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- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
responsibility, do you buy it when a CEO says, "I didn't know," about questionable practices? A: I think the strategy of deniability is a very dangerous one to allow to stand. A CEO should understand what's going on in the... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 02 May 2005
- What Do You Think?
Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?
"consumer generated marketing." Is it time to ask ourselves whether these trends are always in our best interests as marketers and customers? Is it possible to be too well connected with one segment of customers? Is there a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
Pradip Shroff added: "The simple fact is that leadership is an art and science of blending various styles based on the situation." Yan Song summed up this point by commenting that, "Stereotyping leadership might be the greater View Details
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
regarded as China's most independent newsmagazine, gathered his core team for an urgent meeting. His pioneering editor Hu Shuli, described for her fiercely independent journalism as "the most dangerous woman in China" had quit... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
Lincoln Financial Meets the Financial Crisis Robert C. Pozen and Peter SpringHarvard Business School Case 310-137 In March of 2009, Lincoln Financial Group's CEO Dennis Glass was facing a difficult decision as to how he would replenish his company's capital, which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
disappointed that their message isn’t getting through, and because it poses a dangerous situation for public health.” On the other hand, finding fewer violations than usual at one site had no apparent effect on what the inspector... View Details
- 20 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business with Structured Finance
especially biased or imprecise." The computer simulations used to create the ratings are a standard tool, he says, adding that many would also describe it as a dangerous one because they create a false sense of confidence in what are... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
a $44,000 bid. Chalk up another win for companies that are willing to be a little playful with their brands, a potentially dangerous tactic that can easily backfire but that creates big wins with consumers if done well. Social media... View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
best combination of features such as speed, size, and cost. CB: But there's a danger in this paradise if you're a modular system designer. Anyone who knows the design rules can create a module that works within your system—something we... View Details
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
that empower international organizations. That community has, moreover, always been cautious about the dangers of capital liberalization for countries that are not prepared in terms of their macroeconomic policy making or the domestic... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
so." Carl Meyer added, "Clearly the board! The danger of favoritism among employees would be far too dangerous." Others figuratively said "not so fast." As Joel Koblentz put it, "The bottom line is that The... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
government are at their lowest ever," says Buell. "There is a danger that that disgust can lead to disengagement. Showing the ways in which government materially affects people's lives through its actions has the potential to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
a great time to be a venture capitalist and to be an entrepreneur, he added. Although diminished valuations are frustrating to some entrepreneurs, he said, the really dangerous time was two years ago when companies were being built too... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
are in the midst of what is often described as a gold rush. Is there any danger that firms will fly so high that they may spin out of control? A: The book is built around a number of the tensions that are inherent in all businesses —... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
or deeply satisfying one. One test of the seriousness of an illness is the severity of the treatment it requires. For Tony, the bribe, with all its dangerous risks, is strong, self-prescribed medication. The flow of success had masked and... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
collective action in energy matters and dangers of succumbing to "national reflexes." Thus the implications of the project became a matter of concern to the entire European Union, but Europeans struggled to articulate the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
a human tendency but not an inevitability. Leaders can do something about this. When people belong to more than one overlapping group (what is technically called pluralism), it’s harder to put “others” into a box and categorically hate them all. Getting stuck in silos,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
crisis, several commentators concluded that the continuing expansion of risk measurement is dysfunctional (Taleb, 2007; Power, 2009). This paper asks whether the expansion of measurement-based risk management in banking is as inevitable and as View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
competitive Japan, he said. But an undercurrent throughout the post-war period emphasized a second, noncompetitive Japan, as well, according to Porter. "Consumer packaged goods, chemicals, agriculture, software, and aircrafts were flat out. That was a View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities... View Details