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- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
shareholders and owners. I first presented this concept (see chart below) at the Academy of Management in August 2001, shortly after I concluded my ten years as CEO of Medtronic. It is as valid today as it was then. This is the rigorous...
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- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
lack thereof" (Suzette van Aswegen). Social responsibility, sustainability, and globalization were high on the list of ideas for further investigation. Pete DeLisi pulled this together in commenting that "'collective impact' is just now starting to get some...
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Re: James L. Heskett
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
which, after all, is at the heart of continuous improvement. Many observers note that one of the factors contributing to the preeminence of Toyota, arguably the world's most successful company, is its openness to learning, driven by...
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by Garry Emmons
- 15 Feb 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Learning from My Success and From Others’ Failure: Evidence from Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- 03 Jan 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Banking Deregulation, Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
determining an employee's level of engagement with the work. 2 We know of a small-company owner, a warm, decent woman, so pressed for time she consciously decided to avoid small talk at the office. She never opened up to people about...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jul 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
proximity that clusters provide, companies can do things together without formal ownership or legal relationships. And this kind of flexibility opens up more possibilities for change and dynamism, which are crucial ingredients in a modern...
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Re: Michael E. Porter
- 22 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries
Thanks to the pioneering success of Toyota, the concept of a "lean" operating system has been implemented in countless manufacturing companies and even adapted for industries as diverse as insurance and healthcare. With its...
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- 13 Jan 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Private Equity and Industry Performance
- 11 Jul 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Managing Proprietary and Shared Platforms: A Life-Cycle View
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
"make the numbers" every quarter? Is it dangerous or misleading to give too much emphasis to the idea that profits are a by-product of many other policies and practices? Is it wise to communicate this concept to all levels of an...
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by Jim Heskett
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
in the book the different roles, frequencies, participants, and agendas for operational review meetings and strategy review meetings. We open the book with a great quote often but perhaps inaccurately attributed to Sun Tzu in The Art of...
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by Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
4 Updates About Peek Weekend at HBS
someday.” Given the overwhelmingly positive response to last year’s event, HBS will once again be offering Peek Weekend – but is evolving the concept this summer. Here are four things you should know about 2016 Peek Weekend. 1. Peek...
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- 08 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Monetary Policy and Long-Term Real Rates
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by Samuel G. Hanson & Jeremy C. Stein
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
coordination that resulted in their developing self-regulation programs were sparked by crises, including the chemical industry after the Bhopal accident and the nuclear power industry after the Three Mile Island incident. We also examined new forms of collaboration,...
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by Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Business Model Innovation and Competitive Imitation
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by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Feng Zhu
- 2015
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Entrepreneurship Reading: Launching Global Ventures
By: William R. Kerr
Core Curriculum in Entrepreneurship is a series of Readings that cover fundamental course material in Entrepreneurship. Readings include Interactive Illustrations which help students master complex concepts quickly.
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Kerr, William R. "Entrepreneurship Reading: Launching Global Ventures." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Harvard Business Publishing 5277, 2015.
- 25 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse
experience. In the fourth phase we begin to listen better and to be open to a new type of information. We are pushed to the edge of our concrete, more purely analytic ways of understanding, and we begin to appreciate complexity and...
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by Martha Lagace