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- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the extent of control to exert over the different segments of their production processes. Building on Antràs and Chor (2013), we describe a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
what it calls "boundaryless" behaviors among its executives, encouraging them to exchange ideas with each other and, when beneficial to the company, with managers outside GE as well. In short, it is becoming more View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
competence, particularly when they believed the person was aware of the established norm but deliberately chose to make a fashion statement by wearing a standout style. This person was often viewed as autonomous; confident enough to act... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
response organizations to adopt very different leadership strategies if they are effectively to cope with the differential demands of these events. In this paper, we develop further ideas about leadership under crisis conditions, concentrating on the political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
actually enable the kind of economic growth that we generally measure and read about. It's reasonably obvious, for example, that growth in such things as the rule of law, so-called transparency, and ethical... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-048.pdf Behavioral Decision Research, Legislation, and Society: Three Cases Author:Max H. Bazerman Abstract No abstract available. Download... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
have some difficulty convincing people who wear cheaper fitness-type watches to make the switch to a smartwatch. What those watches offer that the Apple Watch doesn't—and these are critical components—are battery life, durability, View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
employee learning into changes in individual and organization behavior or improved financial performance. Put simply, companies are not getting the return they expect on their investment in training View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
some of our main values and make choices about society. Some of the biggest trade-offs we make are made when deciding tax policy. One of the things I've been disappointed about... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
payroll monthly gave me a new appreciation for sales and selling,” he says. “As [Samuel] Johnson said, the prospect of hanging in the morning concentrates the mind.” He put much of what he learned in his 2014 book, Aligning Strategy View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
has good information about cost and demand functions, product quality, and optimal output mix. Profit centers—defined as business units whose managers have responsibility for overall profits but not the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
dreaming up innovative solutions to unique problems. Analysts and programmers may also underestimate their own capacity to make mistakes. Testing, for its part, calls for a whole different set of skills.... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
his research, few managers know how to channel innovative thinking into practice by making sense of the overwhelming amount of market, financial, and technical data now available View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
Leadership: Advancing the Field By Scott A. Snook, Nitin Nohria, and Rakesh Khurana It has been more than twenty-five years since a handful of intrepid associates in West Point's Department of Behavioral... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
among many consumers than any political party, trade union, church, or mosque. Indeed, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz sought to make his coffee shops the "third place" in our lives, after home View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sports: Lessons for Managers
“Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.” -Bill Bradley, former pro basketball player and United States... View Details
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
conservatism. Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration: Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company Authors:Øystein D. Fjeldstad View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
really leveled off, and has been stuck for at least 10 years."—Robin Ely But even with increasing representation, women still fill less than 15 percent of executive officer positions at Fortune 500 companies View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
behavioral issues. Say you work at an insurance agency. Your job is to devise protection, and you've discovered, as many insurers do, that catastrophic reinsurance is expensive. Meanwhile, your boss has been... View Details
- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
financial purpose. Because BlackRock manages more than $6 trillion in assets, Mr. Fink’s announcement has the potential to help change companies’ behaviors in big ways. But this will happen only if BlackRock View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana