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- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
Summing Up Do We Need to Give More Attention to the Dark Side of Innovation? Innovation may be able to help us deal with problems such as famine, pollution, and even global warming. But unless it can prove to be just as effective in combating destructive human traits... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
members had not remained true to themselves and this larger purpose. For example, at various moments, Bono's commitment to the band was questioned by his colleagues because of all of the time he devoted to political causes. In Koehn's... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
joint venture with Toyota called NUMMI, approximately fifteen years ago. However, despite Toyota's openness and the genuinely honest efforts by other companies over many years to emulate Toyota, no one had yet matched Toyota in terms of... View Details
- 26 Jun 2015
- News
A firm's approach to corruption depends on the individual running it
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
Four titans who defined a new era in business during the past decade recently concluded their terms: PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi, Unilever’s Paul Polman, Mayo Clinic’s John Noseworthy, and US Bancorp’s Richard Davis. When they became CEOs, the... View Details
- August 1992 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Star Distributors, Inc. (A)
By: David A. Thomas
Depicts the conflict and organizational problems that emerged in a franchise operation owned by Paul Logan, an African American, and John Heyman, a white American. Provides the opportunity to examine the ways in which race influences managerial behavior and... View Details
Keywords: Conflict Management; Performance Effectiveness; Franchise Ownership; Race; Management Style; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Thomas, David A. "Star Distributors, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 493-015, August 1992. (Revised September 2002.)
- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
What do you think? Original Article A newly-published book by Paul Roberts, The End of Oil, and a variety of observers remind us again that we either have seen or will soon see a peaking out of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
Summing Up The clear consensus of those responding to this month's column is that managerial capitalism, as John Bogle terms it, has peaked. But what will follow it is less clear. Many doubt that the form of owners' capitalism represented View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
coauthored the textbook and its updates with the late Sumantra Ghoshal (HBS DBA '86) and Paul W. Beamish of the University of Western Ontario. "The Japanese juggernaut had just come driving through the United States, challenging the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?
(iStockphoto/PeopleImages) An organization’s mission is widely recognized as its reason for being. Enlightened leaders have long known and believed that the heart of an organization’s culture is described not just by “how we do things... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
have in manufacturing). Joan, while commenting that “the issue is multi-dimensional and complex,” observed that: “Things seem to be changing faster than we as humans can adapt ” Paul injected some humor into an ominous-sounding comment... View Details
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman. "With the economy... View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
backlash from other organizational members. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/mcqxpioCi4O4ZaScUhLN][/div] In response to the broader perspective offered by his team’s devil’s advocate, one CEO shared that he took proposed... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
approach to the presidency. Their insights follow. Real estate rarely a zero-sum game John D. Macomber, Senior lecturer of business administration You have to start by distinguishing between a branding operation that’s supported View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
Sloan Foundation Program on the Corporation as a Social Institution, and the John E. Rovensky Fellowship Fund. He was interviewed by Laura Linard, the director of HBS Historical Collections.Linard: Can you describe your research interests... View Details
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
like to think we can gauge someone's sincerity and commitment by the look in her eyes or the firmness of her handshake. After all, a bargainer who yields to a demand is said to have "blinked." And if we reach agreement, it's... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Harvard professor calls trade deal watershed, says economy lags
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
and context. By afternoon, 28 teams in the business and social venture tracks will be named semifinalists. A later round of judging will narrow the field to nine finalists, with the winners to be announced just over two weeks later. First... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
cost performance of IT technologies over the first forty years changed by roughly 107, and for the foreseeable future will continue to evolve at the same rate. That is in sharp contrast to a train, which after eighty years moved six times... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- June 2013
- Case
Hess Corporation
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
On January 29, 2013, Elliott Management, a hedge fund run by Paul E. Singer, which owned 4.5% of Hess Corporation stock, put forward a slate of five independent directors it wanted elected to improve the company's performance. Elliott argued that Hess lacked focus and... View Details
Keywords: Takeover Attempt; Board; Hess; Governing and Advisory Boards; Organizational Structure; Acquisition; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "Hess Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 413-126, June 2013.