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- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
planning has become outdated in today's fast-moving environments. What did you discover, and how did Microsoft do it? A: Planning is key. Planning is the glue that holds the organization together, providing a way to test the strategy, determine its feasibility, improve... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
process will become much more efficient. With the data we're collecting now, we'll have virtual clinical trials that will bypass actual humans. The number one challenge is going to be utilizing these vast quantities of data to create... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
organization is in recognition of the part played by art in industry and its importance to industry in broadening the horizons of culture and influencing the needs and desires of the people of every country. Whatever that might mean. This View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 31 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines
haven’t made a service part of their routines, the authors find. These findings come as companies such as Procter & Gamble, Adidas, and McDonald’s are trying to collect more consumer data to hone their marketing messages. With... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater
with thoughtful things to say, their collective points of view were better than any one point of view. It was the first turning point for me about the importance of a collaborative community. Rick Melnick: One of the things about the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
Amit Seru Abstract—We examine whether firms have an informational advantage in selecting arbitrators in consumer arbitration as well as the impact of the arbitrator selection process on outcomes. We collect data containing roughly 9,000... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
(mHealth) used networked devices to distribute or collect medical information from patients and/or medical personnel. Given its low cost and broad reach, many wondered if and how mHealth could help solve the global health care crisis.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
collection of data, engage more deeply and effectively with all their stakeholders, and lower reputational risk through a high level of transparency. Given the importance of sustainability, I think companies have an ethical obligation to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
actually contrary to previous research. Readings in Modern Marketing Author:John A. Quelch Publication:Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2006 Abstract Readings in Modern Marketing is a collection of Quelch's highly-praised scholarly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
collectively explores new textural and improvisational horizons at the nexus of multiple musical perspectives. Rajna's debut album with RAJAS, titled Of Agency and Abstraction, will be released by Biophilia Records on April 26, 2019. She... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
movements of history, sees an oncoming dark age that will last 30,000 years. To shorten that dark age, he will create a foundation and collect the knowledge of the empire. In Ender’s Game, besieged by aliens it can’t communicate with, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Heskett, W. Earl Sasser, and Leonard A. Schlesinger (Berrett-Koehler) Based on decades of collective field experiences, the authors present anecdotal evidence in support of eight things that great service leaders know and do. Great... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
are particularly interested in understanding how, if at all, the firm should go about effecting meaningful word-of-mouth (WOM). To tackle this problem, we collect data from two sources: 1) We implemented a large-scale field test in which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
taken up by the population overall. So I think there's a lot we can learn about metaphors and visual language and how we can help people understand a crisis through those tools. That's exactly the same thing that we're trying to do with climate change. The role of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
particular talent that you wish you had? I wish I had an ear for foreign languages. And I’m not a very good dancer. What was your first job? In college I was a warehouseman at Ford. I would push a cart around and collect instrument panels... View Details
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
pointing out that without initiatives to create a vast infrastructure, progress achieved by innovators and venture investors will be piecemeal. In his words, "What will NOT emerge without collective government action are the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
that can arise. Huckman provides guidelines for setting clear objectives, getting the boundaries between units right, establishing rules for sharing, and customizing performance criteria. And, he says, leaders must continually remind units of their individual and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
Science (New York: Portfolio, 2009). Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (New York: HarperCollins, 2005) James Surowiecki, The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter than the Few and How... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
A New Case at Harvard Business School Highlights the Real-World Issues for Latinx Considering an MBA
Latinx culture, and is the result of years of collective effort to bolster the number of Latinx applying to business schools and thereby in leadership roles worldwide. In 2015, a culmination of efforts headed by HBS Dean Nitin Nohria and... View Details
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
situation; rearranging moves, which reconfigure the assets or the parties or both; and shut-down moves, which prematurely cut off same-side-of-the-table competition. When I was a consultant at McKinsey in the early 1990s, we used the term MECE—"mutually exclusive... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna