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- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
essential to develop the self-awareness, compassion, emotional intelligence, and authenticity required to be inspired human beings and inspiring leaders. Book: http://www.bkconnection.com/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9781609940072&PG=1&Type=AUTH&PCS=BKP View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage by HBS professors Jim Heskett and W. Earl Sasser and coauthor Joe Wheeler. Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan Published:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
use, rich, complex, and undocumented." They describe a failed plan to put tunnelers for the Big Dig in Boston in touch with counterparts in New Zealand who had developed new techniques for tunneling. The View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
case: http://hbr.org/product/outotec-a-project-capture/an/514064-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-065 Outotec (B): Action Plan No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
our choice(s) in life." Henry Kwok commented, "The field of neuroscience and brain scanning will only get more advanced, and thus we can expect better reading However, the job of managing and leading will be evolving in a fast changing View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
diversification and reduce risk. This is the new world of real estate finance which, as my friend Harvard Business School professor Andre Perold will argue, is just catching up with everyone else. Sustainable Development Sustainable... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
occur frequently on major weapon programs, with a significant number of programs delivering less capability than planned, often at two to three times the planned cost. The acquisition of large defense development and production programs... View Details
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
At a recent Harvard Business School conference, dozens of CEOs committed to the idea of working toward "higher-ambition" goals that go beyond just short-term shareholder value. Inspired by the book Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio, was planning to create an Angry Birds movie. Was Angry Birds a fad that would fade away or was Rovio on a path to build a media empire? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512033-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
into the business to the day the product departs the shipping dock. The researchers encouraged businesses to think of that order as the actual customer, and watched as they routed that person here and there... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
encouraging, how and when we set overall rules for encouraging (volunteerism) and how we plan to assess, monitor, and manage need to (be) addressed." Alden Cushman added: "how information is collected, put into context,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 29 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 29, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707474 Tiger-Tread Harvard Business School Case 507-077 Describes an innovative product launch for which a marketing plan and a breakeven... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
ride out of town. "The question is, can Russia demonstrate that it has the planning and operational expertise to run the Games—especially with venues so spread out?" asks Greyser. Secondly, Russia will be measured by the success of the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
When Harvard Business School dean Kim B. Clark returned from a road tour a couple of years ago, he had some important issues he wanted to discuss with Professor Myra M. Hart. Evidence—granted, most of it anecdotal—was mounting to show... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
what is clear is that the organization will have to be one that both consumers need and doctors trust, says John A. Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
can call busy, successful people whom I don't know personally and have them return my calls—I think is a recognition that it's not just me, that it is just the etiquette of the game." One doesn't become a guild member without credentials. The best-known mentor... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
evidence, while consistent with agency theory, does not confirm the private information hypothesis. Download the working paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1134943 Cases & Course MaterialsAddleshaw Goddard LLP Harvard View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact
can be profitable while doing good, suggests new research from Benjamin N. Roth, a Harvard Business School assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. “This idea that you're increasing your impact by leveraging capital,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
rewarded with a new line of business that created revenues in excess of $200 million over the next several years. HP backed out of its efforts after two years with multimillion-dollar losses and a considerable amount of bad press. How did... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
Competition keeps you hungry. It forces you to continually find new and more cost-effective solutions to business problems. Although there's nothing new in this insight, recent research suggests some often-overlooked ways in which... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer