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- 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
- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
Despite its name, the Great Wall of China began as a series of smaller, isolated defensive fortifications. Those structures grew and were later unified into the imposing structure that exists today. The Great Wall is a great metaphor for the Chinese economy. By... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
blink." One argument put forth against blink was that its use makes poor decisions more difficult to defend. As Harlyn Sianturi put it, “Blink happens and it may be practiced by business leaders all over the world. However, it will remain less View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?
money, governments could have an immediate and important impact on such things as interest rates, inflation, and general economic prosperity. Galbraith advocated the state's involvement in insuring the defense of the country, education... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 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
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
to care in the use of the Internet, Gerald Nanninga pointed out that the best defense might well be a carefully-crafted strategy that competitors can't replicate even if they are familiar with it . Another creative proposal, leaking... View Details
Keywords: by James L. 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
- 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
- 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
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
Restaurant inspectors can be the last line of defense between you and moldy bread. (HighLaZ) Simple tweaks to the schedules of food safety inspectors could result in hundreds of thousands of currently overlooked violations being... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
return. Now imagine in the climate space a flat horizontal line that represents net income if there are no new climate-related disturbances. All good. In contrast, however, it appears that bad, costly events like droughts or floods might send the curve far down. What... View Details
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
passing and running, defensive formations to protect the pass and the run—that Holcomb, Holmes Jr., and Connelly called resource bundles. Head coaches rely on their evaluations of players’ skills, and they reallocate players with specific... View Details
- 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
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
they are naturally reluctant to speak candidly. Plus, many managers worry that candor would only make leadership so defensive that the conversation would not lead to change. By encouraging honesty, then rewarding it, leaders can... View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
the trading of patents: brokers, non-practicing entities (NPEs), defensive aggregators, online platforms, auctions, and unique entities such as Intellectual Ventures. We discuss the fundamental causes for the lack of liquidity in the IP... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
be able to monetize their newly acquired levels of performance, either with their team or elsewhere. On the football field In the football world, Coach Belichick is known for meticulous attention to detail and for his defensive strategy.... View Details
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
discussed publicly, for two reasons. First, managers feared that being honest would hurt their careers or even endanger their jobs. Second, they were afraid that Camp and her senior team would feel so hurt and defensive that the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
digital technologies and business models. The Incumbents' Challenge As competitors attempt to wedge their way between incumbents and their customers, decoupling presents a difficult challenge. One counter-strategy is what Teixeira calls recoupling. "Intuitively, the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding