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19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

The News Corporation/News of the World scandal has been described as a case study in bad management. What was there about the company's organizational culture that led to "Murdoch's Mess"? Professor Michel Anteby, who studies... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

01 Aug 2019
What Do You Think?

Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?

made to provide a proper context for cases. The strongest supporters appeared to be those who experienced the case method several decades ago and have applied it to their View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

27 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Should I Pay the Bribe?

corruption exposes the managers and the organizations they work for. But it may also be quite profitable. And, as I explain in the comment to the HBR case, it may sometimes be unavoidable. Q: How can... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

question, "Can Japan compete?", the simple answer is yes. The real question, according to the authors, is, "Will it choose to compete?" First published in Japanese in the spring of 2000,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

03 Apr 2017
What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

from public funding) to work with over 10 years. That’s enough to design a six-month $10,000 retraining program (focusing on skills defined by unfilled jobs) plus a $10 per... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction

28 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

What Can We Expect in the Other War?

most sensitive and talented prospects away? Will work groups be broken into increasingly smaller sizes, typical of the philosophy on which Nucor Steel was built—when a plant reaches a size of roughly two hundred employees, it's time View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad

advantage. To find out what works, Teixeira went directly to consumers, partnering with the MIT Media Lab and Waltham, MA-based Affectiva, which has developed the first online facial tracking system for... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

company? A: Running a four-drive company is like riding a unicycle-it takes a lot of work to maintain the balance among these four drives. The primary threat to a perfect... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

and what has stayed the same. It will present an analysis and social commentary on the access to business power in the country. Is it open to all? How has it been achieved? How have barriers been overcome?... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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

21 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store

spend X amount and receive an offer or discount of some kind. When you talk to retailers about their frequent shopper programs, they'll say the programs work and are very profitable. Then you ask, "How... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Retail

14 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

5 Lessons I Hope Marketers Don’t Learn from Donald Trump

dreams of consumers, because a brand that’s built on such appeals will find it hard to grow to be a source of pride. Apparently misogyny, xenophobia, and contempt for the disabled have View Details

Keywords: by John A. Deighton

26 Sep 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions View Details

11 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation

said, "so we can begin to get the senators we want, vote in the presidents and politicians we want; so that we can vote with our wallet instead of pleading for change. For me that's going to be the most... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Apr 2007
What Do You Think?

Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?

constitute both a carrot (such as subsidies) and stick (taxes)? Just how should the free market be put to work on the challenge? Should limits be set and a market created for tradable "energy... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

market—they must demonstrate to an independent panel from the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) that a new product works better than existing options for an identifiable group of... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

work with the poorer countries ...—Michael Porter When we put these pieces together, therefore, for the medium to long term, we ranked very high the countries that are demonstrating a capacity for sustained... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

does not even seem to work here in the United States. Despite the lawsuits—the RIAA has sued about 2,000 individuals to date—file sharing is more popular than ever. Q: Assuming... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

20 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability

The development of corporate integrated reporting (IR) standards has the promise to be one of the great business innovations of the 21st century, and could be pivotal in restoring public trust in business institutions, Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

from Perylon Hall on the fairgrounds to the IBM exhibit at the Business Systems Building, where a precursor of a form of e-mail was displayed: Not only technology but art had a place in IBM Day. The company had commissioned the IBM... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

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