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- 28 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)
decentralize their operations more; or they may provide more variable pay to employees when operating across diverse market types," Campbell continues. "Reporting structures, performance measurement systems,...
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- 19 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control
Thanks (or no thanks) to social media, brand managers have lost the power to control the perception of their products through carefully orchestrated advertising campaigns. These days, consumers are in...
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- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
competitors had recently been forced to pay a record $108 million to settle a class action suit brought by female employees who had been denied advancement opportunities. Aiyer...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
voluntarily pay more to the U.S. Treasury and also move from Florida (his residence as listed in the HBS directory) to New York. Roberts W. Brokaw III (MBA ’74) Wilmington, DE...
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- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
value created for shareholders. Agency theory ascends It isn’t much of an exaggeration to say that the “Friedman Doctrine” triggered a half-century of dominance for “agency theory” in corporate governance. Adherence View Details
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by James Heskett
A New Approach to Building Your Personal Brand
For better or worse, in today's world everyone is a brand. Whether you're applying for a job, asking for a promotion, or writing a dating profile, your success will depend on getting others to recognize your value. So, you need to get comfortable marketing yourself. In...
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- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Selling Luxury to Everyone
and retailers keep the segment growing? Tahari said she and her husband have considered the idea of buying one of their retailers in an effort to get more information about how their products are selling, improve their margins, and better...
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- 31 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Transitioning From the Military to Business School
how much I was learning and if I was developing into the person I want to be after two years at HBS. It was simple yet transformative advice. And though I still have to work at it, I have a feeling that...
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- 28 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
“In a lot of organizations, there are no recognition programs for employees whatsoever, so employers need to catch up.” People may prefer non-cash gifts because they often spend cash bonuses on basic necessities like View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
levels of stress. In the words of John Kenneth Galbraith, renowned economist and diplomat, “All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: It was the willingness to confront unequivocally...
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by Tsedal Neeley
- 17 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve
haven’t proven anything about the usefulness of their product, that it solves a real pain point, or that their target customer is willing to pay for the fix. If you plan to do...
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by Julia Austin
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
become an instant millionaire, chances are that's not going to happen. And that's really why I called it The Startup Lottery, right? Because there's a high degree of risk and the chances of it paying off may...
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- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
training, independent living skills, and communication skills, to improve services to communities. Peacock told them that Guide Dogs was willing to take on the mobility piece...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
Starbucks latte but are still willing to pay $10,000 to hire a matchmaker. There’s also a backlash against online dating. I’m actually a big fan and recommend that clients date...
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- 03 Dec 2018
- News
Young Americans need to be taught skills, not handed credentials
- 2023
- Book
Move Fast and Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems
By: Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss
Speed has gotten a bad name in business, much of it deserved. When Facebook made "Move fast and break things" an informal company motto, it fueled a widely held belief that we can either make progress or take care of people, one or the other. That a certain amount of...
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Leading Change;
Performance Improvement;
Problems and Challenges;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture
Frei, Frances X., and Anne Morriss. Move Fast and Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems. Harvard Business Review Press, 2023.
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
time-driven ABC projects pay back in less than a year. It's quite impressive to take companies with millions of transactions and customers, and be able to prepare detailed and...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
Climate Change: It's Happening Now in July, said reinsurers paid 45 percent of the insured losses from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005, and they are expected to pay up View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
possible time. Perhaps they make a contribution, but the process seems close to plain old “pump and dump,” hardly my idea of long term. Professor Salter offers several thoughtful recommendations to improve...
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- 22 Dec 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Future Lock-in: Or, I’ll Agree to Do the Right Thing...Next Week
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by Todd Rogers & Max H. Bazerman