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- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
Walter A. Friedman and Geoffrey Jones. For example, on the subject of environmental sustainability, the authors observed: "It is odd that business historians have not devoted more attention to sustainability, given that, arguably,... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
imitate: The core-competency perspective focused attention on the importance of knowledge creation and building learning processes for competitive advantage. 2 But this approach, too, faced limits as companies recognized that their people... View Details
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
with a relentless focus on process and product improvement." Employee Investment Is Critical For Mercadona, investment in employees is part and parcel of process and product improvement. In 2008, the chain invested four weeks of... View Details
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
aside time to focus that can help restore work-life balance. Joseph Fuller: Make time for ‘deep work’ at the office and home People have struggled to balance the demands of work and their personal lives since the emergence of organized... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
work? A: Many firms adopt what we call a "production outsourcing" mindset to collaboration. This is typified by a focus on lowering cost at the expense of other potentially more valuable benefits. These firms view collaboration as a form... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
focused on housing and household debt for good reason: In the United States, a residential housing loan collapse touched off the deep financial crisis of 2008. But in the decade-plus since, the focus on household debt may mean... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
research, they defined a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people, other than the shooter(s), are unlawfully fatally shot in a single incident not related to gangs, drugs, organized crime, or domestic disputes. “In other words, we View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing of a President
positive and unruffled demeanor, and his compelling biography attracted the attention and empathy of voters. Second, Obama converted this empathy into tangible support. More citizens volunteered time and money to help the Obama campaign... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
corporate attention than employee, consumer, and environmental health. In a survey of more than 80 companies attending the Building a Culture of Health conference at Harvard Business School in April 2016, a lower percentage of respondents... View Details
- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
the Academy of Management Annals. Their conclusion: Far too much focus is placed on raising money and signing formal contracts, but far too little attention on informal and non-financial resources that can... View Details
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
comes to resolving the inherent tensions between headquarters—where the focus might be on standardizing products to drive down cost—and subsidiaries lobbying to adapt products to meet the specific needs of a local market. Making The... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
to the previous work in this area? Luc Wathieu: We are the first to propose that price format determines how deeply consumers will think about the offered benefits. We suggest that a "simple" all-inclusive price will lead buyers to focus... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
particularly in the vaccine space, had begun to attract the attention of much larger pharmaceutical companies. While there was much appeal to working with these companies, these relationships could also challenge Crucell's independence.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
effect, to build wealth that accrues to society. In addition to writing and teaching about these larger issues, the School has the responsibility to focus society's attention on them. Q: As Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
need to do their part and devote time and attention to aligning their interests and cultivating collaborations across the organization. Only when everyone understands the big picture and feels a part of it can they prioritize and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
It is a classic leadership challenge of the early twenty-first century: How do you steer your business and motivate your people to pursue breakthrough growth while giving proper attention to executing the here and now with the utmost care... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
these dynamics has been constrained by fragmentation within relevant management research. In this paper, we clarify and describe two narratives that have emerged within past and current research on growth and the internal organization. The first narrative draws View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
the community in which they are located. District leaders have little direct control over their environment, but must spend significant time managing these dynamics in order to implement district-wide improvement strategies. Overall, the PCF is designed to View Details
- 29 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?
attentiveness to trivial details,” as defined in a recent research study, can drag down relationships, result in recriminating behavior, and ruin the good intentions behind very generous donations. On the flip side, leaving room for error... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
the CEO of this collective enterprise was the need to focus the attention of the work force on performance issues. "His task was to create a value system that favors personal accountability, emphasizes... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross