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- 12 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Break the Rules of How Business is Done
Taking a risk by breaking with standard operating procedure can make your company more innovative. Credit: maxsattana In addition to creating a new company that is disrupting the status quo, many founders are also challenging the old...
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by Julia B. Austin
- 25 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control
World Nutella Day a cease-and-desist letter in 2013. The company backed down and eventually embraced this day of honor of its beloved product. Companies devote significant resources to holding focus groups and collecting customer...
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by Danielle Kost
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
and study of the Great American Business Leaders database. The project identified and analyzed the accomplishments of some 860 top executives in the 20th century, and results are now starting to emerge. A portion of the database is free...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
Such entrepreneurship is also the best way to allow marginalized groups such as women and those outside the existing power circles to gain a foothold in tomorrow's Afghanistan. The dénouement of the...
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by Tarun Khanna
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
conduct business. In fact, consumers vote with their checkbooks if they feel that transnational companies aren't acting as stewards of public health, worker rights, and the environment. As infamous cases have filled the airwaves—Nestlé's...
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- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
linear, making you linger and pause and consider, rather than an easy search-and-grab. If you think about the origins of Starbucks, it was a process filled with friction: The barista would ask about your family and educate you about coffee growing regions View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
paperwork, borrowers complete applications in minutes, with approval times cut to days, or even just a few minutes. And, in instances where borrowers want to shop and compare myriad options View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
international labor affairs in the U.S. Department of Labor during the administrations of Eisenhower and Kennedy. It was a time when many countries in Africa and Asia were...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
learning and advice when members are already embedded in existing networks,” Koning and coauthor Sharique Hasan of Duke University argue in Prior ties and the limits of peer effects on startup team...
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by Danielle Kost
- October 2016
- Case
Triangulate: Stay, Pivot or Exit?
By: Thomas Eisenmann, Shikhar Ghosh and Christopher Payton
Sunil Nagaraj, Triangulate's founder had spent a few years trying to launch a dating application that matched users based on their behavior on social media. Based on input from advisors, the company changed its focus from a B2B site to a B2C dating site with a unique...
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Social and Collaborative Networks;
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North America
Eisenmann, Thomas, Shikhar Ghosh, and Christopher Payton. "Triangulate: Stay, Pivot or Exit?" Harvard Business School Case 817-059, October 2016.
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
Summing Up What Will Capitalism Require of Us in the Future? If one were to sum up the ideas in response to this month's column, it could be: Capitalism as we know it is here to stay; the question is about...
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- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
empowering its black affinity network led to a sevenfold growth on the continent of Africa in seven years. He also is researching the dynamics that lead to blacks being chosen as chief executives—focusing on...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
In fact, job creation appeared not to be a major concern of most respondents. For example, Jade Chang Sheppard said "Small business is where society's culture, motivation and inspiration come from. It is the American Dream"...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
"called it 'creative destruction'" many years ago, the inevitable result of competition and entrepreneurship at work. Others pointed that whether size and success are compatible may rely on a number of factors. Usman Ghani...
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- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
if nothing else, has fostered a sense of entrepreneurship and opportunity in the renewable energy sectors." And Chip Levy suggests that "This is a great time to leap into a growth industry ...We...
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by James Heskett
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
Entrepreneurial success may depend on more than a great idea, plenty of connections, and financial backing, new research suggests. The entrepreneur’s job security may also play a significant role. Uncertain job prospects, such as those caused View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
the Internet economy. It shares certain features with other incubators—mainly, it fosters a spirit of entrepreneurship and offers economies of scale. But its key distinguishing feature is its ability to give start-ups preferential access...
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- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
The Indian economy has been teetering on the brink for the past few months. The most manifest of these problems has been the crash of the Indian rupee, which has shown a decline of approximately 20 percent against the US dollar in a short...
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by Zeenat Potia
- 08 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer
Ballet, Mount Auburn Hospital, National Public Radio, and The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts, and is a stalwart supporter of his alma maters (Stanford and Harvard). Over the years, working in...
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by Julia Hanna
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
United Kingdom. So stay tuned. Retirement as we know it is an evolving concept. For one person it may be the classic vision of a condo on a golf course in Florida. For another, a sojourn in View Details