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- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
electric power is scarce. IBM's voice-recognition technology is being targeted at secretaries as a replacement for typing. The problem, said Christensen, is that VR technology is limited—administrative assistants can type much faster and with greater accuracy than... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
sustainability. Health care executives are voicing vigorous public opposition to the Republican health care bill pending in the Senate. In late June, 17 high-tech CEOs, including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, and IBM’s... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 30 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
still images and a voiceover narration by the entrepreneur. This format enabled the researchers to assign a gender to the entrepreneur—dubbing in a male voice for some videos and a female voice for others,... View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions for David Garvin and Michael Roberto
alternatives? Are they locking in too quickly to a commonly-shared view, without hearing the voices of dissent? This can be done individually or, even more effectively, as a team. View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?
conditions.” Peter McDermott’s response was particularly thought-provoking. He asked, “What good would an advocate or other voice provide if the entire leadership is distributed remotely and/or how would that be different than... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
enterprises as well. In this e-mail interview, Edmondson and Detert discuss their research and how managers can create environments that encourage and support "upward voice." Their paper is called "Latent Voice Episodes:... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
the effects on subsequent reporting periods and competitor behavior are greater than previously documented. Paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-073.pdf Implicit Voice Theories: Taken-for-granted Rules of Self-censorship at Work... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
voiced by many. In all, 10 potential disruptors of the global market system were identified. "One of the things we were told even before the economic crisis was that the financial system had grown to such a scale and was functioning in... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States
approach. And there is the public-transit link: the government can construct high-speed rails to move people from cheaper housing to big cities, a project underway in Modiin. (The United States, while voicing support for high-speed... View Details
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
they had more positive post-quarter sales information. WHAT’S THE MOTIVATION? The same outcome was found when they studied managers’ voice tone during announcement conference calls using natural language testing that measures the number... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
distrust the motivations of business representatives or lobbyists who seek to influence legislation and regulation. “Recovering the US business community’s voice in the legislative and regulative process will require a new approach. ” Why... View Details
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
Summing Up Those responding to the piece titled "Whither the Information Economy?" voiced opinions that dispel any notion that the so-called phenomenon is an end in itself, or in fact anything more than a means to an end. Which... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
Opportunity Authors:Maxim Sytch, Adam Tatarynowicz, and Ranjay Gulati Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Working PapersManagerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
much media fanfare. Then, if the actual performance failed to met expectations, people wrote them off and shifted their attention to the next innovation. Examples include multimedia kiosks, voice recognition, artificial intelligence,... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Debora L. Spar
surprises as you did your research for the book? A: The biggest one was how large a role private firms played in dragging the government back towards regulation. In most of the cases I studied, it was firms, rather than states, that View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
Summing Up The patience of our readers is being taxed. But some nevertheless took the time to voice opinions about whether we are, in general, becoming more impatient. The general conclusion is that we are. And they lament the phenomenon.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
direction. I was pleasantly surprised by her incredibly active voice and that she was reflective not only about her career but about politics, civil society, gender, and religion. She not only reflected on these topics, she had extremely... View Details
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
to American innovation and growth. Small businesses are actually the foundation for economic growth and, with that, critical to policy that purports to care about the average American. In fact, if we consider what Americans expect from their government, small business... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
includes) those other environmental concerns. Businesses that claim to be green but aren't loudly making their voices heard on the need for government action on climate change are missing the point. They are not just dodging the key... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
about how they will consider the voice of consumers before the vote begins. For example, if the vote is a one-time event, the firm should be sure to let consumers know that beforehand, to save on disappointment if they aren’t asked for... View Details