Multiple Audience Problem - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

talking about enlisting product users, critics, and experts for a fresh view. He says the question for this tension is: “How do you best sequence the knowledge of others inside and outside the organization to solve the right problem with... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

your own capabilities, have you build the assets of your enterprise, and then actually step into that risk. Another way of thinking about it would be to say that strategy is dynamic problem solving, not grand chess strategy. JF: Okay so... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

21 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

define industries broadly, following the influential work of Theodore Levitt some decades ago. His famous example was railroads that failed to see that they were in the transportation business, and so they missed the threat posed by trucks and airfreight. The View Details

Keywords: by Joan Magretta

01 Mar 2024
News

Vital Signs

rates of burnout among this population to triple. That kind of churn has had far-ranging, systemic effects and has been linked to everything from reduced quality of care to substantial costs for the system. Underlying that problem is the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

22 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Side Effects: The Case of Propecia

after "trusted advisers," namely wives and hair stylists who can see problems early on, could be an option. "It's a waste of time to try and get men to go to their doctors," one female View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Pharmaceutical

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Approach problems using structured methods of gathering observations, breaking cognitive fixedness, and generating creative ideas for solutions Apply creative solutions and... View Details

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

legal astuteness appropriate to their firm and industry. At a minimum, they need to know where the lines are on the field: that is, what conduct is legal and what is not. They also need to be able to spot legal problems before they become... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Management Science. He has served on the editorial board of several journals and presented his research to corporate executives and academic... View Details

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

Established companies historically have struggled when trying to create new markets. Success seems fleeting and unpredictable. Recent research indicates these problems are systemic. Most companies that are started fail. Of those that... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

immediate work team. They will bond, if such opportunities have been wisely provided by the leaders, with their department, their plant, their division, and even with the entire firm. Other things being equal, these multiple bonds will... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

linked with superior outcomes. While they are no guarantee of success, their combined presence sharply improves the odds that you'll make a good decision. Multiple Alternatives. When groups consider many alternatives, they engage in more... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

26 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 26

diseases, and seamlessly integrating Twine with a client organization's electronic medical record (EMR) system and information technology (IT) infrastructure. The need to solve these problems had become more pressing since Twine was named... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

and potential solutions. Highlights Institutional Investors Signaling Tops Friendly Market Show Hide Details Concepts Capital Market Participants Capital Market Problems Solutions Implications for Your Company Featured Exercises Evaluate... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Quantum Leap

can also affect the state of another even though the two are physically separate—a phenomenon called entanglement, which Albert Einstein referred to as “spooky action at a distance.” Thanks to these bizarre properties, quantum computers can solve View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

03 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

people in the room to guess what prompts he had provided to the AI tool DALL-E2 to create the image. People in the audience were stumped. After about 40 seconds, Turner—a visiting fellow at HBS’s Institute for the Study of Business in... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Material Impact This session will allow the audience to draw inspiration from founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs in a range of businesses who are making real change. Short presentations from each disruptor will be followed by... View Details

30 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

earlier research with Iris Bohnet and Alexandra van Geen found that people are less sexist when assessing multiple people.) Even changing where on the page people sign contracts can encourage honesty. When people sign a form before... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Apr 2011
HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

their own organizations." Other lessons include the importance of getting the organizational culture right, and the need to pull multiple levers when pursuing integration. "There is an organizational structure lever Fahey pulls... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

15 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

for the first-best quantity even if the difference in the degree of asymmetric information between the two sides is narrow. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-080.pdf Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from View Details