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- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
communicate and made abbreviations like RT (retweet) and ICYMI (in case you missed it) part of the lingo of Twitter users everywhere. What to make of all this? Senior Lecturer...
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- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
"sticking power" in people's minds. In other words, the passion of football fans further increases the value of their attention for advertisers. And it's not only advertisers who are after this scare resource. The Brazilian...
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- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
to communicate with each other at will, then repeated the experiment. The result of increased communication was a significant reduction in inventory swings. The paper resulting from that experiment (and...
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- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
quite high at the time, thus providing a justification for the vertical integration of large organizations) set limits on behaviors that we refer to today as partnering, the forming of alliances, and outsourcing. Transaction costs...
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by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
plants. After much debate around the choice of technology," she continues, "the company reexamined its concerns about the environment and realized they originated in a broader commitment to social responsibility. Managers then...
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by Judith A. Ross
- 01 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
When Do Alliances Make Sense?
To answer one of the oldest business quandaries—is it better to partner or go solo on a project—John Beshears looked for answers in an unusual place: the oil and gas drilling industry in the Gulf of Mexico. But instead of mining for...
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- 31 Oct 2014
- Op-Ed
Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness
and biosecurity community has been banging the drum about for years: the US has massively underinvested in public health. As in so many other areas of the nation's infrastructure, the elements of our health...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
describe, simply and clearly, management's view of the relationships between financial and nonfinancial metrics. Companies like Philips, Novo Nordisk, Natura, and United...
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- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
hardware or software that filters communications or facilitates their monitoring to a government that is likely to use it for both purposes. For Yahoo and Google, among others, it gets even more complex. It...
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- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
outcomes. The discipline of creating the strategy map of linked objectives in the four perspectives engages the executive team, and often promotes much greater clarity and commitment to the strategy. Once...
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by Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
businesses are the very fabric of our communities, all across the country,” Mills said. “Days matter at this critical time. If we lose these small businesses, our communities are going to look very different when all is said View Details
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
organization defining its role and finding its niche and space in the world will find it easier to communicate and achieve that super stretch...
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by James Heskett
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
Public Sector seminar series, which runs through May, is designed to induce lively conversation, build a community of scholars, and create a research agenda exploring the possible role of the private sector...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
among all the cases I’ve written and one of the all-time best sellers at HBS. It’s about strategic planning at a hospital that does one thing, fixing inguinal hernias. It illustrates a set of ideas that could be presented in less time by...
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- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
wasn't quite ready for showtime. Whether or not Russia goes the way of Great Britain or Greece depends on a number of factors, starting with the infrastructure of the Games. The resort community of Sochi isn't known for its snow; for...
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- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
business community and its ideas are unleashed on the problem. We may get the gist of this in an upcoming article of his that, according to him, will be titled, "Green Is the New Red, White, View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
consumer-driven health care system if they do not innovate. But, as indicated in the complimentary letters from Aetna's president and Wellpoint's CEO received by the Harvard Business Review, some of the insurers are not barriers to...
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by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
all-or-nothing situations. Build buy-in, recognizing that offering rational argument and inspiring passion are both essential for gaining and maintaining momentum. And develop...
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by George Serafeim
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
accelerate through the crisis. We are finding that there are three stages of addressing a crisis: Stabilize and defend your core business by engaging employees, customers, suppliers and members of your View Details
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by Danielle Kost
- 06 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Art of American Advertising
Card. Photo: Bates Trade Card Collection, Harvard Business School "The challenges that marketers faced as the United States grew into a national market because of changes in transportation and View Details