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- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
six-minute engagement with a patient as proof a clinic was performing very efficiently, rather than one that was severely under-staffed relative to the demand for its services. “The six-minute consult is not a good standard for care; it’s... View Details
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
product development terms, you might call this something like "jumping to the next S-curve." By the "S-curve" we mean the pattern that new innovations typically follow when they are introduced. At first a few people, early adopters, take them up and... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
executive compensation. Yet while laws, regulations, and policies have a clear role to play here, they are a relatively expensive and inefficient way for a society to promote responsible conduct and trustworthy business leadership. In the... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
suggests that key aspects of sponsorship actually benefit men more than women. Relative interests and a collaborative experiment Baldiga worked in the professional services industry—as an audit manager at Price Waterhouse—for several... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
the book has received rave reviews. Publisher's Weekly called it a "seminal work on the startup phase of the entrepreneurial venture captivating," and Dharmesh Shah at OnStartups.com called it "the definitive book on the topic." ("If you are a... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
and not always at the forefront of sustainability practices. “It can take a while to improve these processes, and I think the industry is moving in that direction. But, during the 1960s and 70s, the palm oil cluster was a huge engine of... View Details
- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
Employees should think about work on the way to work by mentally mapping out a plan for their day. By using the travel time as an opportunity to get into the work mindset, employees are giving themselves a chance to make an easier mental... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
only player, but it should try to become the first player that comes to mind when customers, analysts, or the media think about the new market category. McDonald points to recent examples such as SpaceX in commercial space flight and... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
extraordinary robustness and have permitted the survival of otherwise doomed organizations. Evaluating these opportunities as well as thinking through their implications and timing, is vitally important, nonboring work. The new... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
subjective, and all too often women or minorities have been excluded because others have not found them to "fit." One way individuals have coped with this reality is to hide who they really are or how they really think until... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
the cutting edge. However, venture capital is only a piece of the puzzle. We invest relatively small amounts of capital into solutions that can be revolutionary, but may not be deployed for a decade or longer.” As a millennial, he hopes... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Keen wades into the mass of foliage, checking the corn’s progress: “Oh, cool. A little bird relative dropped us a feather.” Solid and broad-shouldered, he’s a sensitive observer but also a Nebraska Golden Gloves boxer. “I found my sweet... View Details
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
the benefit of the Google brand. And eventually, the Chinese regime might change to a more democratic form of government, in which case Google's stand might go down in history as one of seminal moments on China's road to democracy. But this upside for Google is View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
Dorothy for her amusement. Unbeknownst to him, she sold it to the prestigious Story magazine for $25. When she told him, he began to think he could be a writer after all. By 1945, America was ready to forget war and deprivation and get on... View Details
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
With global markets in turmoil over the last several weeks, leaders throughout the world are starting to think about how they should respond if confronted with an economic downturn. Yet what do we know about how leaders decide what to do... View Details
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
brand's appeal with a new generation of customers. "When they think of crystal and fine china, most young people remember their mother saying, 'Don't you dare touch it,'" remarks Foley. As consumers move away from the formal... View Details
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
reason to want to save. In some sense, I think people may give up hope for themselves and may despair that it's too late—but it's not too late for a child if he or she can get started in the right direction. Again, there is nothing about... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
Leadership It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding Acknowledging that people are having a hard time whether or not they are... View Details
- 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
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
you think filing for bankruptcy might help some companies survive now? Gilson: In many countries, “bankruptcy” does mean the death of a company, because it’s synonymous with liquidation. When a company defaults on its debt, and is unable... View Details