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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
attention to what’s said, not just for the literal translation but to understand the real meaning of what people are communicating. Another thing I’ve realized is that we’re very good in the West at minimizing the process of molding... View Details
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
bolster their bargaining power, and channeling the flow of the process through time. They understand that actions taken away from the negotiating table can be as important as what goes on at the table, if not more so.1 Specifically,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
A few years ago, H. Kent Bowen, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, undertook a study of smaller companies (firms in the $5 million to $50 million range) in order to develop cases and teaching materials for the... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
If you want to become good at early-stage investing, you need to learn how to size up the fundamental elements of an opportunity. Many investors use checklists or think of evaluation as a process of judging an entrepreneur, or an idea, or... View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
developing his strategy for Zensar against a backdrop of a rapidly changing IT industry. Kishore, a strong proponent of digitizing business processes in order to increase productivity and revenue, wants to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
it is critical to find effective ways to support far-reaching change in both products and processes across our entire economy. My current research focuses on large organizations that are attempting to take advantage of sustainability in... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-002.pdf Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity Author:Eric Van den Steen Abstract This paper develops an economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture—in the sense of shared beliefs and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
"Ambition is necessary in order to make any kind of meaningful change; and, fortunately, the process inevitably beats you up enough to keep you humble," Dawe says. "The nice thing about environmentally... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
each distribution over the feasible subsets. Our rules can be interpreted as distance minimization-selecting the order closest to the population's preferences, using a metric on the orders that reflects the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those choices: in many cases, once manufacturing capabilities go away, so does much of the ability to innovate and compete.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
the permanent sections that will carry them through the required curriculum," Schlesinger notes. "Through exercises in teamwork, applied personal skills, and project management, we provided both the process and project expertise that... View Details
- Profile
Jennifer Hurford
Republic, and Nicaragua. In Nicaragua, where Jennifer worked on impact investing, she "realized I needed more private-sector tools, more private-sector experience," in order to contribute more effectively. After completing her... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
GMBuyPower.com, which enables customers to order cars online. The second is the development of its OnStar technology, which, according to the company's 1999 annual report, will enable the first "Web car." 72 The third change is... View Details
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting
School, along with actions you can take now to make a lasting difference. What is Unconscious Bias? Unconscious or implicit bias is the term for the mental processes that cause a person to act in ways that reinforce stereotypes even when... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 07 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are Creative People More Dishonest?
evil and unoriginal. This raises a question: Is there a link between creativity and unethical behavior? “Dan and I started wondering whether there is something about the creative process that triggers dishonest behavior.” There certainly... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
revitalize product lines produced by some of America’s most recognizable retailers. More recently, Ross, a self-styled corporate maverick, has branched out from products to explore process in pursuit of corporate America’s elusive holy... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
Our favorite example comes not from retailing but from Hugo Boss Bodywear, a division of Hugo Boss AG. In a test, the bodywear division recently moved 45 of its SKUs from monthly to weekly ordering while leaving the View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
Processing up to 8,000 orders per day, the robots help make Quiet Logistics a highly efficient firm and free its workers to complete additional value-added services such as handwritten thank-you notes. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
stay-at-home orders will likely make brick-and-mortar stores and shopping malls less appealing to consumers, and will likely fuel online shopping. On a more positive side, consumers are likely to continue to indulge in little luxuries... View Details
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things." That's what this book is about—innovation far more audacious than a new way to find a restaurant or a smart phone you can wear on your wrist. Amy C. Edmondson and Susan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne