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- 16 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?
blunt solution like eliminating options may be a better alternative. “If you’re confident people are making a mistake but not very confident why, you may be better off in terms of not trying to nudge them...
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- 22 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make
consistent finding across much of the research on teams and psychological safety, across a variety of industries. “Higher-status people are more likely to feel confident that their voice is welcomed,” she says. Next, the researchers...
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- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
members.” He and other leaders explicitly communicated confidence in their employees, enshrining trust as one of the company’s core values. But for autonomy to blossom, employees also had to trust leaders. They had to have faith that...
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by Ranjay Gulati
- July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Acelerex
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids...
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Energy;
Energy Sources;
Growth Management;
Expansion;
Global Strategy;
Cash Flow;
Energy Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Consulting Industry
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Acelerex." Harvard Business School Case 720-360, July 2019. (Revised May 2021.)
- February 2019 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
KangaTech
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik and Steven Randazzo
On a warm January afternoon in 2019, Steve Saunders, Dave Scerri, Carl Dilena, and Nick Haslam (see Exhibit 1 for biographies), co-founders of KangaTech, wrapped up the latest round of discussions about the future direction of their sports-technology start-up. Focused...
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Startup;
Technology Commercialization;
Prototype;
Business Startups;
Technological Innovation;
Sports;
Health;
Commercialization;
Research and Development;
Decision Making;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Technology Industry;
Sports Industry;
Health Industry;
Australia
Lakhani, Karim R., Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik, and Steven Randazzo. "KangaTech." Harvard Business School Case 619-049, February 2019. (Revised August 2019.)
- 18 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers
reveals how confident they are. “If you’re overconfident, you think you’re less likely to be caught. That’s very predictive of toxicity. The more overconfident you are, you’re much more likely to be toxic,” Minor says. The rule-following...
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by Roberta Holland
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
Intel has avoided antitrust run-ins in large part because it effectively trained its marketers about what were and were not permissible trade practices. The goal is not to train managers to be lawyers or to advise themselves but to give them the vocabulary and View Details
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
expertise, Greenberg and his partners cast about for a new owner that could take the brand to the next level. Enter Quaker Oats. Quaker's executives approached the Snapple deal with a mixture of confidence and urgency. The View Details
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Understanding Customers
In conventional business case studies, protagonists almost never have the option of stepping back to seek a new understanding of the customer. But to be effective in practice, managers need both the self-assurance and ability to initiate and pursue, with rigor and...
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- 26 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus
uncertain situation. Confidence. You have to be calm, but not still-water calm. You have to project confidence that you’re going to be able to see this through successfully, with a minimum amount of hurt to the company, but also to all of...
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- 05 Jun 2009
- What Do You Think?
What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?
bad . Quantitative metrics serve as best indicators when they are based on qualitative platforms." Along this line, Ken Ackerman reminded us that "Growth is a product of confidence we spend too little time measuring the mood of...
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The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take...
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- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
My goal for the course—and for the coaching I give entrepreneurs—is to give them sufficient comfort with the legal concepts to feel confident in driving the process, to understand the ways in which the law is a constraint, but also the...
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by Staff
- 09 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual
suppressed the ad hominem insults, and peaked at the right time, confounding the pollsters and media pundits. In every recent speech, he repeated the same messages, inviting voters to imagine the future if they bought into the promises of a Trump administration. He...
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by John A. Quelch
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem
sellers rate one another, providing rankings that bolster users' confidence in the system. Sellers with consistently good evaluations attain PowerSeller status; those with bad evaluations are excluded from future transactions....
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by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 03 Jan 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?
the Food and Drug Administration issued no warnings. Hesselbein expressed her confidence that the American public would not let that stop cookie sales. They eventually rebounded. Recognizing Jack Welch’s achievements, most responses to...
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Re: James L. Heskett
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
extent to influence how policies were interpreted, in part because of the respect in which the company was held. The corporate reputation for integrity and competence was a major competitive advantage in this respect. A part of the reason why Unilever seemed less View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
You have to project confidence that you’re going to be able to see this through successfully, with a minimum amount of hurt to the company, but also to all of the stakeholders who are relying on your leadership to get them through the...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021
rules for senior managers trying to forge a new hybrid path. 10. When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative Anxiety can hobble even the most confident leaders. Francesca Gino offers three strategies that she uses to turn...
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by Danielle Kost
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
Tactics, deal design, and set-up are three crucial components of the most effective negotiations. Yet many negotiators focus only on the tactical part, running the risk of undermining their own best interests. How can you negotiate more skillfully and View Details
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by Martha Lagace