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- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
entered his mind. For years he had been telling his troops, "The IBM is not merely an organization of men; it is an institution that will go on forever." He planned to accompany IBM on its journey—if not forever, then at least for a good many more years. And... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
someone. On the other hand, a strategy that calls for broad but shallow market penetration is likely to produce an inconsequential valuation. If the intention is to hold the company for a long time, and the tolerance for risk is high,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
viable product, in order to real-world test Gallop's "business of the future" concept while development was ongoing. IWRTW was conceived to bring together human good intentions with corporate good intentions, to activate both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
think it's something you have to take seriously and you have to be intentional about. No one's going to guard your time for you. Very few people are going to suggest that you take time for yourself and that you guard that. Until you are... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
intentions to help such victims. Overall, participants believed that outgroup victims experienced fewer secondary, "uniquely human" emotions (e.g., anguish, mourning) than ingroup victims. The extent to which participants did... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup
around what the output is going to be is key to success for both the intern and for the company. The team at Mori has also found it important to be intentional about integrating interns into the company, whether they are joining remotely... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
well. Terrorism is probably as old as civilization. Is it useful to demystify it? What's useful is to delegitimize it, to say that no matter what the cause is, nothing justifies the intentional killing of innocent civilians as a way to... View Details
- Profile
Alex Furleigh
two years from HBS to focus entirely on my own development—what I want to do, what I want to learn, and who I want to be. While it’s easy to get caught up in the stresses of class preparation, social events, and recruiting, I’ve tried to do my best to be View Details
- Web
Marketing AI Guidelines | About
marketing and communications activities. Responsible use includes sufficient human oversight of any AI generated content or analysis to ensure accuracy and quality. The following are acceptable uses of AI in marketing: Modifying images and video in ways that preserve... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot
When Mayfield Fund Managing Director Raj Kapoor (MBA 1996), the cofounder and former CEO of Snapfish and fitmob, joined Lyft as chief strategy officer in 2016, he was intent on finding ways to reduce human impact on climate change. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
launched two years ago. The original intent of the research project was to begin to collect data that would contribute to a “canon of business leadership” — a compendium of business leaders who have defined the way we live, work, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
intentions are a start, but they have to be followed by careful, hard-thought plans about how to achieve the purposes that you've set out and by constant learning about how to achieve and a focus on performance," notes Leonard. This kind... View Details
- 22 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage
principles in all of economics is that of comparative advantage, first articulated by the British political economist David Ricardo in 1817. Intent on persuading British lawmakers to abandon their protectionist trade policies, Ricardo set... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Moss
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at a Startup
around what the output is going to be is key to success for both the intern and for the company. The team at Mori has also found it important to be intentional about integrating interns into the company, whether they are joining remotely... View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
segregation over time. We demonstrate that the return of racial establishment segregation owes little to within-establishment processes but rather stems from differences in the turnover rates of more- and less-homogeneous workplaces. Present research on employment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316135-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-127 2012 Obama Campaign: Learning in the Field The development and utilization of an intentional Field learning strategy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Recent work documents large positive abnormal returns around the time that a hedge fund announces its activist intentions with a publicly listed firm. We show that these returns are largely... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
is negative in the short-term and positive only in (the) long-term, and many companies are too focused on the short-term.” Robert added that candor is the honest and open exchange of ideas, “but the techniques must be learned and reinforced to become habits.” Nick C.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 7, 2015
biosimilars (BS), which are essentially "me-too" products. There appear to be sound reasons to explore this related diversification: innovation is getting harder, regulators are intent on encouraging BS, and Amgen needs renewed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
them, Sheryl Sandberg (COO) has written a book, Lean In, about which everyone seems to have an opinion. It coincides with the actions of Marissa Mayer to discourage telecommuting at Yahoo!, where she recently became CEO. The intent here... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett