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- 07 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Steve Jobs Legacy
spurned because he is so harsh and demanding. He is in turn betrayed by his closest ally (John Sculley), but ultimately the clarity of his vision and charisma triumph, and he... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
change the very system that has caused poverty in poor countries in the first place. Here again the profit motive would come into play. The WDC would not only provide jobs and raise incomes, it would also improve education by View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
ideas and ventures; and the drag of middle management screening of ideas in large organizations that is absent in startups. They concluded, among other things, that the bottom-up RAP process still held the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
19% less likely to seek family planning services, 25% less likely to use concealable contraception, and 27% percent more likely to give birth. However, women given access to contraception alone report a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
send gifts to their friends. (4) Offer incentives. Apps that give away mobile minutes, for instance, can entice customers. (5) Entertain. Red Bull and other companies have devised popular games focused on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
surrounding leaders and leadership). Rather, the course is designed to give students actual access to being a leader and the effective exercise of leadership. Our promise to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
(through outsourcing), and give their jobs meaning, then overall size will cease to be much of an issue." Shadreck Salli agreed, commenting that "Any entity is designed to function at different... View Details
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
cross-disciplinary perspective. The course, developed by faculty experts in ethics, law, finance, accounting, and organizational behavior, aims to give students an analytical framework for thinking about... View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
list of academic achievements. The irony here is that Pfeffer, a Stanford Graduate School of Business professor, and others of us, including me, are part of the leadership industry he criticizes. Give him... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
costly giving up equity is. Second, explicitly lay out expectations for the partners in legal and informal documents prior to the creation of the entity so that it's clear what each party is providing.... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 06 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School
women and men are tired of gender inequality. It's our opportunity to make something of that—or it's our opportunity to miss." In addition to teaching students about building an inclusive organization, the case will View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
trying to manage the company. They have to give the guidance, or set the trends, but they can't be managing the company." Where to draw the line between the board and management troubled our interviewees.... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
even the appearance of impropriety if they are to recover America's trust.—Constance Bagley A number of states have gone even further than Delaware and passed "constituency statutes," which expressly View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
In the family of investment products, a U.S. savings bond might be cast as boring old Uncle Ned, snoozing away in the corner after dinner. There's nothing wrong with that—but HBS professor Peter Tufano envisions a more meaningful role for savings bonds in the financial... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
applications available. By limiting choice, the platform may create new equilibria (including the allocation that maximizes users' utility); eliminate equilibria that give lower utility to the users; and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
PublicationsHarder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader Authors:Austin, Robert D., Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2012 Abstract Being a great leader today is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
To Buy Happiness, Spend Money on Other People
reasons is that it creates social connections. If you have a nice car and a big house on an island by yourself, you're not going to be happy because we need people to be happy. But by giving to another... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Motivate Me, Please
people, but also costly for companies to maintain. Which programs work best? A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up Many internet users don't give a second thought to copying and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
unconcerned. Engagement on various applications on the Facebook platform is up. Users appear comfortable with the trade they make to give up privileged information in exchange for a range of convenient and... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?
they trust? And wouldn't those trusted stores in return be motivated to use that information wisely? "The challenge is to give people a claim on their identities while protecting them from... View Details