Paradox - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

prospects in the medium and long terms are probably the hardest hit right now. —Jeffrey Sachs There's almost a paradox of the current situation, which is that many of the countries that we regard as having the most favorable prospects in... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Sep 2014
News

All For One

breath, then begins to recount her first excited trips to unlock the paradox of what made Pixar special. At the time, the company was in the midst of producing the movie Ratatouille—an unlikely story about a rat in Paris who yearns to be... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

surprises for new CEOs arise from time and knowledge limitations—there is so much to do in complex new areas, with imperfect information and never enough time. Others stem from unexpected and unfamiliar new roles and altered professional relationships. Still others... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

01 Sep 2024
News

Alumni Books

bringing down the price of everything. Ryan, owner of a national residential realty business, recognizes that the very commissions realtors cling to are paradoxically harming them, all the while discreetly but powerfully shrinking... View Details

05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

psychological mechanism whereby price format determines how many product attributes are actively processed at the time of valuation. Three studies support the hypothesis that price partitioning acts as an incentive to process multiple product dimensions. This process... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

that it is often these same characteristics of goals that cause them to "go wild." High Commitment, High Performance Management High commitment, high performance organizations such as Southwest Airlines, Johnson & Johnson, McKinsey, and Toyota effectively... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

is ever going to leap ahead. The main barrier, according to Pisano, is the lack of integration among costs, rules, technologies, and disciplines. In a presentation at the Harvard Business School Alumni Healthcare Conference, held last November, he discussed the biotech... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

14 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 14

innovation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-099.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsDoug Rauch: Solving the American Food Paradox José B. Alvarez and Ryan JohnsonHarvard Business School Case 512-022 Doug Rauch, the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

Divergent Organizational Change: The Enabling Role of Actors' Social Position Author:Julie Battilana Periodical:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2007) Abstract This study addresses the paradox of embedded human agency,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

have far greater access to opportunities. But, who has access to these elite programs? Are they simply part of a long feeder system for the privileged class that starts in private nursery schools? Are they truly open to all? Education has thus had a View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War

defend their core market from attack, newspaper companies were missing the new emerging market altogether. This paradox can be summarized: absent a sense of threat, response to disruptive opportunities is inadequate; but with threat, the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

25 Feb 2020
News

Teachable Moments

science. “When someone asked Sir Laurence Olivier what makes a great actor,” DeLong writes, “he responded, ‘The humility to prepare and the confidence to pull it off.’ This is the paradox of teaching for me.” It All Matters The first five... View Details

29 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

paradox in a recent paper called "Rich versus King: The Entrepreneur's Dilemma," an early draft of which was featured in the Best Paper Proceedings of the 2006 Academy of Management Conference and the 2005 Babson-Kauffman... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

paradoxes of venture financing. Entrepreneurs have found, for instance, that venture capitalists provide cash only in stages, rather than in an initial lump sum (E Ink's $200-million problem). In supporting inherently risky start-ups,... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

17 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

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

less.” LEADING IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY More Stories in This Series How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization What the Stockdale View Details

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

01 Mar 2009
News

Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

glaring trade imbalances, and soaring political risk, particularly in the economically crucial, oil-exporting regions of the world. The key to this seeming paradox lay in China. Chongqing, on the undulating banks of the mighty earth-brown... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

12 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

their interconnected early history. Even the 18th century had its “socialists,” but unlike those of the 19th, they paradoxically sought to make the world safe for “capitalists.” The word “socialists” was first used in Northern Italy as a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

sufficient to fuel international expansion. The author presents advice on overcoming the paradox but warns it can be a lengthy process. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2010/12/why-you-arent-buying-venezuelan-chocolate/ar/1# Bringing... View Details