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- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
were engaged in an experiment they called ‘school desegregation.’ Being born in the inner city, my younger sister and I were put on busses and sent to better schools that happened to be almost all-white...
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- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
message has been received? How will you know if you are getting all the relevant information you need? What has and has not worked in your communication strategies thus far? Draw a literal picture. Everyone...
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- 02 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Fast-track to Better Outcomes: Yoonjin Min and RapidSOS
for Yoonjin: “I thought it was the perfect example of public and private sector collaboration.” Subsequent interviews confirmed her opinions, and Yoonjin began her internship in June. Her role: business...
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- 27 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Recruiting International Students is Easy and Beneficial for Employers
home and support system to move to a new country, on your own, to take on the challenge of a rigorous education. International students have proven themselves capable of thriving in strenuous new settings,...
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- December 2022
- Article
I Don't 'Recall': The Decision to Delay Innovation Launch to Avoid Costly Product Failure
By: Byungyeon Kim, Oded Koenigsberg and Elie Ofek
Innovations embody novel features or cutting-edge components aimed at delivering desired customer benefits.
Oftentimes, however, we observe the need to recall new products shortly after their introduction. Indeed, a firm
may rush an innovation to market in an attempt...
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Innovation Management;
Innovation And Strategy;
Product Development Strategy;
Product Introduction;
Quality Control;
Product Recalls;
Game Theory;
Market Timing;
Innovation Strategy;
Product Launch;
Product Development
Kim, Byungyeon, Oded Koenigsberg, and Elie Ofek. "I Don't 'Recall': The Decision to Delay Innovation Launch to Avoid Costly Product Failure." Management Science 68, no. 12 (December 2022): 8889–8908.
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
developing employees by figuring out their passions, giving them relevant experiences to help them become more marketable, and helping them on their way when they are ready to exit. Companies can then...
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by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
companies that are owned by private equity. They are composed of the CEO and six directors, all of whom have relevant industry expertise. The directors make the time commitment, spending several days each...
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- May 2014
- Article
Group Membership Alters the Threshold for Mind Perception: The Role of Social Identity, Collective Identification, and Intergroup Threat
By: Leor M. Hackel, Christine E. Looser and Jay J. Van Bavel
Human faces are used as cues to the presence of social agents, and the ability to detect minds and mental states in others occupies a central role in social interaction. In the current research, we present evidence that the human propensity for mind perception is bound...
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Hackel, Leor M., Christine E. Looser, and Jay J. Van Bavel. "Group Membership Alters the Threshold for Mind Perception: The Role of Social Identity, Collective Identification, and Intergroup Threat." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 52 (May 2014): 15–23.
- June 2012
- Case
Buro Happold (Abridged)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Ryan Johnson
In 1996, Ted Happold, the founder of the engineering services firm Buro Happold, passed away, and Padraic Kelly became the firm's new managing director (MD). One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current...
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Keywords:
Learning And Development;
Managing Growth;
Organizational Design;
Diversification;
Client Management;
Leadership Skills;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Leadership Development;
Management Skills;
Training;
Programs;
Customer Relationship Management
Eccles, Robert G., and Ryan Johnson. "Buro Happold (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 412-123, June 2012.
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
Michael Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management and chair of the Business and Environment Initiative Five years ago, as George Serafeim recalls, if he had walked into the...
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April White
- 10 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice
graduating. Allie O'Shea: My summer has really solidified my interest in social enterprise. I have enjoyed working on a topic area that is so important and immediately relevant to addressing one of society's...
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- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
idiosyncratic rituals. One woman who lost a spouse years ago told Norton, “I washed his car every week as he used to do.” “There’s no ancient text to say you should wash someone’s car,” Norton says. “But, by doing something personally View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 02 Jun 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?
Summing Up Strategy, execution, and culture: Do we have our priorities right? First, my thanks to all of you who weighed in on the issues of the month regarding ways of thinking and asking questions about...
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by Jim Heskett
- Web
Shared Value Measurement - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Creating Shared ValueCSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases Emerging Topics Emerging Topics Shared Value Measurement Shared Value & Investors Shared Value Measurement Shared Value Measurement When companies...
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- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
average of $1,459 per salesperson—almost 20% more than they spend on workers in all other functions. Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
results are consistent with the key predictions of the rational addiction model, expanding its relevance to settings beyond what are usually considered “addictive” behaviors. Games of Threats By: Kohlberg, Elon, View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. Relevance to investment performance is the most frequent...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It
In most markets, products and services compete for the consumer’s money. On the internet, however, the coin of the realm is time, not money—websites and other online services fight for the attention of...
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- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
investors, customers, and employees. The approach aims to help managers identify relevant harms, analyze their responsibility for harms, and determine an appropriate response....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
but we also know that today their relevance still resonates. And then we know that today, for example, 80 percent of all Black judges attended a historically Black college or university. We know that 50% of...
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