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- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
headquarters in Boston. Rather than hope that train fares and property tax payments eventually make their way into a public good, New Balance built the station themselves so they could watch the use of every... View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?
employees. And several identified personally with the phenomenon. Desirable qualities of imposters were described in different ways. Julie Cohen said, “The balance of competency View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Feb 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?
is right and being able to put it into practice in organizations include: (1) the use of memory and custom as a substitute for thinking, (2) fear of making a mistake which prevents employees from acting on... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
and James R. Hines Jr. to exploit the unique opportunity provided by confidential, government-collected data on U.S. multinationals. This source effectively provides income statements and View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
results versus long-term capabilities. The first four chapters try to help the reader understand that managers are playing a very delicate balancing act. And perhaps the most fundamental tension is the one... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow
that's been going for a while and a new business trying to shake that up?" asked Winsor, who is Chief Innovation Officer at Havas. He said striking the right balance between established practices View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
nervy things some CEOs and dictators do once in power." Others were more nuanced in their conclusions. For example, Ajay Kumar Gupta wondered whether the research linking jobs to changes in hormonal View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Acquirers
debt?" The paper explores how the possibility of misvalued debt markets can both fuel merger activity and alter the balance between PE and strategic buyers. One approach... View Details
- 14 Sep 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO
faced. Yet, I find Damore’s blanket statements that men prefer things to people; are less open, less extroverted, and less cooperative; have less empathy; and are less interested in work-life View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
corporate structure, a stronger balance sheet, a slimmed-down array of brands, a smaller dealer network, and a global presence to go with global ambitions. A successful IPO will help reestablish GM's... View Details
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
Every business leader faces difficult tradeoffs when working to make a company both profitable and purposeful. But leaders who articulate a company’s deep purpose can tap into that broader vision to help them navigate short-term decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
goods in their stores. “You have to make it clear why it is worth their time and money,” says Lal. A balanced approach to agent network growth is best. When growth is too fast, agents compete among a small... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
negatively affecting each other's revenues—drivers poaching each other's fares, or stylists advertising against one another—then that would seem to tilt the balance in favor of the traditional business mode. "If the spillovers are... View Details
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
Act is an interesting piece of legislation," said Reinhardt. "The federal government has to do everything it can to reduce the probability of extinction. It's explicitly prohibited in the statute from balancing costs View Details
- 22 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing
capital and risk. But the trade-off is that the manufacturer frequently runs short on its medium and especially its high-variability items. That means lost sales and maybe a... View Details
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
king to bring order and stability to his city. I was surprised, however, by new interpretations that have crept into the discussion over time. Traditionally, students were quite supportive of Antigone's... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
users out of luck. Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner and his colleagues are studying how SSOs balance the interests of users against the interest of sponsors to gain widespread acceptance of new... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?
encourages others to do it), modularity and openness (determining the ease with which outside complementors can "hitch their wagons" to the platform), balance (between competition View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
end is knowledge. As he puts it, "to gain more knowledge, we will have to think more." In his view, information is no substitute for thinking and knowledge. Nor, in the opinion of Suresh Annappindi, has new technology... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
ultimate measure of performance is total return to the investor. There is passing reference to the fact that, without new thinking, this philosophy can be tough on employees (and one might add communities). There is recognition that View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett