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- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
product or a new way of thinking about the business. The leader of the Google X team that developed Project Loon (the self-driving car), Astro Teller, is cited by investor John Doerr for this elegant definition: “If you want your car to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716068-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 417-073 Leading Global Teams This module aims to help students become effective leaders and members of global teams that must work together across... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
problem. Of course, it makes it easier that those companies are industry leaders with unique products customers want regardless of any inducements, says Healy. But he suspects another factor is also at work. "People know they are not... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
research and collaborate with the business and academic world. In addition, government officials and business leaders need to map out a long-term plan focused on efforts to keep important capabilities in the United States with the idea... View Details
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
political party dynamics, terrorist attacks, rising infrastructure and energy demands, and a global financial crisis. How can the nation's leaders implement economic reforms to ensure continued development? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team
presented in the Harvard Business Review article "Are Leaders Portable?" co-written with Andrew N. McLean and Nitin Nohria. The records of former GE general managers demonstrate that even skills widely perceived as generalizable... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
today it's the CIO (chief information officer) and others spread throughout the organization. EE: One theme you address in DIS is how the relationship between the CEO and CIO is changing. How so? Nolan: This comes to light very clearly in the Cisco case, where the CIO... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
these few men, proud, arrogant, and blind, drove the country to financial ruin." Like the individuals convicted of insider trading in the 1980s, some of today's business leaders appear to have forgotten that they are fiduciaries who... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
willingness to experiment. They’re seen as being psychologically safe, highly collaborative, and nonhierarchical. And research suggests that these behaviors translate into better innovative performance. But despite the fact that innovative cultures are desirable, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
recrafting the cases from multiple industries to include one industry; (3) integrating the key characters of monomyth hero's journey; and (4) writing the case dialogue for the protagonist, Jim Barton, hero's journey. The result was our novel-based Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
logic into the business process setting to find that leaders were far more likely to adopt the incremental innovation of internet-based e-buying. However, they were commensurately less likely to adopt the more strategically sensitive and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
and returns above their compatriots. Industry is not destiny. Elliot Ross: This should encourage business leaders not to accept low returns because it's a "price-driven" industry. Performance pricers make attractive returns in... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
formed and changed by it. The tale of Walt Disney's roller-coaster journey from small-town paperboy to underage ambulance-driving serviceman to amateur animator and thrice-failed businessman to iconic leader is told against the backdrop... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Has Entered the Mainstream By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Leaders in all sectors, from business to sports to education, are increasingly wading into controversial political and social issues. Based on interviews with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study
associations in Chile, leading to a much closer relationship with communities and other organizations. "We want to educate [the next generation] to be leaders with values. The company must have leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2002
- What Do You Think?
Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?
hard-to-understand financial accounting, hold the greatest hope for change. But these very investors were generally characterized as having both short memories and a high level of greed, not very promising characteristics for leaders of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
success in judo strategy. "Our strategy," she notes, "is as much the art of exclusion as it is the art of inclusion, or what you are going to do." Rule Two: Stay On The Offensive But Avoid Frontal Assaults Successful judo strategists also stay on... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
than existing studies because we believed that this was add greater nuance to the overall story. Although many important business leaders are discussed, we were able to devote a whole chapter to the Koç family and their business group... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
confirm that homophily, which here likely arises from social influence, permeates all scales of human behavior. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51392 May 2016 Seminars in Oncology Nursing Transformation of Health Care—Perspectives of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
Employee well-being. CEOs were concerned about their employees: their safety on the job; overall well-being; and their own task as leaders of “keeping up morale and managing people’s fears.” Having to make decisions under uncertainty... View Details