Idea Generation - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jun 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Accounting Information as Political Currency

Keywords: by Karthik Ramanna & Sugata Roychowdhury; Accounting

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

with our younger talent about ideas they are proposing for our company’s strategic direction? Personally, should I be making use of one or more of these apps that I don’t understand? Twenty-five years ago, there was a sense at View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Jan 2024
Op-Ed

Why Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago

of retirement to replace Condit. Stonecipher, a General Electric (GE) alum, immediately set out to change Boeing’s culture, proclaiming, “When people say I changed the culture of Boeing, that was the intent, so that it is run like a... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Air Transportation; Transportation; Aerospace

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

incorporating that knowledge into decision-making, and clarifying the possible responses. It has four generic steps that I'll outline here but direct the reader to the article for the methodology and a detailed example: Assemble and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons Not Learned About Innovation

Every managerial generation rediscovers the need for innovation to drive growth but, decade after decade, "grand declarations about innovation are followed by mediocre execution that produces anemic results, and innovation groups are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

A New Model for Business: The Museum

At first blush, the consumer appeal of a business like Groupon seems pretty obvious. The popular deal-of-the-day Internet start-up sells vouchers to restaurants, spas, and other local businesses at major markdowns--and who wouldn't want to score a 100-dollar sports... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

customers willingly pay higher prices. The relevant readers are general managers responsible for a P&L, marketing and sales managers responsible for making product and selling decisions (including pricing), and people in operations... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

05 Sep 2023
Book

Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential

knowledge for the lowest price you can get it,” she says. When embarking on an experiment, Edmondson says, you can’t always guarantee you will succeed, but you can increase the likelihood that your failures will be manageable and generate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

November 2004 (Revised March 2007)
Case

10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process

By: Paul M. Healy and Boris Groysberg

In 2003, Steve Hash, research director at Lehman Brothers, prepared to initiate the firm's "Ten Uncommon Values" stock-picking process for the year. An investment committee had to pick the 10 best stocks from about 100 stock ideas presented by the firm's analysts. The... View Details

Keywords: Stocks; Investment; Financial Strategy; Decision Making; Groups and Teams; Financial Services Industry; United States

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10 Jul 2023
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

generally refers to spiritual dryness, or profound loneliness and doubt. The best social science indicates that across the globe, our communities are becoming lonelier and less fulfilled. John of the Cross teaches how to find deep meaning... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding

Good for Your Career After All Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Designer's note: Illustration created using art generated by Midjourney, an artificial... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

submission reduces the probability of achieving top rank, it increases the community value of the submission. Code structures that are more nonconforming to commonly accepted programming conventions similarly increase the probability of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2013
Article

Cultures as Learning Laboratories: What Makes Some More Effective than Others?

By: Elaine Mosakowski, Goran Calic and P C Early

With a mandate to globalize, business school educators have increasingly embraced global service learning as an important technique for creating global mind-sets and enhancing cultural understanding in students. While we applaud this movement from the domestic to the... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Learning; Cognition and Thinking; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues

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28 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

The Clock Is Ticking: 3 Ways to Manage Your Time Better

several reasons. First, when employees perceive meetings as a waste of time, job satisfaction declines, which then leads to a general fall in happiness. Second, pointless meetings also generally increase... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

likely to be rewarded for their ideas in male-typed domains when gender is known. This is partly due to discrimination and partly due to differences in self-promotion. External analysis of the chat data provides further insights. Though... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

appointments go wrong Let’s begin by taking a look at three examples of poor leadership at public companies and addressing what went wrong. Then, I will recommend five ways boards can ensure they appoint the right leader as CEO: General... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

09 Nov 2023
HBS Case

What Will It Take to Confront the Invisible Mental Health Crisis in Business?

firm recognize is an important part of people’s lives. We’re giving you all the slack. Those of you who want to take it, great. If you don’t, great. It’s totally up to you.” I think that will generate [exposure] in a much more organic... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Health

26 Apr 2024
HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

organizations better, says Gibson. “If we are honest, the way we interact professionally, there’s more cordial, collegial feedback,” says Gibson. “Deion is coming from a generation where only the best got the trophy or the ribbons.” 6.... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

28 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates

commercial dating sites. What they found was a high level of dissatisfaction. "People spent hours and hours and hours a week online to generate one cup of coffee with one person. That's not a very good system," says Norton.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Publishing

July 2024
Case

Roja Garimella: Developing a Founder's Judgment

By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti

Roja Garimella’s path to becoming a founder was anything but straight. Setting her sights on a career in medicine since childhood, she committed to medical school with her acceptance to college. And yet, throughout her studies, she continually explored alternative... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Judgments; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry

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