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  • 13 Feb 2020
  • Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

careful to avoid saying things that might inhibit input. When an employee complains about a problem, for example, managers should resist the urge to correct the record or say things like, “That’s not true,” because it’s the kind of thing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Oct 2022
  • Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

you are a technologist, but lack management or operating skills (marketing, sales, etc.), you may benefit from a more seasoned business leader as cofounder who has seen the movie before. While many operating skills can be learned,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • Web

Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

company Excara and switched to selling enterprise software for managing product content. In 2002, he started two nonprofits in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. He is currently acting VP of Product Strategy for... View Details
  • 14 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings

to keep working from home part of the time after COVID-19 abates, researchers are probing how virtual interaction might reshape organizations. In the first large-scale analysis of digital communication early in the crisis, the team—Sadun; Jeffrey T. Polzer, the View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 06 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)

Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021) has a tattoo that reads “hakuna matata,” but it took the upending events of this past year, and a deeply personal loss, for her to fully embrace its “no worries” sentiment. Growing up in Pittsburgh, PA, Jackson... View Details
  • 09 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 9, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50562 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital By: Bermiss, Y. Sekou, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 19

why managers may respond to the demand for dividends from local seniors. Overall, these results are consistent with the notion that the investor base affects corporate policy choices. Utilizing Team Member Expertise Under Pressure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 25 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

well as to large community groups and their members. In his role, McClain will design capital products, and identify and negotiate agreements with capital partners who provide fairly-priced funds for BrightUp’s users. He will also manage... View Details
  • 25 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 25

stay with the old technology as a rational, proactive choice rather than as a mark of managerial and organizational failure. We then consider the distinctive challenges and organizational dynamics that arise in technology retreats and their implications for the ways in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

  Working PapersNone this week   Cases & Course MaterialsAvaya (A) Harvard Business School Case 508-048 Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
  • Case

Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (“EFC”), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate... View Details
Keywords: Cross Border; Energy Markets; Infrastructure Finance; Infrastructure Development; Business Subsidiaries; Business Cycles; Macroeconomics; Energy Generation; International Finance; Project Finance; Government and Politics; Demand and Consumers; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Argentina; Latin America
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  • 20 Dec 2022
  • Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

suspect—compensation. To those of us who have studied organizations up close for decades, none of this is surprising. But what can be done about it? “Companies with healthy, high-commitment, high-performance cultures have had... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
  • 13 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

economics," says Shawn A. Cole, an associate professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. "A frequent criticism of bankers in the recent crisis is that they took a lot of incentive pay in the years leading up to the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking
  • Web

Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

for the MBA classroom. While I originally enrolled in CORe to determine if I wanted to pursue an MBA, I ended up using the knowledge I gained from CORe to interview for and land my current job. Kali Pfaff Operations Strategist at... View Details
  • Web

The Caring Company

Research Research The Caring Company: How Employers Can Cut Costs And Boost Productivity By Helping Employees Manage Caregiving Needs By: By: Joseph B. Fuller Joseph B. Fuller & & Manjari Raman Manjari Raman By investing in a care... View Details
  • 09 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 9, 2015

beneficial effect reverses (i.e., cost transparency backfires) when it is revealed that a firm's profit margins are high relative to those of its competitors. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48019 Paying View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Interviewing - Alumni

professional. Dressing up for the interview even though the interviewer cannot see you can help you get into a professional state of mind. Before a Video Interview Ensure that you have a quiet space, proper lighting, and a neutral... View Details
  • 07 Jul 2021
  • Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

collaborated with Deloitte on TrustIQ, a proprietary tool that measures key elements of trust in major corporations and public sector organizations. “An increasingly large number of issues are piling up in front of companies, issues that... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

What were the management trends in 2009? Fascination with social networking and rethinking common wisdom about goal setting. Here are the Top 10 articles and Top 5 working papers that appeared in HBS Working Knowledge in 2009. Enjoy! TOP... View Details
Keywords: by Staff