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- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
Publications October 2014 Harvard Business Review Press Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors That Drive Effective Selling By: Cespedes, Frank V.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2010
- Op-Ed
Tax US Companies to Spur Spending
Recent tax deal-making has relied on conventional instruments of fiscal stimulus. Yet, we live in unconventional times, and more novel approaches suited to the peculiarities of our current economy are required. In particular, the... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 21 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store
that is highly valued by them, but doesn't cost you a lot of money. For example, allocate more services to good customers. This could mean a designated line at the deli counter, or a ten items or less checkout line. You already have the buying View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
efficiency and innovation, between maintaining existing businesses and creating new ones, between revenue growth and increased profitability. They must strive to View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
that corporate governance activists focus on things that can be seen from the outside. The reality is that what makes boards effective—and this is the point we make in the book over View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
forthcoming Research in Organizational Behavior The Dynamic Componential Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations: Making Progress, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
clear, our research is aimed at the organizational level. And in that context, the idea of tradeoffs is nothing new. Peter Drucker and others have said it, and people accept... View Details
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
destructive behaviors such as cutting, excessive use of alcohol, taking drugs and suicide attempts. These patients are very difficult to treat and TBC has developed programs... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
Abstract—Operational decisions under information asymmetry can signal a firm's prospects to less-informed parties, such as investors, customers, competitors, and regulators. Consequently, managers in these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
The most noteworthy message of the Enron trial is that corporate executives can be convicted in a court of law for a pattern of deception that may or may not be illegal. Left unaddressed in the trial were many financial transactions and... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 16 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules
to significantly inform you in some way?" In a new study, Soltes and David H. Solomon suggest that private meetings indeed help investors make better trading decisions, giving them an advantage View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
across space? Why does the law of gravity apply? How do the costs of transporting goods, tasks, and technologies influence firms’ decisions to separate tasks geographically and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
identified four different approaches people used to perform necessary evils effectively, so that the task got done and the victims were treated with decency and respect.” Margolis, an associate professor of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
environment often demands a team approach to problem solving. This requires a leader who, among other things, is comfortable sharing power and generous in doing so, is able to see extraordinary potential in ordinary people, View Details
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
that the tradeoff between scale and friction is complex. For example, what effect does a company's origins, its beliefs, and how these are reflected in management behaviors... View Details
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
costs; create options; protect and enhance the realizable value of knowledge assets and certain other resources; and convert regulatory constraints into opportunities. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
Corporation: The Fuel Cell Decision (A) By: Shih, Willy, and Ying Zhou Managers at Cabot Corporation are faced with deciding the future of its fuel cell program. The (A) case recounts the view of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
large traditional retailers. Nickell, DeHart, and Kalmikoff were now faced with making a decision about a potentially lucrative offer from a major retailer offering to carry... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
employees, how to think about issues like strategy and firm governance, and how to address change. They gain new tools to employ in making View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
out, they can see events in context and as examples of general trends. They are able to make decisions based on principles. Yet a far-out perspective also has traps. Leaders... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne