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- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
increase reported revenues, matching the third-party estimate when provided. Firms also increase reported costs by 96 cents for every dollar of revenue adjustment, resulting in minor increases in total tax collection. Download working... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jul 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?
www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin.) It does seem to be a problem, and getting more serious." Alejandro Ocana suggested that "productivity improvement [should mean], 'How much more can we do with the people and resources that we already have?' and not 'How can we... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
Rising star Jim Barton has decidedly mixed feelings after being selected as the new chief information officer at the fictional IVK Corporation. On the one hand, he lacks an IT background; on the other, he's ambitious and up for a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
to a disproportionate rise in innovations where information on future prospects is revealed quickly and cheaply and has reduced the relative share of innovation in complex technologies where initial experiments View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?
significant? I’m sure they’re feeling it. Gazette: What would be a threat to these businesses? Shih: Inflation and rising labor costs are a real threat to their business model. Gazette: Despite their... View Details
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
immediate and impressive. Participants reported a quick 10 percent productivity improvement, rising to 25 percent a year later. There were equally striking gains in managers' evaluations of their ability to spot problems, conduct high... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
since the Middle Ages by the rise and ongoing progress of modern science. The development of the germ theory of disease in the nineteenth century, for example, and of the science of genetics in the twentieth, have gone into the formation... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
capturing an audience of 56 million viewers. A 60 second spot cost $85,000. Advertisers were hooked from the start. Fast forward to 2019 and the Super Bowl is still one of the most watched events at major network television, but now,... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer
problems are Embraer's partnerships trying to overcome?" As a company, conference participants said, Embraer had made a number of smart moves. Its human resources strategy was rejuvenated for flexibility, so people were motivated to work there. The company had... View Details
- 06 Jun 2008
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?
rises to the top levels are very productive and very diligent individuals who tend not to reflect and are extremely efficient at deploying other people's ideas," implying that this type of leader is not likely to understand,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
Thomas Friedman, author of "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century", opines that a number of events ranging from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the rise of the Internet have flattened the competitive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
leading research universities, low cost or highly trained labor, and geographic bounty. Understanding how clusters work can help governments develop effective policies for creating them, as well as direct entrepreneurs to the best... View Details
- 04 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?
socializing or collectivizing the potential costs of exercising their professional judgment. Some risk-taking is needed in any professional activity; it is from such risks that innovation and growth emerge." For client-managers, this... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
change has driven: The rise of knowledge work Trends toward flatter, less hierarchical organizations and recognition of the value-creation of frontline workers Increasing diversity and globalization, creating an awareness of different... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
structure between software applications. Our test uses data from a large international telecom company. In total, we analyzed 103 applications and 243 dependencies. Results show that the enterprise application structure can be classified as a core-periphery... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
changed, and with it the security that used to come almost automatically with an MBA degree. [ ] High-paying jobs are no longer guaranteed to graduates, and the opportunity costs of two years of training—especially for those who still... View Details
- 27 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care
Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers Shifting demographics are causing an increasing number of people to act as caregivers for family and friends—but employers seem hardly to notice the trend. The Economic Cost of... View Details
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
there have been no recorded cases of that happening) and second, an agency serving competing accounts will give rise to "divided loyalty." What assurance does a client have that it, rather than a competitor, will be assigned the agency's... View Details
- 07 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change
We can’t know what will happen, but we have a good sense for what might or could happen. Don’t wait for the one moment of indisputable truth to emerge; act on the odds presented in the information available today in sea rise curves, flood... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
cautionary note: ". . . the elephant in the room is the assumption of the availability and cost of petroleum . . . the economics of globalization will change dramatically in the decades ahead." Will what is true for the world... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett