Disciplines - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

some structures work more or less efficiently, so I said let's look at other disciplines to see what light they cast on what's going on with the way people's brains evolved and how they operate. Q: Throughout the book, you highlight... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

Podcast with: Interviewer: Running Time: Alfred D. Chandler Jr., the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar whom many credited with founding the discipline of business history, died at age 88 on May 9, 2007. His work is legendary, but so too was... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

it wasn't personal." Levitt's habit of throwing chalk at the blackboard, he says, was a symbol for "think harder." "He subjected himself to a greater discipline than he ever subjected his students," adds... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

26 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

discuss the three disciplines of channel management and why they are important? A: The three disciplines are mapping; building and editing; and aligning and influencing. The first discipline, mapping, is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2010
Op-Ed

A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM

[process] will take enormous effort, ingenuity, and discipline along with massive investments.” No doubt Toyota will regain some of its lost market share in the short term, to the extent the automaker's production systems can respond by... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

of biographical case studies for his MBA class, Changing the World, that includes several protagonists whose management chops are battle-tested. “There’s a discipline in the military that is sometimes lacking in commercial organizations,... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

09 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Enterprise Risk Management

include: having top management lead risk management; creating a culture of risk management where it is part of all decisions; setting clear risk parameters and having them broadly adhered to; having the discipline to make risk management... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan

01 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

behavior and explore how they make a negotiator particularly vulnerable to ethical fading, resulting in subsequent unethical behavior. We discuss several opportunities for future research in the negotiation discipline and other View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring

pre-COVID. I am more disciplined in some areas but also more relaxed when things don’t work out." Seen in this light, the first CEO’s response made sense. Though busier than ever and no longer able to enjoy as much time for exercise, he... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

research gives the field an advantage over other disciplines and will allow us to answer big questions, such as, "What explains the success and failure of entrepreneurs?" If business historians invest in reestablishing the... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

28 Aug 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters

Handbook of Business History carries an even larger mission: bring the lessons of business history to current research in other disciplines and to the practice of business management itself. A Q&A with coeditor Geoffrey Jones. Key... View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo

08 Sep 2011
What Do You Think?

What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?

result, it relies heavily on partnering with others in the development of application software. Its product development is organized around sometimes competing teams operating under a regime with the philosophy that "The system is, there is no system (as opposed... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer

02 Sep 2010
What Do You Think?

How Transparent Should Boards Be?

King said: "When culture and strategy collide, culture always wins. End of story." A second group supported some kind of discipline without dismissal, as well as a more discrete approach to the process. "You don't cut off... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

HBS, he believes his lack of graduate degrees may have proved an advantage, allowing him to transcend the confines of particular disciplines and think holistically. Whether the subject is Third-World development or national... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

disciplined firms are at the market and segment levels if the same focus and precision don't exist in customer choice.— Narakesari Narayandas Accomplishing this requires finely tuned approaches that target individual and/or small groups... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

03 Jan 2018
What Do You Think?

In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

Fargo, the poster child for dysfunctional behaviors in recent months, has an independent board chair.) Employees in need of their jobs have been afraid to report dysfunctional behaviors, even when they themselves are directly affected. Others who have reported issues... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

consumer privacy per se. It has often been suggested that transparency, together with competition, will discipline the amount of consumer information disclosed in the marketplace. This view contends that lack of consumer privacy is a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

04 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 4

there is no significant relationship between service quality and profitability. My findings highlight the importance of attending to process discipline in certain service settings. They also show that too much corporate emphasis on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

billion in sales, many believed that a more disciplined approach to operations would be important for future growth. As a result, the company hired Bob Nardelli, a former GE executive, to lead the change. When Bob Nardelli became the... View Details