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- 30 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?
little to contribute to processes of creation and innovation. While asking "What isn't management's role in innovation?," Michelle Malay Carter states the case this way: "Nearly all current performance management models are... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
people in the higher ranks of Unilever, yet compared to most companies, Unilever was distinguished worldwide by competent and professional management. The challenge was to translate these strengths into a competitive performance that... View Details
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
Notably, the result persists after controlling for a host of factors that may influence bidding, but disappears when the appeal for charity is replaced by an appeal to bid for other reasons. Implications for the link between religion and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Office of Strategy Management
"Why is there such a persistent gap between ambition and performance?" ask Robert Kaplan and David P. Norton in "The Office of Strategy Management" in the October 2005 Harvard Business Review. "The gap arises, we... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2008
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?
possibility that " managers are not trained for it." Dianne Jacobs cited the possibility that persisting assumptions borne out of success serve as "roadblocks to act on needed change" (proposed by those who engage in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
become a "participative sport" for the senior management team, rather than a "spectator sport." Barton was persistent in making the senior management play IT as a participative sport. Davies wasn't. In the structure of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
will help customers be more helpful The rapid spread of COVID-19 reminds us how our wellbeing is interconnected, and the flurry of heartwarming responses people have exhibited in the face of this crisis reveals our tremendous willingness and ability to help one... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
Kakani and Columbia University professor Adam Sacarny, focuses on another explanation: differences in hospital quality. Hospital care improves, but gaps persist The researchers analyzed about 20 years of Medicare data, reflecting the... View Details
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
points. Pseudo-set framing changes gambling choices (Study 1), effort (Studies 2 and 3), giving behavior (Field Data and Study 4), and purchase decisions (Study 5). These effects persist in the absence of any reward, when a cost must be... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
the dynamic effect of sales calls across heterogeneous doctors, we provide guidance on the design of optimal call patterns for route sales. Our analyses reveal that the long-term persistence effect of detailing is more pronounced for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
1990s to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem that could harness its business-minded immigrant population. Strategic investment had given rise to creative events and spaces, like the international Art Basel fair in Miami, new performing... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
companies, and the gender pay gap persists. While young women are aware of these systemic problems, the more nuanced forms of sexism that persist today often take them by surprise, say Ammerman and co-author Boris Groysberg, the Richard... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-021.pdf What Do Managers Do? Exploring Persistent Performance Differences among Seemingly Similar Enterprises Authors: Robert Gibbons and Rebecca Henderson Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
what are the key drivers of technology; and what are the macroeconomic consequences of technology. We prioritize in our discussion unified approaches to these three questions that are based on direct measures of technology. 2006 pub Dysfunction in the Boardroom:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 12 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making
Their results appear in the August 2018 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Many organizations have a bias toward solving sticky problems through collaboration, either in person or virtually. The more eyes on a problem, the theory goes, the better the... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 23 Jul 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action
The Office of Strategy Management Many organizations suffer a disconnect between strategy formulation and its execution. The answer? HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan and colleague Andrew Pateman argue for the creation of a new corporate office. Key concepts include:... View Details
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok—a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique aspects of New Balance's strategy—focusing on fit and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
investments in the portfolios of venture capital firms to study persistence in their performance. Each additional IPO among a VC's first five investments predicted a 13% higher IPO rate for its subsequent 50 investments. Roughly half of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
encouraging the establishment of new venture capital firms. Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Authors:Paul A. Gompers, Josh Lerner, David Scharfstein, and Anna Kovner... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers
and incentives—whether organizations promoted and rewarded employees based on performance and tried to keep the best performers from quitting. To collect the data, the researchers hired teams of MBA students... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel