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- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
hard times. In 2009, Michael Dell and his management team must figure out why the Direct Model has faltered and what they can do to revitalize the company. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710442-PDF-ENG Carrot or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
Learning promotes performance—is there any argument? Without learning, organizations, teams, and managers are stuck in yesterday's world. In fact, says Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, there are built-in tensions between... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
the new book Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business. Battilana co-wrote the book with Tiziana Casciaro, a professor at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. “Cultivating humility and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 15 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others
where it’s essential to keep up with the latest information in the field. “In those type of industries, information is evolving very rapidly, so weak ties can help you access that efficiently,” Rajkumar says. Adds Brynjolfsson: “The... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Where is Home for the Global Firm?
[PDF]. To start, responding strategically to these changes requires a reconceptualization of what a corporate home is, says Desai. "Managers need to make conscious choices about how to unbundle the activities that have traditionally been centered in a home country... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?
Summing Up Judging from the number of responses to the July column, Justin Menkes, author of the book Executive Intelligence, appears to have tapped into a hot issue with his concern that what he terms "executive intelligence"... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Blog
Making the Decision to Attend: Our Participants Share Their Stories
Development Oracle Cloud Platform Will I fit in? It's not uncommon for executives to wonder if HBS Executive Education is for them. Once they start a program, they quickly realize that they belong. "When you first start the program, you wonder if you can keep View Details
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
forthcoming Journal of Investment Consulting Cloaked Trading By: Cohen, Lauren, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—Using a novel, proprietary database of micro-level trading activities by asset managers, we show strong evidence of asset View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
Desan look to how scholars in history, law, and political science are redefining capitalism in light of the American experience. Essayists write on such diverse subjects as markets, selling of slave clothing, the Gilded Age, women’s rights, money and finance, risk... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
sitting there chasing up after them and nipping at their heels. It’s because we’ve done it in a collaborative way, and that the goals are clear and they’re transparent. And while they’re highly, highly ambitious, they’re also achievable.... View Details
- 30 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
could Kate have done differently to get a better outcome? "We spend a lot of time talking both about what emotions we elicit in others based on our behavior, and what we need to do to manage our own emotions. There are lessons on... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
investment management themselves. Sensing this demand, which is what they do best, investment banks are now creating funds, which then are invested in other funds. This is the big new thing, the fund of funds. People who View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- Web
Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
sensitive topics, you may wish to call more than once on students showing passion. It may be, for example, that during discussions of race, you may wish to call more than once on students of color who have their hands up multiple times.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can We Train for Trust?
concluded that “trust in leadership positively affects employees’ job performance, overall job satisfaction, and commitment to their organizations.” One study of 6,500 Holiday Inn employees concluded that when they rated their trust in their View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Globalization - Faculty & Research
returns are negative. Accounting returns in countries with higher earnings management mean revert more slowly for profitable firms and more rapidly for loss firms. Thus, earnings management incentives to... View Details
- 15 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Coming Out Calculus: A Reflection in Honor of National Coming Out Day
services to catering to product management before returning to Harvard for his MBA. Here, Brian shares a reflection of his first time coming out in the workplace in honor of National Coming Out Day. It’s July 2016. It’s the first day of... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS
my new friends caught up on the Forum’s discussion, as well as their HBS cases that day— a LEAD case about a protagonist facing a management turnaround, a TOM case about a restaurant’s operations, and a FIN... View Details
- 28 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India
B if you can produce a product, manage a sales force, or produce the capital. On the negative side, politicians have whipped up caste frenzy. A lot of voting in India happens along caste lines in so-called... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family
with friends and family and 3 percent more time with customers and coworkers. Over the course of a year, that added up to eight extra days spent with clients and colleagues compared to employees who didn’t receive performance pay,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
Publications February 2015 Little, Brown and Company Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges By: Cuddy, Amy Abstract—We often meet life's challenges with fear and anxiety. We fail to be our best and end up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne