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- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
pandemic-related life challenges. Communications that were perceived to benefit the brand more than they benefited its consumers or ones that offered frivolous solutions rather than real ones raised consumers’ eyebrows, while programs...
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by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Review of Economics and Statistics The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-being Data By: De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, George Ward, Femke De Keulenaer, Bert Van Landeghem,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
problems have been solved before by somebody in a different environment. Associating that other experience to what's going on in my world may make me look brilliant, but in reality my brilliance was in seeing that this had been solved...
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- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
Drawing upon his business research, he offered a series of guidelines for finding meaning and happiness in life. He used examples from his own experiences to explain how high achievers can all too often fall into traps that lead to...
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Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
end of a call may be having a dramatic experience during this crisis is an important subtext for how they are navigating the conversation with me.” LEADING IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY More Stories in This Series Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs:...
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- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
the crisis to emerge stronger than others in our industry?” “How can the organization learn through this experience to win in a new world?” Saenz and O’Keeffe explain: “To guide the decisions and actions that will answer those...
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- 02 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?
would be interesting , he continued, to examine sectors other than technology “for their natural tendencies and what drives such culture and procedural traits.” Joe noted that some of the principles of experiment design provide “a piece...
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- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
carefully, relying heavily on his own deep knowledge and cumulative experience of the past. This seemed very powerful to me and served as a kind of miner's headlamp for a young scholar. A third aspect of Al's legacy is that he was an...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
to see. Due to the measurability of sporting performance, every manager of a professional team becomes a winner or a loser in the eyes of the public—week after week. So, it is not surprising that the shelf life for professional soccer...
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- 18 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams
negative effects generated by an overpowering leader can make non-leaders feel more empowered to assert their own point of view—whether or not the person dominating the conversation is a formal leader. Life And Death The Gino team has...
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by Michael Blanding
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
to experiment to see what works best for them. Datar: We also believe that it is important for schools to broaden the types of research that faculty conduct at business schools. The discipline-based research of the last 50 years has...
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- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
ability to celebrate their differences and learn from people whose life experiences differ from yours. This dynamic gives you the capacity for sharing yourself in intimate ways and for being more open with...
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by Bill George
- 19 May 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts
running a large industrial organization in India; Arvind adds financial acumen and investing skills from his private equity experience; and Raj has been through the start-up life in the for-profit world. At HBS, perhaps the most critical...
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- 07 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Steve Jobs Legacy
gave their views on a legendary life and career. Bharat Anand (Strategy) It is hard to imagine anyone who had a bigger impact on technology, media, and culture than Steve Jobs. In doing so, he transcended business to become a public...
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- 11 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
E-Commerce Unplugged
Companies that spent decades understanding consumer-buying psychology traditionally assumed that specific products could satisfy discrete consumer needs. Now, they will need to define consumers by their fundamental life intentions (the...
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by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
(forthcoming) Abstract Researchers have documented many cases in which individuals rationalize their regrettable actions. Four experiments examine situations in which participants go beyond merely explaining away their misconduct to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”
suggested by Abraham Zaleznik in a 1977 Harvard Business Review article, "Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" Arguing that they are, Zaleznik cited one difference:Is a person "once-born" or "twice-born?" That is, have they had a...
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by James Heskett
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
inventions as the top 1% of U.S. inventions for a technology during 1975-1984 in terms of subsequent citations. Patenting growth is significantly higher in cities and technologies where breakthrough inventions occur after 1984 relative to peer locations that do not...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
dilemma.) Q: What are you working on next? A: Following up on this research, I am currently studying how both life experiences and designed interventions contribute to our development as leaders. At this...
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by Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
is) a disconnect between the identity (employees) experience in their workplace and the identity valued in their organizations' business models." Dr. Kervokian asks, "What exactly is the new American dream ?" Mark Clark...
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by Jim Heskett