be careful not to treat workers like children by... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Nov 2015
- Op-Ed
Authentic Leadership Rediscovered
LinkedIn, Google and increasingly networked communities means that every leader has the informal equivalent of a “Yelp” score that will come to light. If people see their leaders as trustworthy and willing to learn, followers will respond... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 2010
- Working Paper
Creating Leaders: An Ontological Model
By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen and Kari L. Granger
The sole objective of our ontological approach to creating leaders is to leave students actually being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self-expression. By "natural self-expression" we mean a way of being and acting in any leadership... View Details
- November 2008 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
Omron: Sensing Society
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ethan S Bernstein
"Leading profitable growth is only part of the goal. We cannot live without breathing, but we do not live in order to take a breath,” said Omron's President and CEO, Hisao Sakuta, in 2008. Omron, a $7B global supplier of sensors, control system components, advanced... View Details
- February 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Supplement
Avaya (D): Early Results of the Demand Generation Initiative
Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and Marketing. This case series (Avaya (A)-(D)) walks the student through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the... View Details
Godes, David B. "Avaya (D): Early Results of the Demand Generation Initiative." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-051, February 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- 01 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters
who want to push performance very strongly shouldn’t expect employees to engage in extra-role behavior as much,” Gallani says. “There is a little bit of a tradeoff between pay for performance and extra-role behaviors, such as innovation.” You Might Also Like: What If... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 29 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family
When your boss asks you to meet with clients for last-minute drinks, are you tempted to clear your calendar, even if it means missing your child’s piano recital? If so, you’re among the many professionals who tend to prioritize... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- 23 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life
some of the biggest mistakes people make when having conversations? Too many to list here! What it means to “make mistakes” depends on your goals, which vary from conversation to conversation. Sometimes we just want to enjoy our time with... View Details
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
at Harvard Kennedy School. Chandra spoke to the Gazette about Amazon’s latest gamble and what it may mean for consumers. Harvard Gazette: Given the size of its investment, what could Amazon’s recent acquisition of One Medical View Details