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- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
others to buy into your perspective? Is a digital camera a substitute for an analog camera? Is it a PC peripheral? Is it something like a camcorder? And how do consumers make sense of it? What features do they value? Ideally, producers... View Details
- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
"When a leader builds a mask around him/her you close yourself from learning." Joe Schmid had no doubt, saying, "I'll simpl(ify) the question substituting 'two faced' for 'mask.' Can a two faced leader be 'authentic'?... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
Companies that outsource merely to shuffle off commodity work to save costs might be missing important opportunities to work with vendors and significantly improve the final product. "When it comes to the outsourcing of many complex... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
advertisements by shifting from 30-second to 15-second advertisements, substituting radio for television advertising, or increasing the use of direct marketing, which gives more immediate sales impact. 4. Adjust product portfolios.... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Workout: The Complete Guide to Asking Better Questions to Get Better Answers for Running Your Business or Your Life by Bennett McClellan (MBA 1981) XLibris McClellan outlines several stages to answering important questions: fully... View Details
- 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
- 01 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?
inhabited by academics and consultants ...personal advancement may be better served by being provocative than by being right." Others question the importance of the linkage between information technology and the shape of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
Several best practices, as explained by past and current masters of judo strategy, can help you reach the top of your game. While there are no substitutes for mastering the concepts of judo strategy and carefully studying your industry... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 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
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank debt (public bonds) using firm-level data. Any firm that raises new debt must have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
24/7, with limited downtime mostly for planned maintenance work. It does not need sun or wind to operate at full capacity, and while the operators chose to use higher quality imported Indonesian coal to run the plant, in a pinch they... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Charles W. ("Bill") Cassell
more important to me than further professional advancement. I decided to resign from Beacon and make a living consulting." Cassell also began getting involved with his hometown public school. While lending his skills to a woodworking... View Details
Keywords: Eileen McCluskey
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
written at a time when online lending was nonexistent, let alone the fastest growing segment of the market. 2. Set universal rules and guidelines to strengthen borrower protections An important precondition of a national charter should be... 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
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Addleshaw-Goddard (AG), the 15th largest law firm in the U.K., is seeking ways to serve larger clients on more important legal matters. Part of this strategy involves its "Client Development Centre (CDC)," an innovative idea and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
between these variables may be an important determinant of strategic exploitation and exploration activities. Data from the field studies suggest that, in accordance with the controllability principle, accountability and control are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
influence when the vast majority can't? The authors tracked 68 change initiatives in the UK's National Health Service, an organization whose size, complexity, and tradition can make reform difficult. They discovered several predictors of change agents' success-all of... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
Emergency Medicine What Does It Take to Change an Editor's Mind? Identifying Minimally Important Difference Thresholds for Peer Reviewer Rating Scores of Scientific Articles By: Callaham, Michael, and Leslie John Abstract—Study... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Every year, HBS selects a small handful of outstanding alums to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. This year's recipients work in... View Details
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, essentially argues that the most important things are not predictable anyway, so why obsess about predictions. Silver's predictions of specific outcomes in the 2008 and 2012 US elections were... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett