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- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
that rely on managers' abilities to form and lead them. Leading business schools honor such behavior. At Harvard Business School, one of the first things new MBA candidates experience is introduction to their pre-selected Learning Team,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
and jerk of your carry-on up to the overhead. An inelegant flop into the middle seat completes the journey—until the passenger in front shoves her seat back, removing your kneecaps. But new research shows that—in addition to these... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
Recent reports that sales of new single-family homes rose in March are proof points that "the housing market recovery remains on track." We asked Nicolas P. Retsinas to reflect on the re-emergence of the housing industry, what... View Details
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
consulting, architecture, engineering, research, and, increasingly, computer software development and technology systems integration firms. We also seek an international mix of participants. About half come from the US and the other half... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
Leading in the 21st Century is an HBS Executive Education program being held in January 2000. Professors Gary Hamel and John Kotter talk about the course and the new realities of leadership and competitive success. Q: What led the two of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
Abstract—We build a tractable growth model where multi-product incumbents invest in internal innovations to improve their existing products, while new entrants and incumbents invest in external innovations to acquire View Details
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
found and reported. First, there was the question of whether an auditor on the team had previously audited the same factory. Teams consisting of all new auditors unfamiliar with a factory tended to find more violations than teams that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 May 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?
raises the questions: How hard should US trade negotiators seek to encourage such a change in Chinese policy? Does IP ownership belong in international trade deals? What do you think? Original Column Unusual attention currently is focused on trade policy, triggered by... View Details
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
continuity; discard control systems that limit creativity; discourage too much "convergent" thinking that "thrives on focus"; encourage processes that identify and invest in ideas and organizations... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
genuine concern, as is the efficiency of using established distribution systems designed for inter-store delivery to also package and ship thousands of small orders to individual consumers. More important, the substantial losses these... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
extension of organization boundaries. In the future, will this phenomenon be limited primarily by the environment, or by the ability of managers to take advantage of it? What do you think? Original Article A byword of the new economy has... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
co-researchers wanted to find out whether sustainable investment capital is flowing to companies that are in the best position to solve the urgent and complex problems created by climate change. In their new working paper, The... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
investors, and builders can learn from the African experience, where public-private partnerships and deployments of new technologies are illuminating new ways to approach the task of funding infrastructure... View Details
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
people spend less time at work by empowering them to take decisions without 2- or 3- levels up approvals ." Tema Frank said that "we need to move to a system where people are compensated based on results achieved rather than... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
Over the past two decades, entire industries have been disrupted by Internet competitors who "unbundled" their content and delivered it to consumers in new ways. Newspapers lost out to Google and Craigslist, record companies to iTunes and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary
Imagine you walk into a shop where you don’t know the prices. Maybe it’s a Turkish souk, redolent with smells of saffron and turmeric. Or maybe it’s a New Hampshire antique store, full of dusty shelves of enticing oddities. You pick out... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
level of its access to resources, identify and seize growth opportunities. Know Your Customers' Mindsets—intimately Innovation comes in two varieties: technology-push and customer-pull. Technology-push—introducing new products based on... View Details
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
Pharmaceutical regulators around the world tend to speed through drug applications in December and before major national holidays, according to new research that might raise questions about COVID-19 vaccines and other treatments under... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
For many multinational firms doing business in unfamiliar countries, it made sense to create joint ventures with local firms. After all, that local knowledge of customs, suppliers, and markets could save the newcomer months—maybe even years—of riding a painful learning... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
Today's headlines confirm that difficulty, as GM and Ford close plants, cut jobs and production, and try to deflect talk of bankruptcy, all the while losing money and U.S. market share. This most recent bout of bad news (coming after the... View Details