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- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
health story will lag.” THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond How to Manage Coronavirus Layoffs with Compassion (Harvard Business Review) Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate Change: A View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation
prepare long and hard for the Q&A period, anticipating questions investors will ask and crafting clear responses. They should also try to keep the conversation on target, rather than letting discussions drift into areas they aren't...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
actual cost. Possible Solutions Reinhardt shifted the conversation to discussing solutions, such as assigning property rights to water. "In a way the history of Europeans and Asians on this continent has been the story of...
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- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
who need them, especially among vulnerable populations. Racial inequities, laid bare by the pandemic, and social unrest provoked by recent police killings have escalated tensions. In the course of writing Problem Solving: HBS Alumni Making a Difference in the World,...
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- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
planning is a great strategy (a big if), the process often makes it irrelevant to what is happening in sales.” Companies should treat strategic planning as an ongoing process rather than a one-time event, and incorporate a two-way View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 15 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Women Find New Path to Work
programs, although I haven't yet had that conversation with [School administrators] so I can't say if that's going to happen. But I think in terms of numbers, the program has to reach out, or we won't be able to sustain it. I also think...
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by Mallory Stark
- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
where the independent directors based their assessments of him on direct, private conversations with company executives at multiple levels of management. (He detailed the process in a 2008 Harvard Business Review article, "Evaluating...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
Superwoman Thanks to intense discussions over dinners with alumnae—the first of which was hosted by Welsh in New York—and to later conversations with faculty and other colleagues at HBS, Hart came up with a plan. The result is Charting...
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by Martha Lagace
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
picture, the higher rating of pleasantness it received. That said, the researchers did see evidence of the uncanny valley in follow-up conversations with the student subjects. "Though pleasantness did not decrease around the animacy...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
personal conversation prior to the task. The effects of metacognitive CQ in enhancing creative collaboration were mediated by affect-based trust in Studies 2 and 3. Giving Time Gives You Time Authors:Cassie Mogilner, Zoe Chance, and...
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Carmen Nobel
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
Spending By: Dafny, Leemore S. Abstract— There is limited empirical evidence about the impact of for-profit health insurers on various outcomes. I study the effects of conversions to for-profit status by Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
most managers feel that they face two undesirable options: Express their true thoughts and alienate their peers or suppress them, avoiding genuine discussion. Most choose the latter. Yet, when interpersonal attributions are suppressed, they tend to leak into the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
accountability: Make information transparent and accessible, by fostering straight talk and communicating the facts, which builds trust and prevents denial. Cultivate collaboration: Create conversations across the organization; talking is...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
required to create and deliver a product or service, from procurement through conversion to distribution." In the following interview, Hayes explains why operations usually gets relegated to a support role and what needs to be done...
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by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
interpretation of sarcasm lead to greater creativity because they activate abstract thinking. Studies 1 and 2 found that both sarcasm expressers and recipients reported more conflict but also demonstrated enhanced creativity following a simulated sarcastic View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration and Beverly Daniel Tatum’s Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race. Wilkerson is an award-winning journalist. Tatum, a...
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- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
allows students to go deep into the question (qualitatively and quantitatively) and drive a detailed conversation about whether the result of Belk's flexible "edit" policy was a more or less effective implementation. Purchase...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
to have a rich conversation about whether this early-stage venture should shift its strategy dramatically to support all schools, not just charter schools. When we discussed the case in April, my 160 students were fully engaged in the...
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- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
world as it is? Who are we? What can I live with? All five questions must be answered. According to the author, “Each question is an important voice in the centuries-long conversation about what counts as a sound decision regarding a hard...
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Carmen Nobel
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
rated speakers more negatively, while in Study 3, listeners rated speakers who answered a similar question in a fluent manner more positively than speakers who answered the actual question, but disfluently (Study 3). These results add to the literatures on both Gricean...
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Sean Silverthorne