Involvement - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

powerful who are resistant to change. Most people resist change, even when change might be in their interest, because change is threatening; it involves taking risks and experimenting, not knowing the outcome. This is hard for most people... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

Creative thinking skills. Some people are naturally able to think outside the box. But we can all learn and improve our creative thinking skills. For example, there are techniques that involve using different kinds of visual stimulation.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

10 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

offspring. This, of course, may not guarantee the early development of street smarts. If experience is the key, how does one get it? Should more MBAs be counseled to become involved in jobs, perhaps in start-ups, where they can hone their... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Sep 2022
Blog Post

6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS

VP of Sustainability, and get involved with the annual Climate Symposium. Sustainability is more than Environmentalism HBS has been expanding its integration of social equity and environmental justice into the campus’ sustainability work,... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

typically hectic month last spring, he taught in three HBS executive education programs, gave several presentations to alumni, and spent a day each in Nicaragua and Costa Rica leading an effort to create an economic vision for Central America View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

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Wyss House | About

While successfully navigating the complexities of his highly competitive industry, Wyss, a pilot, lifelong hiker, and environmentalist, has demonstrated a passionate commitment to conservation and the preservation of natural resources. View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

From Big Pharma to Startup

Hunter Goble (MBA 2022) did not enroll in Harvard Business School with dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. After earning his MBA, Goble intended to return to Eli Lilly to continue to work building brands and launching products. He envisioned himself leading a big,... View Details

Keywords: April White

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

Winter 2017 MIT Sloan Management Review Why Big Data Isn't Enough By: Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract—There is a growing belief that sophisticated algorithms can explore huge databases and find relationships independent of any preconceived hypotheses. But in... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

difference as a patient has grown. I joined the Cure HHT board of directors in 2020 inspired by the challenge and vision to find a cure. As I became more involved with Cure HHT this past year, leading our-three year strategic planning and... View Details

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

full-fledged case studies for use in the GMP program. "I would love to see 10 to 20 percent of our cases involve graduates of the program," he says. Participants write the case study while on break between on-campus modules,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 May 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the First HBS African-American Mother-Daughter Duo

gaining advice and access to decision makers from industry experts. However, that’s just from a professional perspective. Founding a company is holistic, involving family, friends, and community. There are so many people who are a part of... View Details

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

but almost all have been involved in developing the reputation of their organizations, or enhancing it during their professional lifetimes. To what extent is the reputation traceable just to them? That is hard to disentangle from the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving

“multitasking” involves reading emails while driving, the findings show. "We were expecting to see some multitasking in the car, but honestly not to the extent reported in the survey." “We were expecting to see some multitasking in the... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association

year, we also introduced two new focus areas within the DEI committees: increasing the number of female case protagonists in HBS cases and restarting an Allyship committee to involve male allies in the WSA. Learn more about the HBS... View Details

06 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors

there's less of a negative impact on their stock price." The Payoff As a result, the acquirer has a cheaper source of equity financing when pursuing growth opportunities, Baker explains, using the example of a hypothetical company with a fixed strategy that View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

ones." While they would seem to create the risk of more top-down management, the opposite effect happens. Could you give some examples of positive effects in companies you've seen? What activities should OSMs not be involved in? A:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 May 2016
Blog Post

5 Facts about Clubs at HBS

up and pay dues for 5-10 clubs immediately. Attend the first couple events of a few clubs you’re considering and then commit to ones where you are most excited. Few students report being actively involved in more than 2-3 clubs each year.... View Details

10 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

talk less about how we can encourage positive spillovers." Creating virtuous cycles like FOSS involves rewiring existing market inefficiencies, which produce too many negative side effects and too few positive ones, Nagle says. It’s an... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

could fully understand the true risk involved at any single point of failure." Technology can help you cope with this complexity, but the high hopes some companies placed in supply chain management software have been dashed,... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

perceptions in a real-world scenario involving an anonymous Chinese company that operates in printing processes. The company, which Cai found while she was home in China on winter break, runs a tournament-style reward scheme for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

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