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01 Feb 2011
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the conditions to thrive tomorrow. We argue that organizational sustainability depends on attending to strategic paradox, engaging contradictory yet interrelated strategies simultaneously. Drawing on our View Details

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

with each other than might have been the case had they simply been industry contacts. Their formative career experiences had created strong peer networks that were and remain truly developmental in nature. Finally, my research suggests... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

May 1988
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Roles and Relationships of Business and Government

By: George C. Lodge

Synthesizes a wide range of literature and experience concerning comparative government-business relations, focusing especially on Japan, Europe, and the United States with some references to Brazil and Mexico. Designed for discussion in two consecutive class sessions.... View Details

Keywords: Economic Systems; Framework; Government and Politics; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Business and Government Relations; Mathematical Methods; System; Japan; Europe; Mexico; United States; Brazil

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Joan Colligan Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

McKinsey & Company, Inc., as Vice President Marketing/Planning and Research for CBS/Sony Music Entertainment and as Managing Consultant of the Training and Organizational practice within The Human Resource... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

ELY: Drilling down for valuable perspectives on how gender issues affect efficiency, safety, and productivity in the workplace. Field-based research can take HBS faculty members to some unusual places. Professor Robin Ely’s recent working... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Sep 2020
Blog Post

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

as their mental well-being—a forthcoming article in American Psychologist examines current organizational psychology research to help business leaders manage COVID-related fallout in the workplace and... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Feb 2018
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A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace

Ina Coleman (MBA 1986) found her professional calling by empowering others to take action for gender equality, inclusion, and diversity in their work environments. An organizational development consultant at Sirenia Partners, Coleman... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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faculty, staff, students, and alumni; a top-notch research institution; a vital physical plant; and an impressive publishing operation. McArthur's trademark, his commitment to creating a collaborative community, can most strongly be seen... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 2002
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Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms

research plus their own wealth of practical and academic experience to examine the unique challenges of leadership in professional service firms. The result of what may be the first-ever collaboration between an HBS faculty author and a... View Details

Keywords: professional service firms; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2002
News

Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

and educational programs in social enterprise with the partnership of AVINA, a foundation that supports sustainable development in the area; the HBS Latin America Research Center (LARC); and six cooperating universities throughout the... View Details

31 Dec 2012
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of business research in the forthcoming book How Will You Measure Your Life? Coauthored with James Allworth and Karen Dillon, the book explains how well-tested academic theories can help us find meaning and happiness not just at work, but... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Books

Faculty Research HBS Working Knowledge offers a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their web links. Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals without Mandates Associate Professor... View Details

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Strategic Plan | Information Technology

Organizational Health We seek to ensure that the people and processes that support our work come together effectively and efficiently so we can do our best work and meet the community’s needs. Strategic Initiatives HBS IT has identified... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits

legacy (past), global, and emerging (future) — the initiative aims to provide cutting-edge research on the often-elusive topic of leadership. Led by Anthony J. (“Tony”) Mayo (MBA ’88), its seven affiliated faculty members are part of the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 1998
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Short Takes

Who Benefits from Bonuses? Over the past decade, senior corporate executives have been earning record-high bonuses in record-high numbers. What accounts for this striking increase? Do bonuses motivate executives and enhance organizational... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey

01 Jun 2005
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Marked Managers

biotech industry. At HBS, Higgins currently teaches Self-Assessment and Career Development in the MBA curriculum and Strategic Human Resource Management in the Executive Education Program. What is a career imprint? Organizational career... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Career Imprints; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Sep 2009
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How to Fix Wall Street

plan to restore confidence in the financial sector and prevent a repeat of past mistakes must address the leadership and organizational failures that led to shoddy ethics and careless judgment in so many firms. While external regulation... View Details

Keywords: Lynn Paine; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

some possible solutions—at the Faculty Research Symposium held at HBS on May 20. Whether a particular nonprofit organizational structure favors central or local control, inevitable tensions develop between... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Anil Doshi

change decision-making given the propagation of customer and market data? How do individuals value their personal information and their privacy? What business models are best for the provision of information goods? Ultimately, I decided to pursue these types of View Details

22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008

research on organizational learning, human resource management and operations management are discussed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-002.pdf Lean Principles, Learning, and Software... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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