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- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
The train wreck that was Enron's collapse is only one big, blatant example of how some disasters catch us unawares—but shouldn't. In fact, according to Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins, many surprises in all types and sizes of...
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by Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2012
- Lecture
What is Strategy?
Professor Michael Porter of Harvard University's School of Business discusses competitive strategy and the role it can play in solving the world's challenges.
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Porter, Michael E. "What is Strategy?" University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, November 13, 2012.
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
Democrat-Republican nonsense. They get elected to help people, but it's criminal those people in Washington don't work together, don't speak together." Likewise, Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and...
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by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
The book What's Fair: Ethics of Negotiators is a rich collection of pointers from professional dealmakers, attorneys, academic specialists, and, not least, ethicists. Michael Wheeler, an HBS professor and...
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by Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
On Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Rituals at Work: Teams That Play Together Stay Together
bonding activity—regular rituals like doing the Walmart Cheer or firing a Nerf toy gun to conclude a project—led to a 16 percent increase in how meaningful employees judged their work to be, according to research by Harvard Business School View Details
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by Kristen Senz
- 18 Nov 2009
- HBS Case
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu
customers like his product? HBS assistant professor Michael Norton's interest in what motivates seemingly irrational consumer behavior has found a perfect subject in Adrià. To eat at elBulli, customers must...
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- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
There's more in that glass than meets the eye—or the palate. According to Michael Roberto, important strategic differences have bubbled up between winemakers in Europe and those in the "New World"—the U.S., Australia, South...
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- 12 May 2015
- Other Presentation
Shared Value and Strategy (Video)
Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter presents at the Shared Value Leadership Summit on how creating both business and social value makes a company stand out against the competition.
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Porter, Michael E. "Shared Value and Strategy (Video)." Shared Value Leadership Summit, FSG, New York, NY, May 12, 2015.
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
to consumers—and fairer to the businesses they review. “What this does is reduce the noise. We're trying to extract more information from the reviews.” Michael Luca, an assistant professor at Harvard...
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- 19 Apr 2014
- Interview
How the U.S. is Lagging on Quality of Life
Fareed Zakaria speaks with Michael Porter, a professor at the Harvard Business School, about a groundbreaking new Social Progress Index and how the United States is lagging on many indicators.
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Porter, Michael E. "How the U.S. is Lagging on Quality of Life." Fareed Zakaria GPS, New York, NY, April 19, 2014.
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
to the study, Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter and Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University. In the edited remarks below, they discuss the...
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- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
HBS professor Michael A. Roberto and Senior Researcher Lynne C. Levesque decided to look deeper into why some initiatives fail and others succeed. How do some change initiatives take hold and almost become...
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by Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
their ability to reach if not surpass the goals, start banking on the extra money. In practice, however, the process of connecting pay to performance may be far trickier that it at first appears, according to HBS professor View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
In our January 2 update, we featured the first part of a two-part interview with HBS professor Michael E. Porter, an internationally influential expert on strategy and competition. (Porter was recently...
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by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
direct knowledge, in turn, affect trust through identification, adaptation, and reduced misunderstandings. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-131.pdf PublicationsHow Concepts Affect Consumption Authors:Dan Ariely and View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
If people smile, nod, and say "yes" at your company, maybe it's time to start an argument. According to HBS professor Michael Roberto, the lack of good conflict—constructive conflict—within an...
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by Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
financial strategy. If the company does not have a distinctive brand or market presence, a focus on identifying an attractive customer segment, such as through Harvard University professor Michael Porter's...
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by Martha Lagace
- August 1996
- Supplement
Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organization Change
By: Ashish Nanda and Michael Y. Yoshino
Remarks by William (Bill) Barnard, partner-in-charge for Strategic Services in the subregion of Western Europe, in a conversation he had with Professors Ashish Nanda and Michael Yoshino of the Harvard Business School on November 1, 1995.
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Nanda, Ashish, and Michael Y. Yoshino. "Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organization Change." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 397-501, August 1996.
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
the top 10 leaderboard this year. But the fact is, America has been slipping since the year 2000, long before the housing bubble burst and recession swept the country, say Harvard Business School Professors View Details
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Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin