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- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
requires four seats at least." His current projects include histories of German management thought and German capitalism, but working on the Porsche cases has given him a new appreciation for automobiles. "These are some View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
School is at an inflection point, an insight that meant different things to different people. Some focused on the fact that HBS is beginning its second century. Ironically, it's also a moment similar to when the School was founded in...
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- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
business processes [are outsourced] under the pretext of 'cost savings' ... huge compensation packages [encourage cautious leadership]." Mainak Banerjee, in concurring with Eckel's latter point, says, "The worst View Details
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by James Heskett
- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
discussing such things as the end of cheap oil, the exportation of jobs, work-life issues, the importance of attitude versus skills in work,...
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- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
genome, Goldberg has focused his most recent efforts on explaining the impact of this revolutionary discovery on the agribusiness system. "All industries that deal with living things or organic...
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- 08 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer
say no and turn down the opportunity to make a gift, said Stevenson, who also highlighted the rewards of philanthropy—namely, the satisfaction of “partnering with others to accomplish View Details
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by Julia Hanna
- 19 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers
good thing not to have any privacy policy,” John says. It’s almost as if you had the choice of two banks in a sketchy neighborhood, one with bulletproof glass and one without. For their last experiment, the...
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- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
influence and pointing to the success of the company, Bruce Lowenthal said "...I would rather address the problem of board inaction when things are not going well even...
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by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
ago," says Lakhani. But access to data is not the same thing as understanding the data correctly. "Many of the tools available now make it easy to look at correlations between two factors and draw...
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- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
Let's get one thing straight from the start: Apple and Amazon are not friends. If they were high school students, they'd be mean girls glaring at each other from opposite sides of the cafeteria, jealously...
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- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
immense cost to individuals, and the economy in general, of a loss of trust in our business institutions and those who lead them. We know a few things on which to base a...
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by James Heskett
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
It's all too easy, of course, to play Monday-morning quarterback when things go terribly wrong. That's not our intent here. We readily admit that many surprises are unpredictable—that some bolts out View Details
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by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
a string of experiments to test how sleep affects decision making. After all, sleep can do many things—research has shown that a good eight hours of shut-eye can help make people more creative, more...
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- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
to follow. But, Badaracco argues, those who do will reap more lasting satisfaction from their work—not in spite of this struggle, but because of it. "Leaders are motivated by having a good life, but it's...
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by Michael Blanding
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
in-between area remain grey, organizations have no way to measure whether programs are working, or even know if they are on the right track. Confusion Over What Things Cost Bradach was surprised to find that many organizations have a weak...
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by Manda Salls
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
or block an initiative, their behavior and decision-making processes will shift accordingly. To the casual observer, things may look the same, but the ether in the boardroom will surely be different. Give Boards Funding. In the course...
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- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
on that higher reputation identity, he says. Companies also can boost their employees’ trust with CSR efforts and transparency on the many metrics they have access to these days. Minor cites the example of Sears, which sends a weekly...
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- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
The cult of the CEO is complex and persistent—and usually not good for business, says HBS professor Rakesh Khurana. Khurana recently fielded questions from HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace in an e-mail interview about his...
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by Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
Much like how disruptive technologies can threaten established businesses, the growing epidemic of AIDS has the power to blindside and possibly topple companies who choose to ignore the threat, participants concluded at a Harvard Business...
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by Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
agency. The average team lets go 38.5 percent of its roster during the off-season meaning that a quarterback could be working with a completely new cast every year. For teams looking to hire a QB, finding someone who fits the bill is not...
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