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  • 21 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

and tools; (2) working prototypes over excessive documentation; (3) respond to change rather than follow a plan; and (4) customer collaboration over rigid contracts. "To paraphrase Sun Tzu, true victory is breaking the resistance of... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
  • 29 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater

science." What they often mean, alas, is that they don't understand those parts. "Art" used in a business context usually refers to something done by "talented" or "creative" people who are not quite trustworthy, who do work that... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

Wall Street. Though many believe this happens because firms have a "fiduciary duty" to maximize shareholder returns, U.S. executives do not, as a matter of law, have any such obligation. Yet it's hard for them to resist demands... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

resistance to totalitarian regimes, not only in Hitler's Germany but more broadly as well, whether in apartheid South Africa or contemporary China? What does history tell us about the democratic responsibilities of capitalism and firms?... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
  • 16 Aug 2016
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August 16, 2016

views on distributive justice are shown to differ in two specific, related ways from what is conventionally assumed in modern optimal tax research. A large share of respondents, and in some cases a large majority, resist the full... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

calculations—are powerful. Even though algorithms often outperform human judgment, people resist allowing a numerical formula to make decisions for them (Dawes, 1979). Nevertheless, people increasingly depend on algorithms to inform their... View Details
  • 20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

new structure. The additional unit would explore new markets for the firm's promising innovation-Solution BluePrint (SBP). While he knew that some on his team would resist his proposal, he was eager to get the new technology into the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 16

book deals with two of the biggest problems in business: Why do sane, smart leaders often refuse to accept the facts that threaten their companies? And how do they find the courage to resist denial when facing new trends, changing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 12, 2008

unexpectedly in the midst of chaos brought by the resistance of its staff who feared losing their civil servant status after privatization. Also facing Mao was the forthcoming deregulation of the telecommunication industry on the island... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

that ensured their executives would receive above-average pay even though all executives can't be above average. The market for executives is not one in which there are strong competitive pressures to keep compensation down; so, in the end, it's the boards that must... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 22 Feb 2010
  • Op-Ed

Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis

denial and resistance that existed in recent years. Employees are ready for new direction, and they are willing to make radical changes to renew the company. With Toyoda's leadership, Toyota automobiles can be restored to the world's... View Details
Keywords: by William George; Auto
  • 15 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

dramatically." According to Christensen, none of these changes will take place without staunch resistance from the medical establishment. Even federal regulators are being asked to enter the fray, recalling previous cries for... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Health
  • 15 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?

The deadline on an important work project is looming, but you keep getting distracted by news stories and silly cat videos online. Even though installing an Internet-blocking app might help you stay focused, you resist the idea, telling... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 12 Jul 2020
  • Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

night while sheltering at home: A French Village. Its 72 episodes across 7 seasons (one for each year between 1940-1946) tell a story of collaboration and resistance under the WWII Vichy government. It has more than a dozen principal... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

managers were showing resistance to the new changes. Meanwhile, the American manager found himself caught in the web of family and company politics, and completing his assignment without the cooperation of the middle management was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Aug 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

Chu, Joe Lassiter, and Mike Roberts. Initially, Sahlman recalls, there was some resistance to the idea, which was first proposed by Alison Berkley Wagonfeld and Bill Nussey (both MBA '96) as a project for Professor Josh Lerner's Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader

because they are incapable or outdated, or even wish to mislead. Falling Prey To Successor Syndrome At greatest risk is the new leader hired as second-in-command with the expectation that success will lead to promotion to the top position. In the absence of a solid... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins
  • 10 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

“Blank” Inside: Branding Ingredients

brand-building to add the ingredient brand on the package as well as in advertising? There are 4 conditions: 1. The ingredient is highly differentiated, usually supported by patent protection, and so adds an aura of quality to the overall product. Think Gore-tex for... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Aerospace; Consumer Products
  • 05 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

wrong?" he asked a panel of venture capitalists. At first, Sahlman found little resistance to his gloomy forecast. "You're right in the aggregate," conceded Stan Reiss (HBS MBA '00), a general partner at Matrix Ventures.... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services
  • 28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28

Business School Case 515-007 Pfizer and AstraZeneca: Marketing an Acquisition (A) In 2014, Pfizer proposed a friendly acquisition of AstraZeneca, but the AstraZeneca board resisted over price and strategy concerns. Was this good for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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