dysfunction - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

Nathaniel Greene (OPM 42, 2012) (Eric Fogg) For over a decade pundits have decried the dysfunction of American politics, and politicians have promised that, if elected, they’ll bring about the change we need. Cynical about such promises,... View Details

12 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

Alzheimer's, MS, and Huntington's) and do so by encouraging collaboration among researchers in the HMS community. When Ivinson takes the helm in 2001, he finds a dysfunctional center with little organization or structure. In addition, he... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

lose your bearings. Q: How pernicious a problem is denial in business today? A: Denial has always been a problem. What is different today is that the cost of denial has become so high. We are living in a less forgiving world than we once did. Here's an example. General... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

US business interests. If you put aside feelings about partisanship and individuals, there were a number of things the Trump administration did that were supportive of business growth and economic growth. But the volatility and View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

become a proving ground for women, with costs similar to those identified for men. A woman social worker, for example, invested in proving her emotional availability (a socially-approved "feminine" trait sometimes required on the job) may foster View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

values against what's expected of them as responsible professionals. We don't teach them about the dysfunctional aspects that we've been discussing here, and we should. As someone who's interested in corporate governance issues, I believe... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

activity on a massive scale-devising strategies that provide employment for the billions now outside the system, inventing business models that make better use of scarce resources, and creating institutional arrangements for coordinating and governing neglected and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2014
News

Ready for Takeoff

that boom to strengthen dysfunctional political systems," says HBS senior lecturer Michael Chu. "It's a real tribute to the Brazilians that they used that decade for a lot of important things—and out of Brazil has emerged some real... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

Nation in health care, with a focus on preventing diabetes in indigenous populations. "I quickly realized that business alone was not enough to reverse the dysfunction of some tribal economies," says Keen. Earlier, he'd experienced the... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

violence prevailing in Colombia in the past decades had affected the company, creating dysfunctions that, by 1991, put Indupalma on the verge of bankruptcy.12 Its management soon realized that, to remain viable, the company would need to... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

technocratic, top-down oversight of the health care system, as opposed to something organic, entrepreneurial. What I did in Market-Driven Health Care was to say, this emperor has no clothes. Managed care is just not working. But to say that the whole system is View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

relationships that enable you to achieve results. Cynthia King Vance (MBA 1985), director, Advanced Strategies, New York, New York I have witnessed many leadership styles—including effective and dysfunctional leaders of both genders.... View Details

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