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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
at IBM? What can be done to maximize your group's productivity? What should IBM be doing to maximize the pursuit of business opportunities, based on the purchasing decisions of the customers you deal with? What should IBM be doing to help...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
were misdirected illusions of ways to become rich. It would take Gallatin well over a decade to realize that his gifts lay not in dealing with land and agriculture, but rather in managing money and other financial instruments—liquid...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
deeply that this School is experienced by some as not providing a level playing field. How we address that is a vexing and complex matter. All over the world, businesses are learning to deal with a more diverse workforce. If Harvard...
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Roger Thompson
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
home-grown disaffected Islamic extremists, and the ongoing social catastrophe in southern European countries because of the Euro crisis. Brexit will at best divert the attention of the political and administrative talent of Europe from View Details
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by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
that those contracts are less profitable," says Healy. A Necessary Evil? The experiences of Siemens and SNC-Lavalin also calls into question the assumption that bribery is a necessary practice in dealing in developing markets, says Healy....
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by Michael Blanding
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
development. This concentration of expertise can be found in places like Silicon Valley, where clusters of experts and firms feed growth and spur innovation. Much of the damage to American competitiveness in the science and technology fields has already been done. The...
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- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
continue to rapidly develop, mapping can bring together specialists in fields as diverse as environmental engineering and graphics. As Toffel concludes, "The notion of how to display environmental information geographically is something that people are getting...
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- 14 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team
themselves as well as their managers believe that top performance in this industry is due to individual talent. This could be one reason that there is a great deal of mobility in this labor market. Stars are treated as free agents who can...
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by Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
achievement. They had limited experience solving business or management problems. In dealing with the chiefs, Levy chose an approach that blended a strong dose of discipline with real-time, public reinforcement. He developed guidelines...
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by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
"The study of e-commerce has unfolded in much the same way that e-commerce thrust itself on the business world—with a great deal of overstatement," says Marc J. Epstein, Visiting Professor and Wyss Visiting Scholar in Social...
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by Marc J. Epstein
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
relationships that are successful over time, the parties, despite obvious power disparities, work together to develop a spirit of mutual trust and cooperation that gradually brings a degree of balance to their dealings with each...
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by Peter K. Jacobs
- 29 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS
could practice the case interview with experienced consultants, and they spent a great deal of their own time helping me practice as well. Reflection on Harvard Business School I am so grateful for all of the support I had during my two...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
improved governance by engaging both local people and national governments is a fundamental issue. The second challenge is the impact of globalization. Whether you’re trying to save rain forests in Borneo or the Amazon, or save the world’s major fisheries, you’ve got...
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Roger Thompson
- 28 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Navigating Recruiting with Diverse Abilities: Advice from Alumni
work in the interview setting. He also suggests asking interviewers the question “How does your team or group deal with differences?” and reflecting on the response. If the interviewer asks follow up questions about types of differences...
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- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
understood as a valuable learning experience. The second CEO, by contrast, described performing a great deal of emotional labor while attempting to keep the business in stasis—exhausting tasks with no clear milestones. No wonder he felt...
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- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
Recovery Act, one of President Franklin Roosevelt’s signature New Deal programs that looked to create “partnership in planning” between government and organized private industry. A year later, however, it was struck down by the Supreme...
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- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
investor and managerial costs. It affects job creation and innovation throughout society. Once a venture reaches a critical size, its complexity greatly increases. The original business model must deal with new market and organizational...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
monetize online access to content. Programming changes, new advertising strategies, and deals via online distribution platforms are presented as means to capture the value of online video consumption. Purchase this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
significant patent suit with Amgen. The deal nonetheless provided access to one of the most successful integrated learning bases in the new technology.30 This same lack of technical capabilities on the part of American Home Products...
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- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
resources available to the company—this includes attracting the best people who like to work for winners. Winners get better deals and are left alone by others who don't want to disrupt the winning. Losing is the exact opposite. The...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel