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- 06 Oct 2016
- HBS Seminar
Edward Fertik, Yale University
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?
them to rate all the other people in the company in terms of how much they personally liked each one and how well each did his or her job. These two criteria—competence and likability—combine to produce four archetypes: the competent jerk, who knows a lot but is... View Details
Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo
- Profile
Ahmed Alimi
Advisory Services, FBN Capital, and Helios Investment Partners. "At Helios," Ahmed says, "I had a unique opportunity to work on deals as well as support value creation efforts at our portfolio companies. I worked closely... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World
presaged a world that is “volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous” —VUCA, for short. VUCA describes perfectly what is happening in the global business world today. Business is not running as usual. Leaders must deal with growing... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 10 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?
are learned. As David An put it, they are "primarily an issue of experience. ... If you screw up a deal you will be the best to know how to do better the next time." David Fitzgerald suggested that street smarts are a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
indifferent to waiting for greater commissions and closing the deal now and getting inducted into the club. The willingness-to-pay statistic at the software firm is calculated to be nearly $30,000, or approximately 5 percent of take-home... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
Alex, I jumped at the chance. I figured I would undoubtedly learn a great deal about what it takes to lead and manage a sports team, and that indeed proved to be the case. Q: The case reads as if you were able to attend some matches in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
region. After all, while it might have a Silicon Valley–like valuation and aggressive expansion plan, the organization can’t simply hire more software engineers in order to grow. And unlike the NBA’s efforts to operate in China, where it had to View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Research Summary
Managing Marketspace Service Interfaces
Jeffrey F. Rayport is focusing on the strategic challenges that face businesses selling information-intensive products and services. A key strategic issue in such businesses is the dematerialization of information-intensive products and services as a consequence of... View Details
- 22 Oct 2014
- HBS Seminar
Koleman Strumpf, University of Kansas School of Business
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
resulting in more consumers and market share, or both. And, for companies that provide these technologies mentioned above to other companies that consume products, they too must deal with the basic economics, utility, and acceptability.... View Details
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
they are challenging and highly stimulating. So I may have an admittedly warped view of the generation. A great deal has been written about how millennials got that way. Of course, the rise of the Internet has influenced their outlook,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
they performed at the box office. To compare them to non-listed films, they used a film-industry database called Done Deal Pro, which lists all films made in a given year, to end up with some 1,600 movies, including those both on and off... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- What Do You Think?
Making Right Choices: Art or Science?
at its heart, involves a series of choices. Neuropsychologists tell us that the human brain can comfortably deal with only a limited number of alternatives (seven plus or minus two, according to a number of studies). Fields like decision... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
as to skills in selecting people. Next, as Debbie Lee suggests, " there has to be a great deal of training." Again, high-performance organizations train for skills, not attitude. Nari Kannan points out two other critical... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
LOVE At HBS
journey at HBS. Having a go-to person to count on, whether to discuss cases, life challenges, or our goals and dreams, has been such a valuable part of this experience. Not to mention all the laughs from dealing with a faulty washing... View Details
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
Airmail service starts Influence: High 30 1930 s 19 The New Deal Commercial and investment banking separated Reconstruction Finance Corp. created to combat bank and business failures Introduction of Federal Deposit Insurance SEC... View Details
- 10 May 2019
- Blog Post
Advice for Mothers Pursuing an MBA
of us will deal with parenthood in one way or another. Many of us will become parents, some of us will be peers of parents at work, and many will hire parents. It is important to learn how to manage employees who are parents, and this... View Details
- 03 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit
It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
(iStockphoto/Sundry Photography) Most people agree that US immigration policy is a mess. At times, it is hard to even know what it is. Immigration policy differences divide us as a nation and produce a great deal of misinformation. They... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett