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15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

and more mature economies. He sold off many other unrelated businesses to successfully focus on this one, with remarkable success until very recently. Having forged an identity that defines strategy and the company's animating beliefs and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

deep financial distress and had no choice but seek a foreign partner. Ghosn, who had never worked in Japan but had extensive experiences in other parts of the world, motivated the middle management at Nissan and transformed the culture of... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

05 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

were not realized. Four years later, another company working on the same technology went public to great acclaim and fanfare. The firm? Netscape Communications, under the leadership of Marc Andreessen and... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

“match made in heaven” that Lurie initially thought. In words of Lurie, the team was “looking for somebody who interacts very well and communicates clearly with everybody he works with and comes in touch with. Understands the passion of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees?... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

29 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

creativity and investigate more deeply the veracity of the popular "lone genius" concept. What insights or surprises did you walk away with? We were pleasantly surprised by multiple facets, from incentives that foster creativity through liaison View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

08 Jan 2001
What Do You Think?

Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?

results for those engaged in it. Those organizations thought to be most able to extend their boundaries are those able to work in a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

easier to achieve in a for-profit organization than in a comparable nonprofit," he writes in a recent working paper, "Philanthropic Social Capital Markets and Performance-Driven Philanthropy," and the most... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

10 Feb 2016
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: New Insights into Career Development

Harvard Business School researchers are offering unique insights into our workplaces and careers. In this world, taking a pay cut can help a career, promotions aren't always good things, and networking may send you to the nearest tub for... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

30 Sep 2019
Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

Excerpt by Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo, and Serenity Lee Blacks have been integral to the economic foundation of the United States since its inception, yet that foundation was forged on an institutionalized inequality, which... View Details

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

stated that their ventures were separate from their parent company, but their daily work processes indicated otherwise. Online sales reps still reported to and had offices near their print managers, for... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

he worked with senior managers whom he trusted. They could contradict him. Although he had ultimate veto powers, he let his executives overrule him at times. But they had to convince him of their arguments.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons from the Browser Wars

older and smaller companies. If you use Firefox, sometimes you will find missing menus, missing pictures, links that don't work, etc. Even Netscape doesn't work with all of our Harvard Business School applications. But it's Webmasters who... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

25 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?

increasingly using ML to manage many aspects of their business operations. “There’s been an explosion,” Teodorescu says. “It’s becoming less of a field in itself and more and more of a tool for people in other fields View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology

03 Feb 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?

that, “‘imposters’ could well bring in the balancing element in the teams of today where more people are the exact opposite in terms of work output to ‘talk’ ratio!” Cathy Lee speculated about whether... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps

Voter Choice in France. For this project, Pons worked directly with the campaign of French president-to-be Francois Hollande during the 2012 elections. In an effort originally designed to increase voter... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Communications; Public Relations

19 Feb 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Amazoned: Is Any Industry Safe?

it cheaper for startups to stand up an enterprise. One result: VCs could suddenly fund more companies. Apple and Amazon Are ’Frenemies’ When It Comes To eReaders Why sometimes it's better for fierce competitors like Apple and Amazon... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

Her objective of working with retailers known for carrying high-quality, premium-priced merchandise probably owed something to the social aspiration that drove her. Her interest in such stores was also... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail

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