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- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
attention―manufacturing of launch vehicles and satellites―its growth is in fact quite strong. That’s especially true when you adjust for the quality improvements and price... View Details
- 02 Feb 2002
- What Do You Think?
Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?
and related fees more willingly paid by anxious directors. Insurers too will enjoy increased business and higher rates. But will we see other positive fallout from Enron? If so, what form will it take? Will... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
highly unionized, highly paid work force puts in an average workweek of 28.8 hours. To this we could add a second and related practice: Balance work and personal life. Many would claim that the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
globe which match (this) School of Management and produce high quality talent." Winfried Hermann Schoepf expressed concerns about whether we will be admiring Google's approach to management in the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
learned" manual to apply to the 757 and 767 models. Allegheny Ludlum, meanwhile, continuously experiments with its steel products, interpreting and applying the results, while allowing work teams... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
produced innovations in information and other technologies. Some questioned the data. Others counseled patience. David Caulfield sees productivity improvement, but not necessarily among workers. In questioning the way we measure... View Details
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
cameras are almost expendable devices, offering much less quality but good enough to be incorporated into cell phones and PDAs reaching mass markets. Solar cells met limited success as alternative energy... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
In the opening panel of the conference, titled "Japan Towards the 21st Century: How Should Japan Compete?" moderator and Harvard University professor Michael Porter laid a framework for experts from Japanese business,... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
leaders for an increasingly volatile and uncertain world where the only true differentiation is the quality of leadership of all." Polman is paving the way for other corporations to use True North Groups to... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
grievances? This article, the first in a series on negotiation dynamics, identifies six ways to more effectively separate fact from fiction at the bargaining table. The focus will be on the interactive quality of the process—specifically,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
TripAdvisor demonstrates the reach and power of recommendation services for consumers: it has become the world’s largest travel site with 340 million unique monthly visitors and 350 million reviews online... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen is living proof of the adage "If you want to get something done, ask a busy person." Throughout a distinguished career that has included often-overlapping leadership roles in business, teaching, public service, View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 29 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019
experimentation will improve performance over time. However, the benefits of experimentation vary. Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics Which managerial skills, traits, View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
2017, well before the COVID-19 pandemic increased remote work. “Two individuals have the same job and are doing the exact same kind of work. The only thing that changed is the temporal distance.” First, the team explored how being in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
determination demanded of Jim Collins' Level V leaders in his Good to Great study? No matter how important these qualities may be to future success, are employees and investors still going to look for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
network will help you identify and assess the consequences of a planned action or decision. It will help you negotiate the trade-offs among stakeholders. And it will help you deal with the dark side of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
important person in the company,” and encourage associates to feel psychologically safe and willing to take reasonable risks. “Observing John, I realized that the best leaders also possess View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
certify (upon penalty of legal action against them for failure to do so) the quality of internal control structures and procedures. You can imagine how this provision has captured the attention of CEOs... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
diversity of international experience in such cases could be a boon to students in solving such problems. With such experiments, Narayanan and his colleagues are embracing the dynamic quality of the course... View Details