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12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs

When large public companies perform poorly, do the CEOs running them share the financial pain? That question, according to HBS associate professor Brian Hall, is not answered by looking at their salary and bonus but rather by a careful... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

HBS Working Knowledge recently celebrated its tenth birthday, and we mark the occasion by looking back and looking forward. We've asked HBS Dean Nitin Nohria and a number of faculty View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

government needs to reach an agreement with creditors as soon as possible. Every day that goes by, it is getting closer to going back to the... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

09 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands

"Stores no longer have the soul of the past and reflect a chain of stores vs. the warm feeling of a neighborhood store." Starbucks tried to add value through innovation, offering wi-fi service and creating and selling its own... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail

07 Jan 2002
What Do You Think?

Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?

name of tracking terrorists that we begin to take it for granted as consumers? In fact, will we one day look back on September 11 as a point in time when data warehousers were able View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Trouble Behind Livedoor

holders for your stock because they do not trade much. Getting back to Japan, the stock splits can be thought of a form of float manipulation. By limiting the number of shares on the market, and making it... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Technology

04 Apr 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

information is being used and being sold?" As we show in the case they’re being profiled right down to minutiae. They can pretty much identify who you are. Kenny: Let's go back View Details

20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

revised version to ensure it could not justify discrimination against gay and lesbian customers. But the results of a CEO climbing into the bully pulpit don’t always work out as intended. As Chatterji notes,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

opposed to changing your character. One case that students consistently rate highly centers on a Harvard MBA who spent the first ten years of his career working at General Electric and other large companies... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

employees is "a competitive world, in which you come to work every day just a little bit scared." Making The Pie Bigger If you're an independent operator and an industry giant like Wal-Mart or... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

creator of knowledge with a storyline (comprising ideas, values, and ways of generating emotional energy for the organization) and a teachable point of view, in addition to possessing good judgment. There is no mention of experience,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

on local employers to provide admitted students with mentors and paid work experience starting in grade nine. Co-author of the recent book, Breaking Barriers: How P-TECH Schools Create a Pathway from High... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

In an email interview, Harvard Business School professor James Austin spoke with HBS Working Knowledge managing editor Carla Tishler about his work on collaboration and his ongoing research.Tishler: You talk... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

18 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

enterprise resource planning systems, security technology, and systems that enable enterprise applications to talk to one another. People can look at this as a lull, he said, or as a return View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

02 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

to as high as, in some cases, millions of dollars. Khaire and Wadhwani describe their work in "Changing Landscapes: The Construction of Meaning and Value in a New Market Category—Modern Indian... 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

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

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

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

individual entrepreneurs and organizations. But, in the age of M-form corporations, managing "implies responsibility for attempting to shape the economic environment, for planning, initiating, and carrying through changes in that... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

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