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- 05 Sep 2023
- Book
Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs
missing our goals—sometimes due to our own shortcomings and sometimes due to factors outside our control.” The example shows just how emotionally taxing failure is, in both our careers and our personal lives. As a result, Edmondson says,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Nov 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change
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By: Iavor I. Bojinov
Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
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Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
information has increased considerably in the last decade, companies are still failing to disclose material information in a comparable format. We believe this has two downsides. On the one hand, companies are not adequately managing important business issues. On the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan
so entails committing to paper a vision of the factors that will affect the success or failure of the enterprise. People take the exercise very seriously and get emotionally invested in what they produce. In that context, the article was... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
decision-making” as one of the most critical success factors in the digital era, judgment—an analog skill—is still required. Digitally mature companies have employees up and down the hierarchy who can look at data critically, knowing that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
Abstract—The “net neutrality” principle has triggered a heated debate, and advocates have proposed policy interventions. In this paper, we provide perspective by framing issues in terms of the positive economic factors at work. We stress... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2021 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Hester Pharmaceuticals (A): A Pricing Dilemma
By: Dante Roscini and John Masko
In August 2019, the leadership of Hester Pharmaceuticals (Hester) had a problem. Italy promised to be a key market for their new breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab, but for almost two years, its single-payer healthcare system had been unable to agree with Hester on a... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Price; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health Care and Treatment; Patents; Monopoly; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Human Needs; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy
Roscini, Dante, and John Masko. "Hester Pharmaceuticals (A): A Pricing Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 721-001, January 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
trust through warmth and understanding. Most leaders today approach their jobs by emphasizing competence, strength, and credentials. But without first building a foundation of trust, they run the risk of eliciting fear, resentment, or... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
Publications January 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Bank Regulation, Capital Structure, and the Low Risk Anomaly By: Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 2011
- Article
Implicit Voice Theories: Taken-for-granted Rules of Self-censorship at Work
By: J. R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson
This article examines, in a series of four studies, the nature and impact of implicit voice theories-largely taken-for-granted beliefs about when and why speaking up at work is risky or inappropriate. In Study 1, qualitative data from 190 interviews conducted in a... View Details
Keywords: Spoken Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Employees; Managerial Roles; Organizational Culture; Risk and Uncertainty; Behavior
Detert, J. R., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Implicit Voice Theories: Taken-for-granted Rules of Self-censorship at Work." Academy of Management Journal 54, no. 3 (June 2011): 461–488.
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
teams tend to develop products with more modular architectures. Furthermore, the differences between systems are substantial—the pairs we examine vary by a factor of eight, in terms of the potential for a design change to propagate to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted
II model and wage data from Salary Expert to factor global and regional labor costs differences. ‘Nobody’s going to believe this’ The authors say their study is likely the most comprehensive so far on the topic. However, they caution that... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
new roles for user innovators; user interactions with firms; and user innovation in practice, describing experiments, toolkits, and crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42312 forthcoming Journal of Portfolio... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49614 October 2015 Journal of Finance The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments By: Jurek, Jakub W., and Erik Stafford Abstract—Traditional risk factor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Power Posing: Fake It Until You Make It
or lack of resources," says HBS assistant professor Amy J.C. Cuddy, one of the researchers on the study. “It's not about the content of the message, but how you're communicating it.” In "Power Posing: Brief Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable
together as a watchdog of corporate behavior, explain the researchers. The size of the company may also be a factor in lack of corporate oversight, since business leaders may have trouble keeping tabs on larger firms operating in multiple... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
the key risk factors have developed from a pressure to enhance productivity, eliminate waste, remove supply chain duplication, and drive for cost improvement," says William L. Michels, CEO of consulting... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
implement the layoffs quickly—in less than a year—to minimize workplace disruptions and gain credibility with the capital market. For some companies, however, strategic and business factors could warrant a more gradual approach to... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson