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- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
importance of moving forward with its current approach. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=606094 Public Law: The Rules of the Game Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
world views somewhere under the surface. A lot of times they're very obvious, but a lot of times they're just slightly under the surface. And there's a kind of humility in the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
competitive pressure and highlighted how inherent conflict between an organization's departments can create disaster. The launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule took place 10 months after competitor SpaceX’s... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
The book What's Fair: Ethics of Negotiators is a rich collection of pointers from professional dealmakers, attorneys, academic specialists, and, not least, ethicists. Michael Wheeler, an HBS professor and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
Whistleblower complaints against federal contractors can help government agencies drive better deals with those companies—even when the allegations turn out to be unsubstantiated, according to new research. Under the burden of a... View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
Why are so many businesses—though seemingly intent on fostering innovation—unable to get new products through their organizations and into the marketplace? Ed Ludwig faced such circumstances as the new president of New Jersey-based Becton... View Details
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
with good generative appropriability that is constantly building on its ideas to create new products." When Ideas Conflict While such ingenuity may seem like a simple process of brainstorming on current... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
improvement programs kept failing. Meliones created a leadership team with representatives from each of the three employee groups to redefine the mission and to develop a Balanced Scorecard that incorporated two apparently View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 30 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One
researchers measured changes in people’s attitudes before, during, and after protests on a variety of topics, including environmental protection, gender equality, gun control, immigration, national and international politics, and racial... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
exit the game. Once you've placed the bet, though, you always have to choose one of three broad options, which we'll call Option A, Option B, and Option C. Option A is to stay in the game as an active player until some later time or until... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- What Do You Think?
Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?
Summing Up This month's column presented two views of the importance of customer loyalty management, one challenging its feasibility and long-term impact (Michael Treacy, Double Digit Growth) and one... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation
generally seen at the start of a liquidation event. With the length of a store liquidation event constrained by law and various lease agreements, making the most View Details
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
a home, and achieve some level of success, security, and happiness. But how does this vision change in parts of the world where property rights, if they are present at all, are threatened by weak View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
from different points of cultural reference, they learn to anticipate and deal with the kinds of value conflicts they are likely to face as global managers. Paine points out... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
congressman and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. DeLay had a slew of scandals around 2005, charged with violating campaign finance laws and linked to lobbying improprieties, resulting in his 2006 resignation... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
likely to improve working conditions over time, for example. UC Hastings Professor of Law Jodi Short and I have also crystallized in a Harvard Business Review article a summary View Details
- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
Summing Up Let's hear it for deregulation, at least its long-term effects. It's well worth the short-term disruptions and consumer confusion. That's the near-unanimous judgement of those of you responding to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
along with other very thoughtful responses, suggest a wide divergence of views on the role of the board in the life cycle of a corporate entity. Interestingly, those who teach... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
If companies and regulators are ever to learn from the collapse of Enron—and prevent similar corporate debacles in the future—they must look more closely at the relationship between auditors, managers and the company audit committee. The... View Details
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
conflicts between work and life more broadly defined. Joe Violette suggests that at least in the project-oriented environment in which he works, one should "Make your family a part of your work team and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett