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- 24 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers
Debora L. Spar's research in Africa has looked at the diamond industry, the AIDS crisis, and the democratization of South Africa since apartheid. Now she has turned her attention to Botswana, where an era of sustained growth has been... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
attention to the old business. As managers learn to frame innovations in a more nuanced, balanced way, they can unlock the potential of both the old and the new. View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
that German companies have been able to excel in highly engineered products in part because German consumers pay close attention to technical product qualities when they purchase. Q: Although consumers presumably benefit from being... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
strategy that was explicitly based on the perceived strengths and weaknesses of its competitor, Ford.2 In the 1930s, Chester Barnard, a top executive with AT&T, argued that managers should pay especially close View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
dishes on la carta, and in every dish there is not one ingredient that's identical to another. They're all different." Pisano believes that managers and management scholars alike can learn an important... View Details
- 19 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book
of us should pay serious attention to. I truly believe business contributes to the prosperity of humanity, and is more important to the continued prosperity of humanity than any other institution. Therefore, we must question what got us... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance partners. In this paper we focus attention on another locus of learning that has received less attention from academics despite popular interest:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
surveyed had no systems in place to exploit early sales data. One retailer, for example, ordered garments and committed specific quantities of each stock-keeping unit (SKU) to each of its stores 11 months before the product was even available to the public. Even... View Details
- 10 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: It’s a Bad Idea to Ban Customers From Recording Videos
suggest, though, that a ban is the wrong way to go. Three key concerns are: There’s little evidence that recording bans actually work. As a practical matter, preventing recordings means banning customers who are obviously taking photos and videos. But customers who... View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three theoretical aspects of sociality... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices
Business Administration and Chair of the General Management Program at HBS. Gupta, whose current academic interests lie in mobile advertising, mobile payments, and mobile commerce, described the difficult landscape confronting marketers... View Details
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Bullard suggested that "Ruthless realism is, itself, pathological . The professional pilot denies a crash is inevitable until a second before impact, and that ability to believe one can save the ship is critical to the attitude of actually saving it."... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
Starting a job can feel like stepping onto a movie set without a script. Everyone knows the plot; the challenge is figuring out the role. Managers often know what they want from top performers but rarely explain it. That perspective... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
and identity change interacted. We find instances in which urgent focus on design change consumed top management attention and crowded out identity change; in which experimentation in design made it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
Despite widespread rhetoric about the need for organizational agility, an astonishing number of businesses stay stuck in neutral when they need to implement a new strategy. Consider the situation that Lynne Camp faced in July 2000. Camp, the vice president and general... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 05 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction
management is the responsibility of none other than the corporation's number-one manager, a conflict of interest that is awkward at best. The obvious solution is separating the two positions—a move many Ford Motor Company shareholders... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
All good managers understand the importance of making sure that every member of a team feels personally motivated and necessary throughout the workday, lest their work should stagnate and suffer. But what's the key to igniting creativity,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
And by adding more customers, MasterCard potentially could also grow its bottom line. Financial inclusion raised questions for MasterCard. Was the management time and attention well spent given the low... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Can We Expect in the Other War?
dealing with the personal concerns of employees? Will more attention have to be given to "community building?" Will, in fact, the war on terrorism prompt managers to engage in behaviors necessary... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
inability to do so for just as long. How can someone overcome that cultural inheritance? It starts with managing one’s time at work. Technology allows work to encroach relentlessly on employees’ personal lives. If a person fails to put... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne