Span Of Attention - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Oct 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits

results. And there is more attention today than there was five years ago on building broader coalitions—"networked organizations"—that can work in a coordinated way to achieve system-level changes like the alleviation View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

book excerpt Leading Innovation From Collective Genius: The Art of Practice of Leading Innovation By Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove and Kent Linebeck Though each View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

31 May 2016
HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

substantial number of humans live. That’s big. If you have grand goals of how to change the world, there’s nothing bigger than space.” Back on earth, Weinzierl is looking forward to building up a robust... View Details

Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace

14 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 14

Publications January 2014 Harvard Business Review IDEO's Culture of Helping By: Amabile, Teresa, Colin M. Fisher, and Julianna Pillemer Abstract—Leaders can do few things more important than encouraging helping behavior within their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

environmental concerns (for example, water treatment and usage) that a company needed to pay more attention to. The goal was to work with portfolio companies to improve their ESG ratings. By doing so we believe they could potentially... View Details

15 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 15

cooperation and coordination. Prior research has emphasized cooperation, and specifically the partners' commitment and alignment of interests, as the key determinant of collaborative success. Scholars have... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

accounting and discuss the intended purposes of the balance sheet and income statement (with particular attention to net income). Students will also have a chance to review the business model View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

so difficult that they often failed to perform them effectively. When we turned to the academic research, we found a fair amount of research on what victims need when they're on the receiving end. But little View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

more critical attention on those cases in which diffuse pragmatic interests go unrepresented in public policy. For too long we have accepted an easy account of these failures based on the diffuseness View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

20 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All

products competitively,” he says. “They can have their cake and eat it too.” Related Reading: Deconstructing the Price Tag Name Your Price. Really. How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price What do you think of this... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Retail

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

Here's a cautionary tale of innovation woe: Nokia has consistently outspent Apple on phone-related research and development over the past decade, especially in the years leading up to the launch of Apple's... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

dukes"; 6) initiates and sustains cross-cutting actions to break down the polarizing effect of "fiefdoms" and "stovepipes"; as well as 7) focuses attention on cultivating and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

attention and suggested that they were not studying a “women’s problem” but a deeper cultural phenomenon. During his interview, he discussed the profound bond he felt with his newborn daughter as he carried her from the hospital’s... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

01 Mar 2013
News

Can't Knock the Hustle

scavenger hunt—was repeated at HBS in November, with clues left around campus to draw attention to the case and its creators. This so-called HBS Showcase initiative will periodically spotlight new cases by dramatizing some View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices

live TV, the play might soon reappear on a sports network's Twitter feed. According to Brown, users' attention spans are somewhat proportional to the size of the screens they... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

several challenges, including securing funding for the organization. NatuRi had captured the attention of at least four potential investors willing to offer an investment. Its managers were challenged to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

situation because of social media.” Instead, he sees the study as a confirmation that public relations managers at major firms have been paying close attention to the shift toward politically slanted, openly... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

22 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 22

require a grand organizational makeover or buy-in from the CEO. All it takes is collaboration between you and your team-working together and making small, doable changes. What started as an experiment with a six-person team at The Boston Consulting Group-one View Details