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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
trucks unload their just-in-time goods from automated distribution centers on a weekly basis, and the variety of products available is seemingly infinite. A typical department store now stocks some 800,000 items, with that number climbing to one to two million in... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
panelists at a Global Alumni Conference session addressing the topic "Global Brands: Connecting with Consumers across Boundaries," chaired by HBS associate professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian and author of the... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
States. But that was then; this is now. Just in the past few years, said Lerner, "we've seen a lot more syndication transactions across the United States and Europe and more early-stage involvement by firms in England and the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: A Nation Transformed by Information
Edited by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., and James W. Cortada (Oxford University Press) In their new book, A Nation Transformed by Information: How Information Has Shaped the United... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
else’s problem — until now. A phone call from the IT department reports that your company’s computer systems have been accessed by an intruder. Troves of business and financial data, your customers’ as well as your own, have been... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
the nature of leadership affirmed by the "wisdom of crowds" is clearly circumscribed, according to others. Jack Hughes, for example, says, "The Wisdom of Crowds has effectively shattered the narrow view that the right... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
Summing Up When Is It In An Employer's Self-Interest to Voluntarily Raise All Wages? A laissez-faire approach to fixing labor market inequality has widespread appeal, judging by responses to this month's column. For some it is an ideal,... View Details
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
to be inconsistent, if not contradictory. "In the ultimate analysis, however everything boils down to perception of the team members or subordinates or followers of the leader concerned." The importance of maintaining an open mind on the subject of leadership... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
As John Apen points out, "Alignment works only if CEOs and boards have the same time perspective as the other two groups (investors and employees)... top managers' and Wall Street goals were all short term.…" C. J. Cullinane adds, "Alignment and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
Sheikh extended this idea when he proposed that, "the number of work hours should be dictated by productivity—i.e., very productive individuals in an organization should be rewarded with greater time off (within) upper and lower... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
listened to.” He’s suggesting that the issue of recruitment may be overshadowed by those of inclusion and “voice.” Comments by others from the business world lead one to believe that minority talent... View Details
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
of the OR” vs. the “genius of the AND” Only four of the 18 companies in their sample were based on the West Coast. But their point of view would be adopted by many startups in Silicon Valley and the venture capitalists funding them. The... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”
Summing Up Respondents to my column about the tenets of new strategic marketing by and large projected the view that new strategic marketing, as propounded by the authors of the new book, Marketing Moves: A... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
Summing Up The verdict of those responding to the column on the threat of the "disruptive technology" represented by online distance learning for in-class, onsite MBA programs is in. In your opinion, the trend represents an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
created by customers and clients and their increasing expectations that we be available day and night. Even more can be laid at the feet of leadership. But ultimately the primary culprit is us. That's my sense of the comments concerning... View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
Google ended its service to China, China would respond by creating its own version of Google." Jack Carpenter advised, "If an organization is serious about doing business in China, it must 'ride out' all government restrictions.... View Details
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
described by Michael Porter is being fragmented by organizations; value addition ... is taking place in numerous forms ..." Their comments reflected the general assumptions among respondents that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
Summing Up Do Concerns About Job Creation By Small Businesses Miss The Point? Judging from responses to this month's column, there appears to be a visceral reaction to any suggestion that small business fails to live up to the many... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett