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- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
In his book, Learning in Action: A Guide to Putting the Learning Organization to Work (Harvard Business School Press), HBS professor David Garvin argues that Nike left open a critical gap between encouraging innovative thinking and...
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by Laurie Joan Aron
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
encouraged his whole executive team to become leaders, and it was that large cadre that vowed to continue Dyke's programs after he left. The reproduction process involves finding and empowering natural leaders, regardless of their titles...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Selling Luxury to Everyone
the opposite approach. It wants to be known specifically for its hair products, which are sold through 1,800 salons. Koehn encouraged panelists to share their fondest strategic wishes—as well as their worst fears. Tahari said that her...
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- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
encourage more aggressive write-offs of so-called non-performing assets, such as retail stores still in operation but performing below a certain level, as well as the creation of reserves against earnings that are much more accurate and...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
and see how that can be reformed to take advantage of new opportunities. Pacesetters may reorganize frequently, she said, because "turf is the enemy of change." In phase three, leaders are ready to respond and change, but change beyond the merely cosmetic....
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
are seeing some shifts. The state of California, as an example, just recently adopted a statute that is supposed to encourage increased density. "Do we want people driving these hourlong commutes into a city? That’s not very sustainable."...
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by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
management of chronic conditions. Here, many employers in the United States and Europe have made impressive starts. Some companies cover the costs of smoking cessation and weight loss programs, or reward participation in health and risk assessment screenings. To View Details
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
managers to act in owners' interests. However, as recent research in behavioral finance indicates, it also encourages investors to switch assets to the most recent hot funds each quarter. This creates problems for fund managers that want...
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- 13 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales
portion of your full product catalog—and leaving customers to wonder what you’ll offer next? Or is it better to display all your wares at once, in hopes of encouraging a shopping spree? For example, is a customer more likely to buy three...
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- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
Defensive medicine spurs innovation They found, ultimately—and perhaps counterintuitively—that far from being an inhibitor to innovation, the practice of defensive medicine might have actually encouraged it. Legal liability pressure in...
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- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
measuring investmentperformance, and maintaining a long-term relationship — that would benefitboth foundations and nonprofits. The article helped catalyze the thinking of many in the nonprofit field and illuminated and encouraged an...
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by Anne Kavanagh
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
notice of this trend. The Fortune “Change the World” list identifies companies with more than $1 billion in revenue that create positive social impact through their core business strategies. The CECP (formerly the Committee Encouraging...
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- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
attempt to incorporate a social purpose frequently have to deal with competing market demands that still push them to focus exclusively on financial performance. We must take action to create an ecosystem within which companies are View Details
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by Julie Battilana
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
Chinese national, and deliver it to him in person. Recalls Klump, "I had achieved success, was enjoying rapid promotions, and worked well with my manager. When it came time for him to receive feedback, he encouraged direct...
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by Garry Emmons
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
continued to be tested and to evolve based on frequent reviews of work in progress. Leaders Support And Encourage Integrative Decision Making Leaders and their groups can resolve problems, disagreements, and conflicting solutions in one...
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- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
failed to address important measurement and valuation issues that have arisen in the past 40 years of practice. This gap is illustrated with missed opportunities in risk measurement and management and the estimation of the fair value of complex financial securities....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-021.pdf Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Abstract As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
scalability: providing an ancillary service to sellers to reduce their fixed costs. In our model, a platform can choose whether and when to provide this service to sellers. When the platform provides the service, it encourages the entry...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty keeps many families hungry, solutions are starting to come...
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- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
discourages them from posting on Wagaroo. Some people don’t want pets to go to a family not willing to pay for it, and are hesitant to give their dogs away for free. Wagaroo agrees with this concern, Exley says, and thus encourages...
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