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31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

She recently discussed their findings with HBS Working Knowledge. Martha Lagace: You're an expert on creativity who has examined it deeply for many years. What inspired you this time to look at it through the lens of leader behavior?... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

read together. And then I started-- I did a podcast with him. And after the podcast, I said to my producer, who I've had since the beginning days of The Oprah Show. I said, this guy is the kind of guest we would have called for almost every View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

06 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

serial entrepreneurs versus first-time founders. “We’ve always had a hard time being able to identify the skills and behaviors of entrepreneurial leaders,” says HBS Professor Lynda Applegate, who has spent 20 years studying leadership... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge

19 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't

capacity for generosity. In the following conversation with the HBS Alumni Bulletin, they share insights into the research on why we respond the way we do, when asked. Alumni Bulletin: You’ve both studied some of the reasons people don’t... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

involves two key premises: Luxury is intrinsically linked to self-interest, and exposure to luxury can activate related mental representations affecting cognition and decision-making. HBS professor Roy Y.J. Chua and Xi Zou View Details

Keywords: by Staff

21 Nov 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values

sustainability have to do with luxury? But if you think about it, what this case shows is that luxury and sustainability share similar values. Luxury is all about being the best, having the very best. Products that cause misery or... View Details

Keywords: by Brian Kenny; Fashion

12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

beyond a few photos on the course website, but several gadget aficionado blogs found the photos and linked to them. The buzz went viral, eventually garnering Clocky a photo on the front page of the L.A. Times, a mention in Jay Leno's Tonight View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

intellectual capital was drained" —Reynold Levy Levy, who was a senior lecturer at HBS before he took the Lincoln Center job, has stayed committed to the institution's funding base—the fiercely dedicated baby boomers who have... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

21 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes

In 1963, the first women were admitted to Harvard Business School's two-year MBA program. The 50th anniversary is being celebrated this year at HBS with new faculty research, case studies, and a series of on-campus events and programs... View Details

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

political leaders, educational institutions, and local alumni. In Europe, a group of executives and professionals, all HBS alumni, form the European Leadership Council (ELC), which provides advice on the work of the ERC. Cynthia... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

Corruption doesn't announce itself with a capital C. It is subtler and thornier than that—as one HBS student found out the hard way during a recent summer internship in Tanzania. In a new case detailing his experience, the student... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

23 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

HBS professor Andy McAfee had his doubts about Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia created and maintained by volunteers. "I just didn't think it could yield a good outcome or a good encyclopedia. But I started consulting it and reading the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

14 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

the city an opportunity to rebuild its low-performing public school system. What led you to do this research and teach case studies on this subject? Stacey Childress: I developed and teach an MBA elective course at HBS called... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

Everyone talks about how quickly business changes, yet some HBS cases remain reliably relevant decades after they are written. We take a behind-the-scenes look at five cases that are at least twenty years old, are still regularly taught... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

devalued." Most of these language-anxiety issues remained under the surface at Frenchco, Neeley says. These workers often suffered silently, worrying about disclosing a deficit, being passed over for promotions, being left out of conversations that they couldn't... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

strong investor relations (IR) departments, according to HBS professor Gregory S. Miller. Two cases he recently coauthored describe how these different firms in the oil and gas industry—controversial of late for its mile-high profits—have... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and unintended) consequences? Below, HBS faculty members Robert Steven... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

06 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School

making up 40 percent of the Class of 2014. But a new case study shows that there's still a ways to go. “We want them to grapple with what it takes to build an organization, to leverage diversity and create an inclusive culture."... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

contain "blackboard plans" showing the best way to organize students' comments on the five blackboards in the typical business school classroom. Classes begin either with a "cold call," as at the law school, or a... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

16 Aug 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

Steenburgh of HBS and Jill Avery (HBS DBA'07) of Simmons School of Management. We asked Steenburgh to explain how practitioners can use the toolkits in their businesses. Sarah Jane Gilbert: Can you describe the marketing analysis... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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