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- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 02 Feb 2002
- What Do You Think?
Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?
Summing Up The question of the relative societal effects of the Enron case and the September 11 attacks elicited some of the most heated responses received to date. But where there was heat, there was not... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
Summing Up Do Concerns About Job Creation By Small Businesses Miss The Point? Judging from responses to this month's column, there appears to be a visceral reaction View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Starting a Business
Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions to be answered: Should I keep... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
Summing Up One significant theme in responses to this month's column suggested that there is a role for varying degrees of "buy-in" and "groupthink" in effective leadership. The message... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leadership Lessons From Outer Space
Samantha Cristoforetti, a captain in the Italian Air Force and the first Italian woman in space. Suffice it to say, it's an experienced group of self-starters. "If you have a team like this, you let them produce the ideas and get out... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
But medicinal users are frequent customers so they do care about price. "They do not need to buy it at a fancy store—they'll go to a back alley basement shop as long as... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
A New Ecosystem for Business and Society
dominant form of organization has been of a hierarchy. Now and in the future, Clark said, many more people in the organization will be responsible for taking action and initiating strategic activities. As the old hierarchy is beginning... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
linkages with the local economy. Another approach to cluster development is to attract multinationals that will become demanding customers of local suppliers. After that, it's... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
was a seminal event in the growth of Silicon Valley. CB: The effects of the ensuing competition on modules were better designs and lower prices. Customers were eager to buy the new plug-compatible, non-IBM... View Details
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
private and public parties. Private parties sometimes acted as public regulators, and public regulations relied on private parties to enforce and advance certain regulatory policies. Meanwhile, the unlikely influence on ecological and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
consumers and workers, and the political realities of modern governments. That appears to be a central message conveyed by responses to this month’s column. Ian Brinkley raised... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
organizational knowledge." Joe Violette raises a more practical issue: "Knowledge coaching ... cannot be effectively accomplished on a one-on-one basis. Too few people will benefit ...." Respondents provided possible View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
significantly reducing their emissions over the next ten years. "It's a major accord because for the first time in history, both countries are making commitments to limit their carbon emissions," Kirby said. "It's part of... View Details
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
by contrast, has been very careful about monetizing its site only gradually over time through the collection of customer data—all the while developing the idea by layering on new services such as messaging, photo sharing, and location... View Details
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
problem. Of course, it makes it easier that those companies are industry leaders with unique products customers want regardless of any inducements, says Healy. But he suspects another factor is also at work. "People know they are not... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
on my face, especially considering that during the last five years the U.S. has lectured Asia on ending collusion and cronyism." There is a general tone in responses to this month's column that there... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
reached the executive level at his organization. Why did he make it when so many other minorities plateaued in middle management? First, Williams had the good fortune to be hired by Nathan Barrett, a white manager who continually expanded... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
Summing Up by Jim Heskett A small but thoughtful set of responses to the question "Is Growth Good?" posed this month conveys the sense that the wrong questions were asked. According View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
responsibility for preserving the vitality of a successful organization and taking it to the next level. Put another way, in realignments you have to reinvent the business; in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace