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- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
top-down, generic approaches to communicating their plans with their employees. Although mass emails and newsletters are not problematic in and of themselves, they are no substitute for the kind of communication this moment calls... View Details
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
curiosity and judgment can’t coexist; you’re either in one mode or the other. When we see things that are different—people who are different, views that are different from our own—we are quick to judge them. But when we substitute that... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 11 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies
outside base module and the proprietary firm's open extensions could result in a stronger free competitor. So the firm is more likely to open substitute modules, rather than complementary ones, to the outside OS project. We do find that... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
importance of spending time with business practitioners However, novelty and relevance need not be mutually exclusive. In “Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research,” Toffel argues that steering research toward real-world business... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
to experiment to see what works best for them. Datar: We also believe that it is important for schools to broaden the types of research that faculty conduct at business schools. The discipline-based research of the last 50 years has... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?
commented that, in teaching implementation, "There is no substitute for experience...[implying the need to] integrate older more seasoned...mentors and coaches...into the classroom." Jesus A. Ponce de Leon reminds us... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
doctoral candidate Lisa R. Klein and MIT professor Ernst R. Berndt, offer some important insights. The researchers begin by identifying forces both inside and outside the media industry that are influencing its rapid evolution. Then,... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
substitutability is preserved under economically important transformations such as trade endowments, mergers, and limited liability. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
at the tip of America's sword." A Yale College alumnus (Class of '86), Baldwin found the Navy the perfect place to learn not only about the importance of trust and teamwork but about the essential ingredients of effective leadership.... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
issues. Investors should require it, and entrepreneurs should welcome it. Third, even the best ICP process cannot substitute for a flawed business model or a team unwilling or unable to make required changes. But it can do two View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
with a low-carbon substitute called Pozzotive®, a ground-glass material made with post-consumer recycled glass developed and produced by Urban Mining Industries. The case protagonists shared that they see themselves as a disruptor of the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Adam Gassin
"May they be not deceived." My little girls will still be in pigtails when they first step onto the battlefield of beliefs. In a world that often mixes up what is right and wrong, I will help them fight against the counterfeits and cheap View Details
- 02 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: A Circular Journey Through JSW Cement - From Steel Slag to Stronger Shores
door. Its location, strategically chosen, allows it to directly harness the waste products of steel production. Blast furnace slag becomes a substitute for clinker, the traditional backbone of cement. By incorporating this slag, JSW... View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
life." Where do you stand on these issues? What do you think? Original Article Studies conducted by various researchers over the past two decades point to the importance of hiring and promoting for certain attitudes (for example,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
for the study of technological adoption and performance. On a more practical level, we chose the hospital industry because of its sheer importance to the overall economy. For example, in 2003 total hospital spending in the United States... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
in others and show that all these definitions are equivalent. We then introduce a new class of substitutable preferences that allows us to model intermediaries with production capacity. We also prove that View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
their most important responsibilities, substituting "executive search" for succession planning and development? What, if anything, can CEOs, directors, and shareholders do about this? What do you... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
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Marketing AI Guidelines | About
privacy-related or undesirable elements from photographs (e.g., class card names, alcoholic beverages) while preserving the substance/intent of the original photograph Creation of illustrations (including photo collage) for stories and articles (as a View Details
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
property rights institutions that restrain the state can be more important as they provide the foundation for contractual institutions. In short, the ability to contract effectively between private parties is meaningless unless you can be... View Details