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- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
protected surroundings of the executive suite. When enacted in service of the work rather than in defense of a self-image, masculine attributes can be a valuable resource. Q: What can women learn from your study and apply to their roles... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
aspects of risk including political risk, foreign exchange risk, market risk, and execution risk. Further, the discussion covers social aspects including whether the slum should be redeveloped at all, whether it should be redeveloped by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
act (with candor, humility, and trust) become too hard to execute in the fast paced environment we live in?” Why is it so difficult to lead with candor, humility, and trust? What do you think? Original Post In the eyes of some, candor,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery
lengthy document expressed six broad core values including “Client Value Creation,” “Integrity,” and “Respect for the Individual.” They sounded great, but in reality made it hard for its 400,000 global employees to search quickly and find answers to ethical dilemmas.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
organization culture, it prompted several executives and alumni to ask me if I had a comment on the subject. In typical business school fashion, I’m asking for yours. The article cites four case examples--Ecolab, Delta, Ford, and... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 09 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade
already thinking about Version 3 for MBAs, and Casadesus-Masanell hopes to tweak the simulation for his executive education courses. Into the sim There have been some downsides to HBS creating its own simulation, particularly around... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
Summing Up Was Warren Bennis's Optimism Regarding the Future of Leadership Warranted? In a recent obituary for Warren Bennis in the New York Times, former executive and HBS Professor Bill George was quoted as writing that "I look at... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
executive said to me, 'I'm willing to accept a long time horizon, but if it's not going to have a positive influence eventually, I'm not going to do it." Building A Study To determine a company's CSR performance, the researchers relied on... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
billion in fiscal 2012.) "Over the course of the 2000s the representation of executives [in standards-setting organizations] has gotten larger," Lerner says. "Standards bodies move slower and are more politicized than they... View Details
- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
paper. Lost customers lead to untapped dollars. A McKinsey report estimated that reducing churn could increase earnings of a typical US wireless carrier by as much as 9.9 percent. It's no surprise then that executives in both the United... View Details
- 25 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela
analytical skills, and universal frameworks that we can apply to HBS style case studies—the core of participant-centered learning in our MBA and Executive Education programs. The people who planned this pop-up city had to wait until the... View Details
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
pick up that theme in arguing that time management is too important to be left solely to individuals. They cite a survey of 1,500 executives in which only 52 percent of respondents indicated that the way they spent their time... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
outstanding executives represent the best or worst of feminism. It is to speculate on the influence that a future populated by female leadership in a significant number of organizations will have on the way we work. A number of arguments... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
coordinated change. Who is responsible for leading the way? A: We hope policymakers in Washington will give our approach consideration, but to transform a complicated industry like this, you need buy-in from a broad range of people, including View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
words, is "blink" a behavior particularly suited to rather simple binary decisions? If this is the case, why is it that some executives seem able to make better-quality snap judgements than others while gaining the value of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
execute such campaigns? According to HBS professor Alvin J. Silk and MIT professor Ernst R. Berndt, "The long-run cost function for firms in the global advertising and marketing services business is subject to modest scale... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
leading to a redefinition of the marketing role, the implementation of a "growth leader" profile and new decision-making processes to encourage innovation and risk. Finally, presents a critical decision point, as Transportation View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
positioned the company for expansion, they thought perhaps the company’s eight values should become more succinct, memorable, and aligned with the company’s vision. Tan Caktiong was aware, however, that some company executives would view... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
sustainability, and top executive incentives are more likely to be a function of sustainability metrics. Moreover, they are more likely to have organized procedures for stakeholder engagement, to be more long-term oriented, and to exhibit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
example, the trading commissions that remain are largely driven by big institutional investors who have brokerages execute their trades. Sell-side analysts have incentives to hype stocks to generate trading business through these large... View Details