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- 21 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do TV Debates Sway Voters?
pinpoint exactly when a voter decided on a candidate—before or after a debate—without having to rely on voters’ memories. They found: A large fraction of voters change their minds during the campaign. The percentage of voters who had settled on a candidate rose View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
Henry David Thoreau once said, "That government is best that governs least." Easy for him to say. Stuck out by himself at Walden Pond, he never had to deal with potholes on his morning commute or... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
the corners" in baseball parlance—and more likely to throw it straight over the plate where it is easier to hit. In other words, the pitchers seemed to compensate for discrimination by throwing the ball in areas where the outcome was... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?
respondents, warrant additional regulatory intervention. Paula Thornton asks, "Does it [the loss of intellectual property to rapid responders] really matter? ... In many cases IP is overutilized as a crutch (or as nail to those bearing hammers)." View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
that started a fuel burn 11 hours too early into the mission, using up so much fuel that the capsule could not reach the proper altitude. According to a reported comment by Jim Chilton, senior vice president of the space and launch... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
Summing Up What Role Will Management Play in Saving US Health Care? The verdict is in, according to respondents of this month's column: Problems confronting health care in the US are much larger and broader than those that can be solved View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
consumers and workers, and the political realities of modern governments. That appears to be a central message conveyed by responses to this month’s column. Ian Brinkley raised the issue of shifting needs of trading partners as a problem... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Sep 2023
- What Do You Think?
Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?
statement? Nike’s decision to feature in its ads Colin Kaepernick, an American footballer whose patriotism has been questioned, ultimately resulted in what was described by one observer as a “bold success.” On the other hand, brands like... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Cowboy Doctors Are Rustling Up Healthcare Costs
- 31 Mar 2008
- HBS Case
JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis
JetBlue founder, chairman, and then-CEO David Neeleman would later call "the worst operational week in JetBlue's seven-year history." A Storm Brews It started with a winter ice storm forecasted to change to rain. With that... View Details
- 02 Aug 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?
rather than resources.” Managers don’t want to listen to those ‘below’ them, he wrote. Stephen Achilles added that “leadership does not understand the strengths and interests of their workers.” A number of remedies were suggested. David... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Oct 2008
- What Do You Think?
Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?
Summing Up The depth of the global financial crisis is becoming clearer day by day. In the United States, it is being used as a reason to set aside ideology regarding government ownership of important financial institutions, possibly... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 25 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Collaborating Across Cultures
Working on a $30 million historical epic about the Tang Dynasty to be set in China, Hollywood screenwriter David Franzoni struggled to make the story appeal to Western audiences. Then Franzoni hit upon an idea: tell the tale through the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
it) creates undue risk of moral hazard, simply because boards and senior management are often significant shareholders. If it is true that the average tenure of a CEO today is 3 years, how could any sane CEO not seek to maximize share value View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
seminar. The other implication is sales models, most of which are the ad hoc accumulation of decisions that different managers made pursuing different objectives, usually quarter by quarter. Changes in buying have exposed the loose screws... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 25 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse
are trying to emerge at this particular moment in his or her life. Another exercise called Image Gathering is a guided exercise by me on the Web site associated with the book. The fifth phase of the impasse process is a deepening of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2014
- What Do You Think?
Is Too Much Focus a Problem?
process, they provoked a new round of questions. David Physick teed up the discussion nicely by commenting, "The wonderful American motor racing driver, Mario Andretti, who was as focused an individual... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
innovator. By contrast, previous research by Harvard's David Carpenter and others found that first movers in new chemical drug categories typically receives the fastest FDA... View Details
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
unwittingly created the mother of all moral hazards—implicit rescue guarantees as far as the eye can see? No doubt about it, says HBS professor and economic historian David Moss. "The extension of implicit guarantees to all systemically... View Details