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- 20 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time
years ago, he found the last serious analysis on firm growth was conducted in 1959, in Edith Penrose’s book The Theory of the Growth of the Firm. “I’d like to think we’ve learned a lot since then,” Pisano says. Getting a better... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
subtle tweaks to everything from varying shades of color to alternative placement of links and menu options for booking properties. It’s part of an innovative culture of experimentation that pervades every aspect of how the company... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Mar 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business
This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
real exchange rates and the fallacy of composition, Mark Setterfield (ed), Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Growth, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. Canuto, Otaviano, Mona Haddad, Gordon Hanson... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
as more options hit the market. Some countries, such as Israel, have been quite successful in getting vaccine adoption. Others, such as the United States and members of the European Union, have struggled, while many others, such as... View Details
- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
for growth for the company; what would consumers want to purchase online that would fit into a rapid response distribution model? Students rejected numerous options involving lower-value items such as dog food, which would require... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
voting. It is the willingness to work together at the grass roots and in government to solve problems, as I argue in my own recent book, Think Outside the Building. "Instead of theories about democracy or its rise and fall, I plan to... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
leaving low-end markets. Think about the battle between AT&T and MCI. MCI grew without real interference from AT&T for a few years. But AT&T eventually had to respond to MCI. AT&T's business model depended on amortizing... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
fabricated or real crisis is an essential ingredient for effective change management, as an existential threat breaks down many barriers to change. With such an unprecedented crisis, it is stretching and breaking apart even the strongest... View Details
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
personalized selling (cosmetics, for example), online shops have a hard time creating a satisfying experience. Hence stores have much to offer in these product categories. What strategies can retailers implement given the increasing lack of productivity of their retail... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
Even as COVID vaccines begin early deployment, pressure on leaders continues to mount to engage in “Big C” change: rapid course corrections through job cuts, recruiting a fresh management team, and redesigning roles and responsibilities to score quick wins. Clearing... View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Do You Have Change Fatigue?
widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo. Someone must develop a vision for the future and a plan to get there. During the second stage, there must be a real willingness to take on the resisters—the most dangerous of these, warns... View Details
Keywords: by Nick Morgan
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
century? Today, the world’s largest taxi company (Uber) owns no cars; the world’s largest provider of accommodations (Airbnb) owns no real estate; and the world’s largest retailer (Alibaba) owns no inventory. Modern platform thinking has... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
founder-CEO said that "if you think there is a real possibility that you might lose their investment, maybe you haven't addressed all the risks" and should take the hint to think again and try harder to reduce them. However,... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- 05 Jul 2021
- What Do You Think?
Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?
is opportunity The past few years, companies have complained of a dearth of women and minority applicants. It would be a real silver lining if the pandemic creates the wave of “new” candidates you describe. What will be even better is if... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
journals. “Academic research can be helpful, but it tends to be overly complex, hard to digest, and not backed by real quantitative insights from customer populations or engagements,” says Neale-May, executive director of the Chief... View Details
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
shortsighted, sub-optimal, and conflict-ridden. For example, when field sales, telesales, and customer service people all interact with the same account, the objective is flawless, efficient, timely service but the real result can be... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove on the Confident Leader
wait; investment decisions or personal decisions don't wait for that picture to be clarified.— Andy Grove AG: None of us have a real understanding of where we are heading. I don't. I have senses about it. But decisions don't wait;... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
on average, firms' self-reported anticorruption efforts reflect real efforts to combat corruption and are not merely cheap talk. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2229039 When to Sell Your Idea: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
the supply of capital create the need for increased upfront financing, but this protection lowers the real option value of the new venture. In equilibrium, financing risk disproportionately impacts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne