Meaning - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?

styles help projects flow smoothly and quickly. Benefits also result when we work with people who aren't necessarily similar, but are familiar, to us. When you launch into a task with those you already know, you don't waste a lot of time figuring out what to expect... View Details

Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

my experience as well. Price-testing via A/B tests, different online and offline proposals, and other means is more easily done, but many firms remain unnecessarily passive in this area. Senz: Why is sales hiring so difficult and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

26 Jun 2023
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

The voluntary carbon market can be an effective market mechanism to channel climate financing to some of the poorest regions of the world and provide a viable mean to accelerate climate actions. However, access to the carbon market is not... View Details

Research Summary

Managing Processes

David A. Garvin is examining the nature and use of managerial and organizational processes—the means by which work is accomplished—including strategic processes that chart corporate direction, resource allocation processes that distribute funds,... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

create the John and Natty McArthur University Professorship, established in 1997, with the remainder earmarked to target some of the School’s activities that held special meaning to McArthur. In 2002, a group of Canadian alumni announced... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

this platform so that other papers can come in? Maybe that means bringing in local investors and building a cap pooled fund at the state level so we can make other acquisitions. Maybe that means... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

different resources to accomplish something productive,” says Khanna. “That means you are motivating people to do things, and the only way to motivate people is to communicate with them.” As crucial as communication is to running an... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

March 2024
Article

Differences in Care Team Response to Patient Portal Messages by Patient Race and Ethnicity

By: Mitchell Tang, Rebecca Mishuris, Lily Payvandi and Ariel Dora Stern

Importance: The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with substantial growth in patient portal messaging. Higher message volumes have largely persisted, reflecting a new normal. Prior work has documented lower message use by patients who belong to minoritized racial... View Details

Keywords: Health Pandemics; Technology Adoption; Prejudice and Bias; Equality and Inequality; Communication Technology; Race; Ethnicity; Health Industry

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04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

I mostly smiled and thanked them for their compliment. I politely corrected people whenever they presumed that Singapore was part of China. In trying to learn about and adapt to American culture, I unintentionally swept away my own culture and missed the opportunity to... View Details

12 Sep 2018
Blog Post

Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals

project," says Butler. "We may have experiences that draw us closer to the impermanence of life, challenging us to define what's really essential. The question is, how do we understand life in its fullest and what does that mean... View Details

16 Aug 2018
News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

re-investment has been the hallmark of his entire career. “When I applied to HBS, I was a TV reporter,” Ayala says. “I wanted to figure out how media can generate more profit and then therefore plow more money back into really useful things. My passion is unleashing... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

sometimes get their day in the sun: Sherron Watkins of Enron, Cynthia Cooper of WorldCom, and Coleen Rowley at the FBI all ended up on the cover of Time as "Persons of the Year." But public recognition of a few people does not View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

24 May 2017
News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

joining Catalyst, Lang was dating Neil Berkson, a high school boyfriend who contacted her after seeing her on the cover of the Boston Globe Magazine. Working for Catalyst would mean moving from Boston to New York, and she worried that... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 Jan 2016
What Do You Think?

Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

designed to facilitate effort while encouraging every employee to contribute. The effort of each employee and circle is tracked by means of proprietary software. The notion was introduced in March of last year, receiving a relatively cold... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion

13 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

Australia. The beauty of peridotite is that it has a very high olivine content, which means it can soak up more carbon than any comparable rock. That’s the theory, but we need to confirm how it works in practice. We're currently at pilot... View Details

06 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

essentially use history as a research tool to understand why some succeeded on an ongoing basis and others failed. Q: What do you mean by the term "strategic intelligence," and why is it so important? A: I define strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Feb 2019
Book

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

scale might actually be an advantage for innovation motivated me to write this book. Lagace: As you say, innovation is a broad term. What does it mean to you? Pisano: Innovation means change that creates... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

and adversity.3 Warren Bennis, a renowned leadership expert, has concluded that it is the "crucibles," or tests and trials, in an individual's life that profoundly shape them as leaders.4 As many have observed, however, people do not always learn from their... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

Portrait Project

Josh Bronstein

opportunity, a next step, and true meaning in what he or she spends such a huge portion of life doing. I want to enable people to realize their dreams through their work. Helping all employees chart their own individual course doesn't... View Details

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This means completing each course module and fully answering questions posed therein by the required deadline. This course also features recommended weekly... View Details

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