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02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

measures; 2) customers; 3) internal processes; and 4) learning and growth. Developed by HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan, chairman of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, and David P. Norton, co-founder with Kaplan and president of the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

choices. Suppose the issue is a decision to promote a successful young person to lead a significant business unit. A corporate CEO will typically solicit input from others, including the vice president of human resources. Essentially,... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

31 Oct 2004
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The New CEO’s Wrong Message

Harvard Business School.] The CEO is undoubtedly the most powerful person in any organization. Yet any CEO who tries to use this power to unilaterally issue orders or summarily reject proposals that have come up through the organization... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

managed. Firms in developing countries, such as Brazil, China, and India tend to be poorly managed. American retail firms and hospitals are also well managed by international standards, although American schools are more poorly managed... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Beyond Beta-Delta: The Emerging Economics of Personal Plans By: Beshears, John, Katherine L. Milkman, and Joshua Schwartzstein Abstract—People make personal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

wait; investment decisions or personal decisions don't wait for that picture to be clarified.— Andy Grove AG: None of us have a real understanding of where we are heading. I don't. I have senses about it. But decisions don't wait;... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology

23 Apr 2007
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Are Great Teams Less Productive?

forced me to work hard to develop ways to support my proposition, which ultimately they came to see as reasonable, if not obvious in retrospect. Since that time, my research has continued to investigate how group dynamics affect an... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

01 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

Silicon Valley and Hong Kong. As for Latin America, in addition to the new Center in Buenos Aires, according to Stevenson, there is also a satellite office in Rio de Janeiro and may soon be one in Mexico. "Our purpose with the Center is to View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

January 2022 (Revised August 2022)
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Hello Heart: The Next Generation of Chronic Disease Management Apps

By: Ariel D. Stern and Danielle Golan

Hello Heart, a hypertension management app debated whether to go deep and cover other heart conditions, or to expand its solution to other chronic conditions. View Details

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From "BIG" Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (B)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

In August 2023, Raviv Zoller, CEO of ICL Group, discussed his upcoming business trip to St. Louis with Eduard Croitoru, VP of ICL Corporate Initiatives, to commemorate the construction of ICL's new $400 million advanced manufacturing facility. In preparation for the... View Details

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03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

under the headline: “Should Men Avoid 1-on-1 Meetings With Women?” I couldn’t believe the question was being asked in this day and age. It seemed to me that the answer was an obvious and resounding “no.” A “yes” reply clearly suggests insensitivity to the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Mar 2016
What Do You Think?

Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?

put it, “Remember, if you lose personal liberty and privacy, you lose everything. Be very careful what you would wish for in the cause of ‘national interest’.” Commenting that it requires some subtlety to get this balance between security... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

product development in firms and communities, co-wrote the case with former HBS professor Robert D. Austin and Yumi Yi to encourage further exploration of the benefits and tactics of open-data approaches. “ All agencies will have issues,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3

front-line workers who voice concerns and share ideas about how to solve problems. Our study is among the first to develop and empirically test theory about how specific management practices can encourage employees to speak up about... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

landscape look like for women? Myra Hart: Let's start with, "Who do women entrepreneurs know and who knows them?" In spite of the fact that women are very good at networking, the reality is that they don't know many people in the financial community. My... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

was on the horizon, because 2.5" drives would be too large for next-generation portable devices, such as ultrathin laptops and personal digital assistants (PDAs). They speculated that if HP could View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5

multiple needs not only possible, but profitable. We conclude by emphasizing the role of business schools in socializing business leaders and how these schools, by incorporating a more stakeholder-centric approach in their curricula, research, and culture, can View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015

innovation, by encouraging workers to cultivate their individual strengths and to speak up when they have ideas for improvements. And they can develop and empower their employees to solve problems instead of turning automatically to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

enculturating new employees such that they develop pride in their new organization and internalize its values. Drawing on authenticity research, we propose that socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 25

of tomorrow's innovative new products, arguing that companies must reinvest in new product and process development in the U.S. industrial sector. Only by reviving this "industrial commons" can the world's largest economy build... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

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January 26, 2016

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

Hello Heart: The Next Generation of Chronic Disease Management Apps

From "BIG" Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (B)

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

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How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

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