Constitution - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

Professor David M. Upton is the faculty chair of BCAO. He spoke with an Executive Education staff member about the course.EE: How do you define the term "operations"? Upton: "Operations" constitutes all of the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

it to be an overreach of constitutional commerce powers. Yet the fair trade movement later won some victories in the Supreme Court, including a decision to uphold a New York state law that fixed milk prices for farmers, dealers, and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

16 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 16

spite of the fact that the Constitution of 1891 included a literacy requirement to vote and gave states the responsibility to spend on education. That is to say, Brazilian states had a significant improvement in education levels and a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

institutions that created more communication and accountability. He created a new constitution with a participatory process that included everyone. He reached out to former enemies, visiting the widow of a particularly odious apartheid... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

of risk, and the apparent difficulty of identifying minorities as high-potential each constitute major hurdles to the career mobility of minority managers," they write. "Overcoming them is possible, but it places the equivalent... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

06 Nov 2012
Op-Ed

Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

06 Sep 2004
What Do You Think?

How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?

basis, an approach similar to the Kyoto Accord intended to reduce the world's pollution—pollution resulting largely from the use of carbon fuels. Given the trends in demand and supply, no action constitutes action. But is that the best... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 9

challenge. The case helps students examine the implicit assumptions managers make in organizing work inside a factory. These assumptions reflect theories of worker behavior and motivation in combination with managers' beliefs of what View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Apr 2007
What Do You Think?

Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?

Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

skill matches, meaning that, for instance, a savvy cost-cutter was hired into a company where cost management would turn out to be the key driver of success. The other eleven constituted mismatches. When the strategic need matched the... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

23 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Emerging Art of Negotiation

lost); differing interpretations of what constitutes fair play. Be it a straightforward business transaction, a divorce or an international struggle to reach a peace agreement, there's much that can go wrong. But there's also much that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

media” But TV is no longer the only game in town when it comes to watching sports. Yes, in 2013, 94 percent of fans watched games on TV, but 71 percent also viewed sports online, and 49 percent got their fix on mobile devices. "What View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

may be "found mostly in state and community colleges and not so much in the Ivy leagues." But Hugh Quick commented, "Beware of government interference with schools." One positive example put forward was that of Germany. Bob Houck reminded us that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

21 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

company's efforts on its entire value chain from its raw materials sourcing to the lifestyle of its end consumers. The plan especially centered on wood, which represented 60% of IKEA Group's total procurement in volume and constituted a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

interesting ideas about what constitutes the best marketing strategy for a star athlete. Q: Was there anything in your research that surprised you? A: I am not sure surprised is the right word, but I was certainly impressed when I learned... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

that this combination of "Cs" that constituted Baxter's career imprint could be called an "entrepreneurial career imprint." In contrast, Abbott careers during this same timeframe fostered more of a "functional... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

28 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit

lending. During the 2009 financial crisis, banks were required to make a number of changes to their capital structure, including holding more Tier 1 capital and submitting to stress tests. Some regulatory guidance was also issued on what View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

existence of passive leadership constitutes a substantial barrier to candid dialogue and debate within organizations. Leaders can and should take concrete steps to build conflict into their decision-making processes. For instance, they... View Details