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- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove on the Confident Leader
over the last fifteen years without a change in strategy, just by seriously embracing the science of manufacturing and quality control. Figuring out what to do is important. But View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- HBS Case
This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly
relationship with money. The company, Turkasset, has been successful with its heterodox techniques, giving it a competitive advantage over rival debt collection firms. What’s more, it has also provided a boon for companies who held the debt in the first place, View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
training they provide, market pressures, corporate governance shortcomings, and even the nature of leadership itself. John led the charge by saying, “Having taught within business schools for 20 years, I’ve had instructors talk about... View Details
- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
results show that customers don’t see through the ruse. Even in outlet stores where they might expect some level of false discounting, they are still very influenced by these signals.” Homework needed Truly savvy customers may still be... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control
rules to try to influence behavior. Doing so, however, requires firms to understand and abide by the community ethos. Kost: Could you tell me about a case in which a company used the expertise and feedback... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
By Even with such diverse stories, the panelists had surprisingly similar advice for balancing their lives: Outsource. Outsource as much as you can afford. Time together with your family is more important than View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 01 Jul 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?
written about the caregiving roles of employees and strengthening the education-to-work pipeline. The following is a transcript of questions posed by Instagram users and Fuller’s answers: Should we be worried about the current “worker... View Details
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
training, and a master touch with the iPod world, and ceaseless curiosity . Put them in the same room, watch what happens . Get out of the way." Whatever else is needed, C. J. Cullinane suggests that "Jobs will have to be replaced View Details
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
Pharmaceutical regulators around the world tend to speed through drug applications in December and before major national holidays, according to new research that might raise questions about COVID-19 vaccines and other treatments under review. A study View Details
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
still doesn't adequately represent that. Norway has instituted a rule that 40 percent of corporate directors in that country must be women, but I don't think that kind of edict coming from the federal government would fly here, partly because the regulation of our... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
to the Ten Commandments, the vast majority (eight) of which dictate what thou shalt not do. Meanwhile, in virtually every other aspect of business there is a focus on what to do. Do meet sales projections. View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
companies will be explicit about their cooperation and under scrutiny from investors, regulators, and their own legal experts. “Similar to airlines cooperating by purchasing jets together in order to lower costs collectively,... View Details
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
secondary, and higher levels? Do the local community and national culture value entrepreneurship and have the infrastructure to support it? A century ago, Kanter adds, an engineer's slide rule symbolized exciting opportunities for the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Women Negotiating in the New Millenium
Do women negotiate differently from men? If yes, how much of a difference is there? For a long time, according to Hannah Riley, a doctoral candidate at HBS who has studied the subject, the answer was "'not much.'" Riley, along... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
As John Apen points out, "Alignment works only if CEOs and boards have the same time perspective as the other two groups (investors and employees)... top managers' and Wall Street goals were all short term.…" C. J. Cullinane adds, "Alignment and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Dec 2011
- Op-Ed
Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis
survive Europe needs to move towards tighter fiscal integration, and EU leaders have laid the ground to do so in this summit. There are, nevertheless, great uncertainties left as this complex process continues to unfold. The changes will... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
framework. Both organizations add value to society. They just do it in different ways. In short, there is much overlap between the skills needed and perspectives provided by leaders in the two types of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
notoriously slow technology adoption and rigid regulations. These were among the issues addressed in "Beyond Chicken and Egg–Strategic Challenges for Digital Marketplaces," one of eight panel discussions at the Digital Transformation Summit, which took place April 12... View Details
- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
HBS professor Michael A. Roberto and Senior Researcher Lynne C. Levesque decided to look deeper into why some initiatives fail and others succeed. How do some change initiatives take hold and almost become part of the firm's very DNA? To... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
leading from the street to the house itself. That insight, coupled with the radical nature of precision medicine, led to a realization: A “business as usual” approach wouldn’t do the trick; a different way of fighting cancer required an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li