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- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
Summing Up Fixing the Way We Work There is a lot wrong with the way we work, but very little of this is due to new networking capabilities or communications technology. Neither can we blame increasing globalization and the demands of... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
"yawner app." (That will save time and money. And that way, you can cross the Internet off your to-do list quickly.) To build the site, choose the vendors that are the most dismissive of your... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
We all know the importance of mentors and other early career experiences in shaping the kind of leaders we ultimately become. But how important to that development are the particular companies we work for? For Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- July 2009
- Teaching Note
Targanta Therapeutics: Hitting a Moving Target (TN)
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
Teaching Note for [709002]. View Details
- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
storage capacity, bandwidth and memory — especially on a per-dollar basis — are driving the observed business benefits. However, all of these have been getting better, faster View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
What do Stella McCartney, Apple, Netflix, and Wal-Mart have in common? They were all subjects of the most popular episodes of Harvard Business School's Cold Call podcast in the last year. Twice monthly, host... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
these investments motivated consumers to plunk down their credit cards or fill out an application for a service. That's why the Internet has been such a godsend to companies, says Sunil Gupta, the Edward W. Carter Professor of Business... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
hitting best-seller lists lately, and conferences on spirituality and business have been springing up all over the United States and Canada. Web... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit. "It's striking how much work has gone... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
care, security, and more). These are valid reasons. But there are workarounds that work. At Harvard Business School, my research looks at ways that the private sector can finance View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
signees crash and burn when it mattered most? It's a case study in the common but misguided business practice of recruiting superstars, says Harvard Business School Professor... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
when more than 50 people in 11 states were sickened by an initial E. coli outbreak. “Do those smaller local organic growers have the experience, resources, and commitment to test their products for various... View Details
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
Summing Up Readers of this month's column agree that there are marked differences in the social environment for management in Europe and the United States. In some parts of Europe, at least, they foster... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
with the convenience of an on-site facility, some busy Google employees found it difficult to stay active. Academic literature would suggest that they just needed the right cues and View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
and to show up at interviews when invited. The government deliberately hired candidates from each group. It's too soon to gauge which group will yield the best performers, since the candidates have just started working. But the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now
us. If you act slowly, we all lose. Related Reading: Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics The Business of Climate Change Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking What do... View Details
- July 1993 (Revised September 1995)
- Supplement
Block 16: Ecuadorian Government's Perspective
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Susan E.A. Hall
Supplements Block 16: Conoco's Green Oil Strategy (A). Provides the government perspective on Conoco's Ecuadorian strategy. Designed to be distributed to students who will be playing the role of Ecuadorian government officials. View Details
Keywords: Policy; Business or Company Management; Resource Allocation; Marketing Strategy; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Perspective; Corporate Strategy
Salter, Malcolm S., and Susan E.A. Hall. "Block 16: Ecuadorian Government's Perspective." Harvard Business School Supplement 394-002, July 1993. (Revised September 1995.)
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
both online and in-store, which can reduce stores' ability to upsell, make complementary sales (recall the Best Buy example), and make impulse sales (think candy at the checkout), resulting in smaller... View Details
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
incentive—given other management initiatives already in place—will, if it works, insure that GE's organization in the future will deliver the greatest value (best results at lowest cost), thereby enhancing customers' performance View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
with the action. Where both are high, he suggests "insourcing." Where both are low, outsourcing is the answer. Where ability is high and strategic risk low, an effort to establish a separate View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett