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  • 02 Sep 2002
  • What Do You Think?

What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?

Several outstanding organizations I have studied regard hiring as their leaders and managers most important task, an "almost religious experience," in the words of one. The admissions process at business schools thus becomes the first line of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 27 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)

research question. The researcher could defensibly write three different papers based on the three different research questions, and fail to report all the dependent measures in each paper—instead just reporting measures that were... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston; Education
  • 14 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Keeping Your Balance With Customers

different requirements, then by selecting target segments for which the company can create unique and defensible value propositions. It is not possible to be all things to all people, so market segmentation is the way to avoid this... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • 04 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon

colleagues at Brigham and Women's Hospital worked with safety experts at the aerospace and defense giant Boeing, and developed a checklist for surgeons. Among the heretofore commonly-missed items on the list: making sure everyone in the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 02 Apr 2019
  • Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

long-work-hours culture was detrimental to both women and men, but women paid a higher price,” says the article, Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-family Narrative as a Social Defense against the 24/7 Work Culture,... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service
  • 02 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

moral of this story is not how to do crisis management faster and better in a lightning-fast digital world. It’s that even the nimblest and deftest crisis management response cannot contain the damage of going straight to “call security” and crossing the last line of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Nov 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

Democratic caucuses in red states; the organizations he built for the primaries in these states set him up to win several of them in the general. In the closing weeks, he put McCain on defense in multiple red states, making it tough for... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 31 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

the Organizational Behavior Unit at HBS. "And as a result, the resulting policies are defensive in nature, and they don't tend to produce the high quality of relationships that you need across differences. For example, there are some... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Aug 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

businesses, I’ll let Speed Trap’s content speak for itself. With respect to the book’s conservative tone, I do think I was reflecting the Zeitgeist. If you are skeptical, read Michael Lewis’s 2002 New York Times Magazine article “In View Details
Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology
  • 07 Sep 2019
  • Op-Ed

Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change

now or wait a bit. Selection It’s not possible or even a defensible investment strategy to try to reinforce every asset everywhere, and forever. High value assets in high risk areas clearly merit investment in strengthening. Think of a... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber
  • 02 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

course, starting a company at an opportune time and place also displays a certain kind of skill as well.Q: What are some of the more actively pursued industries by entrepreneurs? A: Venture capitalists typically invest in industries that have substantial growth... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 05 Feb 2001
  • What Do You Think?

Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?

implemented by a new breed of educator, one that has had little to do with the traditional halls of ivy or institutions such as academic tenure. The Christensen defense to this educational competitive threat might be for traditional... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 04 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

accretion or dilution to expect based on the terms of a deal. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208059 Evaluating M&A Deals—How Poison Pills Work Harvard Business School Note 208-061 The poison pill View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

supporting a generative rather than defensive process of masculine identity construction, these platforms may have avoided costs other dangerous workplaces pay for men's masculinity strivings. Our findings point to the mutability of... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • 10 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 10

opportunities for changes in corporate culture to encourage sustainability. While the U.S. chemical industry remained defensive and focused on legal compliance, there was a greater proactivity among the German firms. This paper stresses... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

and timetable for expected results. It would have to rely heavily on private industry with the assistance and support of a government agency. It would require high-profile leadership. Inevitably, this person would be labeled a “czar.” Former US Secretary of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
  • 31 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

renegotiations, and the personal interests of highly placed individuals. The resulting power purchase agreements had led to high prices for electricity, imbalances of risks and rewards, and an unwillingness of officials to use the most effective View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Oct 2016
  • HBS Case

Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste

As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty keeps many families hungry, solutions are starting to come... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage
  • 13 Sep 2016
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September 13, 2016

of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. Our model shows that NPE litigation can reduce infringement and support small inventors. However, the model also shows that as NPEs become effective at bringing frivolous lawsuits, the resulting... View Details
  • 12 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

to garner approval. I had learned from my days in the Defense Department during the Vietnam War the perils of well-rehearsed, positive presentations that avoid the essential realities. My approach led to criticism from some managers. They... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
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