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- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
and more mature economies. He sold off many other unrelated businesses to successfully focus on this one, with remarkable success until very recently. Having forged an identity that defines strategy and the company's animating beliefs and values, higher-ambition... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
McGinn believe that negotiation skills are crucial to closing the gender gap in leadership. Riley Bowles, who earned her doctoral degree from Harvard Business School, is an assistant professor at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
couple of conclusions that ultimately made us change our model. Scott Randall HBS MBA '87 founder and CEO, FairMarket First, we took a good look and said that ultimately it would be hard for us to become experts in multiple verticals. You... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
Since free agency, the quarterback’s requisite skill set has undoubtedly increased. The quarterback position requires significant preparation—a quarterback needs to know not only how to do his own job but also, “he has to know the... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
adapting the skills and practices of entrepreneurship for the public sector,” he says. Before joining the HBS faculty and creating the MBA course Public Entrepreneurship, Weiss was chief of staff to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. In 2010,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
which job assignment is based on comparative advantage. Crucially, and consistent with almost all realistic hiring contexts, being hired and assigned to a job depends not only on one’s own skill but also on the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Bo Becker Abstract—Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet fluctuations in bank-loan supply have been View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
to their price-oriented "parcel wars"; another is a burgeoning Web-print business at their retail outlets. Q: You characterize performance pricing as hard work. What must business owners understand to get started? What tools do... View Details
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
competitive threats Changing consumer demands Low barriers to entry Many niche opportunities As I've noted above, leaders who are successful in industries over a long period of time have become skilled at either adapting to or influencing... View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
was, at least in part, due to cultural differences between immigrants and natives, suggesting that diversity might be economically beneficial but politically hard to manage. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
of superstar talent, so any manager hoping to make blockbusters needs them on his or her side. Fourth, an entrepreneurial streak is essential, I think. Every product launch effectively involves groups of people coming together to build something truly novel. Finally,... View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
problems, but it helped chip away at a serious barrier to improvement. This plant came to us through a company we acquired. That company had been a leader in its industry for a long time. The employees probably thought they had all the answers. They were the experts,... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
create such a spellbinding experience: a world-class magician. Thomke, the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, has paired up with magician Jason Randal to teach innovation to business... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
Liquidity vanished. Similar to mortgage-backed securities, highly leveraged loans and other transactions were characterized by a lack of transparency. "When one looked at an institution, it was very hard to understand who had what... View Details
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
significant differences between industries with limited and high private equity activity. It is hard to find support for claims that economic activity in industries with private equity backing is more exposed to aggregate shocks. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
often approach innovation and disruption much differently. Having worked hard to align strategy and organization to support the current business, they develop tunnel vision, encouraging employees, customers, suppliers, and partners to... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
relationship between FDI and growth. We use 'quality' to mean the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth. However, this is difficult to establish because it is a function of many different country and project characteristics which are often View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
possessed competitive advantages and management skills residing in contacts, knowledge, information, and relationships that sustained long-lasting and successful international businesses and that gave them genuine efficiency-enhancing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
competitors can help grow the market for your products and services, thereby boosting your sales at a time when, with the U.S. slowdown entering its third year, new revenue is exceedingly hard to find. Moreover, the presence of a... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
production and "customization" of materials. The engineering or applied science-based culture of many German firms kept power and authority closer to the factory or subsidiaries. Craft production meant skilled workers also... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne