Perspective - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, reflected on her research and its impact in an essay in Perspectives on Psychological Science, Educating Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World (pdf). More recently, she... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

Community College Small Business Administration, Northern Arizona University Getting the perspective of a problem from various departments brought more solutions to the forefront that could be explored. Shovna Panigrahi Vice President of... View Details

12 Jun 2023
Blog Post

What Does PRIDE at HBS Mean to You?

that last long after they have graduated. Together they work to build community, foster professional development, and encourage advocacy for LGBTQ+ representation at our school and in business. Check out some current student and alum View Details

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

only come from the top. Develop a leadership team that embraces the values and perspective discussed here. If that means moving people out and replacing them, that must be done. Engage the leadership team in a discussion of purpose,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

oneself, however, is well documented. There are mechanisms that keep people from honestly evaluating themselves.6 The more candid feedback that managers can obtain from varied sources, the more accurate and precise their assessment will be. The best assignments from a... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

not only generically more attractive in terms of the prosperity level they can support - the perspective taken by the traditional strategic industrial policy - but also are within reasonable reach for a country given its existing industry... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Economic Perspectives , Spring 2007). Malcolm P. Baker : Received a 2011 Graham and Dodd Scroll Award from the Financial Analysts Journal with Brendan Bradley and Jeffrey Wurgler for "Benchmarks as Limits to Arbitrage: Understanding the... View Details

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?

of the greatest drawbacks of choosing to work with similar people is the limited range of perspectives that a homogeneous group often brings to bear on a problem. A diverse collection of colleagues—whatever the tensions and... View Details

Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

perspective on the organization. Since our focus reflects the preeminence of the Balanced Scorecard as the vehicle through which strategy is described and executed, an OSM is typically an outgrowth of a good scorecard program. Such a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

to structure a series of studies to figure out first what politically correct and incorrect language is, and then how it affects people’s perspectives of speakers in conversation. The results were shared in the study, Tell It Like It Is:... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

22 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

Can Amazon Remake Health Care?

aspiration, which again, is wonderful if they succeed. But from the perspective of an Amazon shareholder, or the hard-nosed evidence to date, it is probably going to cause that shareholder to lose the money that One Medical shareholders... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Health

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

different perspective on everything I knew and didn’t know. “HBS taught me to make a point and defend it against 90 other people who were much smarter than me! I don’t think there will be another time in my life when I am surrounded by... View Details

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

values taught in this class within the firm. In these HBS courses and in the work you have pursued, you have gained perspective on ESG frameworks and their application to the markets in Asia. Can you provide an example of how you’ve... View Details

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Ken Zeng

be leaving with the invaluable skill of listening. Listening with sincerity, humility, compassion, and curiosity is one of the most precious things HBS taught me over the course of hundreds of case discussions. How have diverse View Details

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Fast Facts - Health Care

related to health care since 1997 Executive Education 600 Over 600 participants in 11 health care programs Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Sciences $ 500M Amount raised for 35 companies by Blavatnik Fellows since 2013 Perspectives in Health... View Details

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Jaume Plensa Inés 2013 | About

of meditation or dreaming, her serene expression inspires contemplation. Like a hologram, the sculpture changes and shifts perspectives when viewed from different angles. Plensa has received numerous national and international... View Details

15 Jan 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation: A Generalized Theory Calibrated to Survey Evidence on Normative Preferences Explains Puzzling Features of Policy

Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl

2024
Case

Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations: Figueres the Negotiator (C)

By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian

This three-part, stop action case study, structured for classroom discussion, centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Management; International Relations; Leadership

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11 Oct 2023
Blog Post

A Journey of Discovery, Teamwork, and Impact with FIELD Global Immersion

our proposed solution. Most importantly, we offered a fresh perspective for the startup and challenged leadership to think outside of the box. Our impact was felt throughout the entire organization, and I am excited to see how DoctorNow... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Redefining How Businesses Operate

on three recently developed “godlike technologies”—AI, blockchain, and synthetic biology. The goals of the course are to provide students with an understanding of these emerging technologies from the perspective of a business leader and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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