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05 Sep 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Making the Right Technical Hire

having to let someone go, or having them quit, and finding a replacement not only stresses out the manager and team, but there is a productivity hit to all while you go through the process. Even though it may feel like you’re moving... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin; Technology

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

Lazonick's theoretical approach to global competition. Lazonick stresses that an innovative enterprise (as differentiated from an optimizing one) becomes successful not just by trying its productive capabilities, but also try creating and... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

jury, Salter discussed Enron's legacy: What happened, why, and what has been learned? "I want to stress one point: Enron is all about us," said Salter. "It's not just about some Dummkopfs in Houston. If it were just about... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

organizations wanting to create social value. The researchers stressed the importance of synergies between Economic Value (EV) and Social Value (SV), calling them "two sides of the same coin." By aligning EV and SV, both... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

Approach ... To Integration There are many approaches to improving integration. They work best when they themselves are well integrated (big surprise!). Thus, the stress here will be on "mixing and matching" the individual... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

Brierley Professor of Business Administration at HBS. “Then some things happened in the world, and people started being interested in inequality.” How academic institutions can change It’s worth noting that Harvard Business School is unusual in that it View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

04 Nov 2015
What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

only on paper.” There were several criticisms of the fact that the research identified correlations, not causes. Norman Toy made the point by stressing the especially mischievous nature of the use of correlation in this case. In his... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated theories of competition in economics, the cooperative teamwork inside firms is just as... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

point for organizations figuring out their “new normal” in the two-sided market of employee and employer relations. It’s no secret that pandemic stress has inspired many people to prioritize work-life flexibility and wellness. Employees... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

period of high stress for individuals and companies alike. It is also, however, an opportunity to examine current business practices in order to increase long-term operational efficiency and competitiveness, as well as to innovate for the... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

approach works best. Wal-mart, for example, stresses its low everyday prices, which gives the customer a reason to buy, while simultaneously providing supportive services from the greeter at the store's entrance to the cashier at its... View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

Despite these efforts, the authors stress that success is unlikely unless the people leading these initiatives truly commit to long-term improvement. Equality as a competitive advantage Looking forward, Ammerman and Groysberg envision a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

call may be having a dramatic experience during this crisis is an important subtext for how they are navigating the conversation with me.” “[Pacing] ourselves as leaders to remain strong for all the people that depend on us, [managing] organizational View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

11 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 11

images after a traumatic event, a hallmark feature of post-traumatic stress disorder, are suggested to develop because the trauma memory is disorganized and not integrated into autobiographical memory. Unconscious Thought Theory predicts... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Are Creative People More Dishonest?

importance of being creative and innovative, it's important to make sure that you're stressing the presence of ethics, too," Gino says. "Dan and I are of the hope that managers will start thinking about how to structure the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

04 Nov 2002
What Do You Think?

What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?

to be transferred into the corporate brain," a formidable task in many organizations. Those stressing the importance of memory placed the greatest value on the retention of talent in the organization. As C. J. Cullinane put it,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

get to do those jobs is not expanding,” says Robert Simons, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “People feel more pressure to own their roles and they’re stressed because they’re being... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation

minimize risk of stress and loss of time dealing with claims and costs to their reputation and future employment. On the other side of the equation, a cap on damages through tort reform can influence whether or not a doctor is sued in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Medical Devices & Supplies

06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

positive when it comes to stress levels, sleeping habits, eating habits, and weight. Advancing employee health has long included efforts to promote physical exercise and healthy eating, but recently has expanded to encompass an emphasis... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

21 Jan 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

out one or more major owners. It's a good stress test for a business. "It's an emotional process." Buyouts in family companies are not just about the money. Lots of emotions can surface in a buyout, even if all parties get... View Details

Keywords: Retail

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